Thread: what to do with flag burners!

This could be a worry...let the RSL sort it out with the child in question after all the setting of the example was their idea...I don't think that casting of stones, public executions and spitting is the answer.

Yep,, What Mahn said.

While this is a public forum--

There are other places better suited to this discussion,,

By all means go there and let rip.

Originally Posted by one_iota

This could be a worry...let the RSL sort it out with the child in question after all the setting of the example was their idea...I don't think that casting of stones, public executions and spitting is the answer.

the kid did the spitting, it was all caught on news footage of the riots.

i don't believe he should carry the flag, for most australians, that would be a great honour and i don't believe that honour should be given to a malcontent. as one digger interviewed on triple j this arvo said, "the kid has done the crime, (theft of the flag), he has been tried and convicted and punished by the courts, this is australia, freedom is what we fought for" and with out doubt he's right. he has been punished for the crime he committed, but i think he should be made to apologise to the country in some way for the disrespect and dessicration of the flag. i wouldn't know where to start though. while the diggers (no disrepect intended) take it personally that the flag was treated in this way because they fought for it, the flag represents everything that this country is and has been, except for the Aboriginal history, that is, and it insults us all.


rant over

And Barney do you think that a child of seventeen years should be pilloried and made an example of for the rest of his life...forever judged by his indescretions...how pure are you?

Originally Posted by one_iota

And Barney do you think that a child of seventeen years should be pilloried and made an example of for the rest of his life...forever judged by his indescretions...how pure are you?

It happened to the Paxten family in the early 90's for being dole bludgers, there accuser, the media. It didn't do any good then and wouldn't now.


Give him a fine and community service which should be benificial of the local RSL

Originally Posted by one_iota

This could be a worry...let the RSL sort it out with the child in question after all the setting of the example was their idea...I don't think that casting of stones, public executions and spitting is the answer.

Oh! I do long for the day they bring back the Triangle and cat o' nine tails,nothing like the application of 300 lashes to generate a bit of healthy respect.

i was a bastard when i was a kid, more mishievous than criminal though, but i did have a healthy respect for the authorities. be it my parents, other adults or the police. i've made stupid mistakes in my life that i'm ashamed of and i've done my best to learn from them. (and i don't see her anymore)
and no, i don't think he should be made to live this shame for the rest of his life, people make mistakes all their life and most of them learn from them.
this child, as you put it, is old enough to drive a car, hold a full time job, choose if he wishes to be supprorted by his parents of support himself and old enough to choose to steal a flag, burn it and participate in race riots. unfortunately, as the law stands, if he was a year older his face would have been all over the news.
as young adult, rather than being made to make ammends, i believe it would be more beneficial to him in the long term, if he made the choice to confront the people he has offended and offer his apologies. that in itself would probably be worth more than a thousand forced apologies.

Originally Posted by barney

i was a bastard when i was a kid, more mishievous than criminal though, but i did have a healthy respect for the authorities. be it my parents, other adults or the police. i've made stupid mistakes in my life that i'm ashamed of and i've done my best to learn from them. (and i don't see her anymore)
and no, i don't think he should be made to live this shame for the rest of his life, people make mistakes all their life and most of them learn from them.
this child, as you put it, is old enough to drive a car, hold a full time job, choose if he wishes to be supprorted by his parents of support himself and old enough to choose to steal a flag, burn it and participate in race riots. unfortunately, as the law stands, if he was a year older his face would have been all over the news.
as young adult, rather than being made to make ammends, i believe it would be more beneficial to him in the long term, if he made the choice to confront the people he has offended and offer his apologies. that in itself would probably be worth more than a thousand forced apologies.

I agree

He is being used by the RSL, public opinion and the media for purposes beyond his own stupidity