My son's house is now in danger of being burned to the ground by yet
another outbreak of new fires a lot closer to the centre of Sydney, so
FutureWorkers must excuse my concern.
The police have arrested 15 teenagers and young adults, but consider that
many more have been involved. No doubt the first few fires had natural
causes such as lightning strikes, but the tally of well over 100 more must
bespeak human origins in most of the subsequent ones -- as, indeed, the
authorities believe.
At the risk of being attacked again, I want to ask a question: "In a
civilised country such as Australia, what could provoke such criminality?"
Just what explanation can anybody have other than there is obviously such a
lack of any feeling of responsibility and community among what seems to be
a significiant number of young males? According to orthodox sociology
theory, this is something that simply could not happen in one of the most
prosperous countries in the world with the most generous welfare state.
Keith Hudson
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�Writers used to write because they had something to say; now they write in
order to discover if they have something to say.� John D. Barrow
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Keith Hudson, Bath, England; e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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