Finke Desert Race Problems

Sad to see some bad apples spoil it for the rest...... at least at this stage the ban is only the first 20ks.......... unfortunately the bad apples may move on to other parts of the track and if they act the same way, bugger that up also...............

Just proves that "Bogans" are indeed a growing part of the population. This breed of feral should be controlled in some way.

James

each generation is degenerating! - our grandparents/great grandparents didn't have to lock anything or clean up after anyone else!

Good on them.

Having been through there after the race, I could not believe the rubbish all over the place.

I have no idea why the spectators had to be such pigs and why this event has deteriorated to the point that a one in a year event leads to months more more of trash.


Good riddance.

Now I’ve only been around for around half-a-century or thereabouts on the positive side, (or is it negative?) of 50 years so it is difficult to get a handle on what it was (really) like a couple of hundred years back. But I suspect there have always been complaints about the “younger generation”.

But if there is a worrying trend that I have noticed over the years it is this concept of “it is all about me, and that is all that matter, ta' hell with the rest of youse (sic)"...

It permeates across all of our society…

I believe the genesis of the problem has its roots in a simple “lack of respect”.

No more, or less than simply a lack of respect for oneself, but importantly, for others.

We see it on our sports fields, our workplaces, in our Parliaments and captured instantly by the media it becomes entertainment for the masses (hell - what would the daily news be if they didn't have our pollies degrading their opponents everyday)

Crikey, we even see it on internet forums…

But if the reports in this story are accurate, and there is no reason to doubt them, it is a real tragedy that a great event is spoiled in this way, especially the report of older volunteers being harassed.

Whoops, it’s Friday, don’t get worked up Baz…

Good weekend to all, Baz – The Landy

Not surprised Rod. see the response from stadium crowd during 1 min silence for Ron Clarke recently on TV- after about 20 secs the heckling began.
perhaps members of this forum could contact the NRTH of fame and say..that's all very good, but penalise the majority for a few? do they have any 'policing' options such as inviting local rangers to patrol the race areas?.( have a reporting system for dob in a bogan?)
closed camping areas north of lancelin WA were patrolled in recent years, initially to rise awareness and then to apply the changes by moving campers on.
Trashing of areas with rubbish, environment damage, anti social behaviour is an ongoing issue almost anywhere now.
MG.

I not really a buyer of the bad apples thesis. Yes, there have always been anti social individuals – criminals or not – with backgrounds that may explain their behaviour or offer no explanation at all.

Moving on to the other explanation offered, yes, successive generations complain about the “young people of today” - sometimes with cause, other times with the resentment that envy breeds.

However, what bothers me about both these accounts of anti-social behaviour whether scaled by frequency and/or intensity is the more than sneaking suspicion that they avoid more than they explain.

If there has been a failure to properly socialise these people who is at fault? Whose KPI scores need a bit of reconsideration? Sparing you the grinding sociological analysis I would suggest the failure of individual responsibility, including respect and consideration for others which is also part of collective responsibility, reflects on prior and surrounding failures of individual responsibility and of collective responsibility. Also when you implement a dog eat dog philosophy characterised by Thatcher's “there is no such thing as society”. There are individual men and women and there are families.” stay tuned for the results.

Here's a last reflection. When that drunken scumbag was chasing the elderly volunteer what were all the witnesses doing, other than watching and even more importantly, why?

Cheers
Mark

Another thought is that people of our generation probably bred them.