I thought this week I would share my opinion on a couple of big issues with you rather than some debacle that I got myself into, which I have a wealth of material on.
Firstly, the tragedy of that poor family run down by an out-of-control youth has been on my mind since it happened and judging by media reports, it has been on everyone’s mind, including our Premier who had the hide to criticise the judicial system when in fact it sits squarely in the collective laps of those who govern.
The part that is particularly sad is if you ask a first responder about this terrible behaviour and lack of consequences for out-of-control youth, they will likely tell you that it hasn’t just happened, it has been getting worse over the last four years and has just been highlighted because of what happened at Alexandra Hills.
I think back to the previous state government’s boot camps that were howled down by civil libertarians and shelved once the current government got in and if I remember correctly, they also lifted the age someone could be prosecuted at the same time.
There are no consequences and no respect for our police or anyone else. It is a bloody mess that we as a society now have to lie in and maybe, just maybe, it will take an awful bloody tragedy to institute some change.
Margaret Court’s gong is another on everyone’s lips, with people handing back honours and an outpouring of rage over her honour because of her public thoughts on gay rights, which are hurtful and constant.
I think she is way off the mark and I think she is a bitter woman. I find it hard to marry up her Christian beliefs to being an actual Christian and more importantly, a good person.
But that is what she believes and should she be punished for it by our country and her amazing record as a tennis player forgotten? Certainly not. In my opinion, we are talking about tennis, nothing else.
I would like to think I am a Christian but I don’t quote the Bible – well apart from John 8:7: “‘He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone…”
If we all lived by that verse, we would be a much more tolerant society.
