We all have an axe (or a few) to grind. They may be trivial or earth shatteringly important but their relevance is only apparent to us and those who love us.
A terrible experience in a restaurant... An hour and ten minutes on the phone to Qantas with a simple request... The incompetence of a government department in processing the adoption of your children.... How long do you have?
I'm getting to my point. The man who took over the Sydney Harbour Bridge last week does not deserve the fame and relevance he's suddenly surrounded with. I don't know his story: bitter custody dispute, DoCS unhelpful,etc. What's new?
What is driving me nuts is that he is suddenly a media darling instead of just being a very naughty little boy. Maybe it's his military background which gives him an air of authority other nutters don't readily possess. Whatever it is, it just isn't on.
To paraphrase an interview I heard with him on Triple M last week: "oh well you inconvenienced tens of thousands of people but you do have an important point to make". No! There are countless "important points" out there waiting to be made. Are we prepared to disrupt the civil running of society, stressful as it is for the ordinary person, so that each bugger with a problem can have their voice heard?
Yes, life is frustrating, especially when it's not going our way, when obvious injustices are being perpetuated, when simple things just can't get done for a myriad of reasons, mainly human error or incompetence. But that doesn't give us all carte blanche to stop traffic, figuratively and literally.
As always I blame the media for being pathetic brainless morons, nothing more than magpies picking up the brightest baubles. They have made a hero from someone who does not deserve it. They have rewarded bad behavior, somethingng every parent knows not to do. When some nutter causes a civil drama to further their cause in the future I'll know where to lay some of the blame. When you glamourize and validate this sort of "terrorism" you say it's ok to disrupt your community to grind your axe.
And I say it isn't. That's what blogging is for. We all know that.
2 comments:
"it's ok to disrupt your community to grind your axe.
And I say it isn't. That's what blogging is for. We all know that."
Hear hear! And yet, whilst I was busy goofing off and avoiding cleaning out the fridge (it's due to be picked up in five minutes) stupid BLOGGER won't let me publish, copy, paste or save anything! Grrrr!
i got lots of blunt axe's to grind to a fine point... but they are my problems.
your right the media have pumped the blood out of this one and really if the media looked a little beyond the borders of australia they would have some absolute gold to report and entertain... really, is it reporting or infotainment?
i have managed to ignore the news and plan to never watch it unless its something serious, i have better things to do with my life.
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