Eurydice Dixon

[David]

[think positive]

There really are some tasteless cretins in the world.

Seems overnight some idiot defaced the memorial to Eurydice in Princes Park by painting a large "lewd symbol" on the grass next to the flowers.

Firemen had to be called in to wash it off.

Really?

Without context it is hard to be sure, but I would hazard a guess that the cretin who did this was motivated by the way this dreadful tragedy has been turned into a divisive spectacle of identity politics, rather than seen as a dreadful crime by a man. If you sow division, you get anger and hatred where there should be unity and sorrow.

nah, he was probably just a stupid ****, otherwise he might have written something "meaningful"if still stupid.

[think positive]

[think positive]

[stui magpie]

[David]

[Nick - Pie Man]

Yeah there are probably fewer people around that are more qualified than me to speak about doing stupid stuff to get a rise out of people, and that was my first thought when I heard about the vandalism. Hard to know. Perhaps we will find out if the perpetrator is caught. Classless act, even trolling has its limits.

[Nick - Pie Man]

David don't overestimate the amount of respectful disagreement out there. Facebook isn't real.

[David]

I'm thinking more private discussion forums, etc. In any case, even if the sentiments may not be expressed in the 'real' world, that doesn't mean they don't exist (and aren't, in fact, deeply held).

[Nick - Pie Man]

I don't know. The internet has given us a powerful new way to express the 'real' us. Turns out that most of us are really just judgemental assholes. Who knew? All of a sudden, centuries of religious teachings make sense.

I don't doubt that identity radicals would love to believe that this troll was a deliberate and malicious attack against their ideology. Always the victims, they are.

I reckon it was some dumb sixteen year old out to impress his mates. Reckon the odds are in my favour, though every gambler knows there's no such thing as a sure thing. In any event it was a tasteless act and I hope for his sake that his identity is never established.


Funny isn't it how we all automatically assume that this is the work of a boy.

[Nick - Pie Man]

In any case, even if the sentiments may not be expressed in the 'real' world, that doesn't mean they don't exist (and aren't, in fact, deeply held).

Jesus Nick how did you miss this sitting duck.

It doesn't matter who holds what sentiment if they aren't translating to anything in the real world. That would mean that this defacement had nothing whatever to do with extremists and their delusions.

[David]

Look, I don't think either of us have any idea for sure who did it or why, but all I'm saying is it's not too much of a leap to go from a hate-filled rant on the internet to defacing a memorial site. If it was a small thing drawn in texta it could just be a meaningless drunken/juvenile joke, but a 25-metre drawing in white paint takes some degree of planning and motivation, one would think.

[Wokko]

Look, I don't think either of us have any idea for sure who did it or why, but all I'm saying is it's not too much of a leap to go from a hate-filled rant on the internet to defacing a memorial site. If it was a small thing drawn in texta it could just be a meaningless drunken/juvenile joke, but a 25-metre drawing in white paint takes some degree of planning and motivation, one would think.

Year 12 muckup day participants have drawn football oval sized wangs using weed killer. Never underestimate what someone will do as a piss take.

[mandy]

[stui magpie]

Get her a butterfly knife as well. You seen Face Off?