News from the homeland...

For most part, I enjoy being ignorant, and for those of you that know me, this will not come as too much of a surprise, but recently I've actually checked the news once or twice every few weeks, and since I'm now living in the UK, it seems only natural that I would concentrate on what is happening in Australia, since it's obviously the most relevant.

However, after having read that Jelena Dokic was 43.9% welcome to play for Australia again, I bypassed the Australian news, because - quite frankly - such lunacy makes me angry. Not as angry as Leigh Colbert, but seething with rage, nonetheless. As such, I was news-derived-rage free for a short period of time, until I recently heard about the riots in Sydney. Initially, I thought that it was going to Redferne kicking off, or some latte sipping Bondi natives attacking Manly beach in a jealous rage. But when the real reason was revealed to me, I literally punched my desk.

I have very strong objections to this kind of behaviour, and if these people (and by 'these people', I'm referring to all the rioters) cannot live within the framework of our country, then they can just fuck right off. If you're against Australia, two words - fuck off! Go back to your 'homelands' or - if you're some redneck hillybilly Australian, then you should be sent to either Maralinga, or Moe. There should be no place for these people.

Perhaps - and I'm just thinking out loud here - we should send them all to Nauru. I had a mate that once lived there, and he turned out OK. Hmmr. Or if we can't send them to Nauru, how about some real Reality TV?! Leb & Redneck Running Man! And what's more, I'm completely serious about this. Not only would we soon sort out our 'racial issues' but we'd generate enough television revenue to be able to counsel our entire population.

Happy days.