Art? Pt 2

What do you think? Art?

What do you think?

I’ve been thinking a bit about the Dennis Ferguson case of late. I believe that paedophilia is a most horrific crime, and is often due to mental illness of which there is difficult (if any) rehabilitation. There are a wide variety of issues associated with placing Ferguson in Ryde, and in hindsight he would not have been giving housing there. But what I want to say is this – Ferguson was sentenced to 14 years for his crime, which he served. I believe that more needs to be done to protect children from convicted sex offenders, but he served the associated punishment for his crime. Whilst this is an issue in and of itself, what I've really been thinking about is what this story suggests about our society.

Society is only as strong as its weakest member. I believe Australia (or even wider contemporary society) is weak - we don’t take responsibility for anything. We should make sure that people are managed, that there is not a constant shifting of blame or responsibility in our society.

Horrific issues, but there are no winners, just losers.

Sing, sing a song

B Shore and the Mods had our first full Jam last night. It was well tops, we’ll soon be ready to take over the world, one dark dingy rehearsal room at a time.