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Young friend burnt while asleep in his van

moXJO

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The people in the town where I live are majority whackjobs. I've been noticing of late that it is becoming more and more violent and full of really stupid behavior.

My friend’s son (John for stories sake) and his best mate (Troy) (18y of age) had just scrapped some money together and bought some tools to start their own little gardening business. My grandmother needed her lawn weeded and they went along and did a really good job. She offered them a beer and they turned it down as they are still on their P plates. Apparently it looked like rain, and troy mentioned how he had just bought the few tools he could afford and quickly packed them away. This was on the Friday just gone.

Saturday night Troys had a few beers in the pub and since he has had too many decides to sleep it off in the van. Some idiot has then gone and fire bombed it while he was in it. They flew him to Sydney hospital, but said that they were having a problem with golden staff up there. So he has to recover at home. So now he has no van, no tools, and burns to a good part of his body. These were both good kids that had their heads screwed on straight. What’s worse is the police, and courts are so useless down here, it’s very likely the offenders will get away.

Shame stupidity wasn’t painful.
 
Can't think of anything helpful to say, Moxjo. That is really just such an awful thing to happen. I don't suppose the perpetrators are likely to be caught?
 

Very sorry to hear about your friend. It did however, make me wonder if the violence is related to 'ice' hitting your town.

Cheers
Happytrader
 
Very sorry to hear about your friend. It did however, make me wonder if the violence is related to 'ice' hitting your town.

Cheers
Happytrader

I remember ice fist hitting this town back in 1999 only it was really pure and lots of people were going right off the rails. I think its only part of the problem at the moment, as heroin was the big vice down here. But ice seems to be taking over now and will probably see more problems during the party seasons of summer. Lots of shootings, and stabbings going on. Mainly due to young idiots having a turf war. They tattoo their suburbs post code on themselves, and on everything else, then fight with opposing groups. They actually group up on the police and bash them. They also recently bashed a father and his young son on a cricket field to steal their bat and ball. These guys range from 15-30 years old. And they are not from poor families (parents are solicitor’s accountants, mainly white collar) and it’s actually one of the higher priced suburbs.

Violence has always seemed to be the mindset in this town. Sometimes you think it’s getting worse but I think these things just happen in cycles.People do seem to snap easier these days though, whether its road rage, or rage in general. They also seem to be willing to go further when attacking someone physically or verbally.

Thanks for the concern as well happy and Julia. Needed to vent that one publicly, really ticked me off.
 
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