Spacehamster’s Blog

So let me get this straight - four young men with probably way too much time on their hands and way too much testosterone, beat another young man senseless…and get off without jail time. Alright, so the newspaper states it was a race-based incident, but a violent assault is still an assault, regardless of the reasons stated.

But he also noted that the prosecution had not called for immediate prison terms and that each man was young and immature with drug or alcohol histories and disruptive childhoods and education.

Read a typical Aussie Current Affairs forum, and you can easily see the undercurrent of hostility and outright hatred for non-white migrants amongst Generation X and Y. So the actions of these young men comes as no surprise to me. To be honest, I’m surprised it doesn’t happen more often.

What’s dissapointing is that over the past 10 years, society has devolved to the point where these actions are seen as normal…even encouraged…amongst the younger generation that is coming through the current educational system. This kind of racist and hostile attitude on both sides of the race divide in this country does not bode well for the future. I genuinely fear for the future of this country, when I realise to my horror that the future lies in the hands of thugs such as these.

I was walking into work this morning, and I noticed a plume of smoke emanating from a building a few doors away from where I work. There were three police cars blocking the street, as well as a fire engine parked in the middle of the road. At first, I thought it was the Chinese Restaurant that was on fire. It transpired later that it was the building next door to it -

There is no reason to believe a Hobart Islamic study centre was the target of a religious hate crime, according to police and fire investigators. The Sufi and Islamic Study Centre in Liverpool Street has been gutted by a fire that broke out around 7:30am AEST today. Part of the 99-year-old building’s roof has collapsed and the area is still closed to traffic due to fears of further instability. Police Inspector David Plumpton says while the cause is yet to be determined, there is no sign of forced entry and the occupiers have not received any threats.

It’s really weird getting a birds-eye view of an event that’s going to appear in national newspapers. How much you wanna bet this wouldn’t have received any national attention if it had been anything but an Islamic Study Centre? Nevertheless, my commiserations to the owners and occupiers of the Study Centre - it’s not easy seeing years of hardwork and study be taken away like this. Hopefully, they’ll be able to rebuild.