Elitism and elitists are not the problem. We depend on them to carry our society to greater heights. And we all have some elitist traits anyway.

The problem is the Carr/Iemma Labor government. They were blooded into a DICTATORIAL government style by the excesses of the 2000 Olympics. They have seen no reason and we the voters have given them no reason to return to a serve-the-public mentality. Everything is now private-public patnerships with a view to increasing populations purely for the government to have more POWER and private enterprise to have more PROFIT.

Apart form the fact that this is corrupt and undemocratic, it has led to several policy decisions that have allowed these riots to occur and WILL allow them to continue.

The main problem is the government overpopulating people into Sydney for it's own benefit and NOT training a commensurate number of extra police or judges. Law and order is suffering and there are crimes people can get away with. Elitists see the opportunity and take it.

The second problem is PROPAGANDA. The recent desal ads state that we need the desal plant because of overpopulation and climate change. But NSW government policy is driving overpopulation and climate change in the first place. To wit they don't need a desal plant, they just need to stop building new homes. This propaganda also seeks through media releases to downplay incidents of race tension and anarchy in order to protect negative aspects of private public patnership from view.

The third problem arose when roads minister Costa strengthened the 'Keep Left Unless Overtaking' provision in traffic management. This sign in truth says 'Keep left unless SPEEDING'. It has enabled a wide variety of elitists who enjoy bullying others to take control of certain road systems whenever they please without fear of being booked. In fact the provision is likely to see sensible drivers at the speed limit being booked. Every one of the riot participants will be taking advantage of this rule to justify their cause in being visibly above the laws of the state and thus justified in rioting.

To compound the riot problem, John Howard at the M7 opening ceremony, has stated how important private-public partnerships are to Australia in getting badly needed infrastructure up and running and in providing population growth and more jobs. This, given the problems I have mentioned and their effects on rioting, is nothing short of culpable behaviour or perhaps signs of senility in the old chap. He'll be lucky if gangs don't use souvenirs from the M7 as weapons.

Of course private-public partnerships are important but not at the expense of sensible population growth, law and order and the absence of government officials who are capable of any kind of truth-in-speaking. The money involved in private-public partnerships, the temptation for corruption and the ease with which it can be hidden may mean that 3 and 4 year elected governments are NOT fit to be overseeing Private-Public partnership administration.

In any major catastrophe there is never just one cause. What happens is a series of somewhat unrelated failures that when combined have a timing sequence that not only causes but also augments the catastrophe. It seems to me that Australia's social fabric is verging on such a catastrophe and the word of an ageing PM that all iis well, full steam ahead, is nothing short of a scene from the Titanic.

It is clear to me and I hope to others that we need time to assess and digest potential problem areas before continuing with current immigration levels. We only have one country and one life. We need to be sure we are not throwing them away on some rich politicians dream. A moratorium is an important issue to consider right now.

IT IS TIME... PROCLAIM A DAY OF POLITICAL SHAME.

50,000 Australians should stand in peaceful protest outside the office of Morris Iemma and proclaim his abject failure to do what is right in relation to Middle Eastern Crime !

After they have proclaimed DAY OF SHAME at his office, they should then proceed to the Law Courts, and proclaim from the Prophet Isaiah
Is 5:20

20 Woe to those who call evil good
and good evil,
who put darkness for light
and light for darkness,
who put bitter for sweet
and sweet for bitter.

21 Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes
and clever in their own sight.

TIM PRIEST 1990s

Tim Priest, another police whistleblower, warned in a speech delivered on November 12, 2003, two years before the Cronulla riots and the Paris riots: "In hundreds upon hundreds of incidents police have backed down to Middle Eastern thugs and taken no action and allowed incidents to go unpunished. I stress the unbelievable influence that local politicians and religious leaders played in covering up the real state of play in the south-west.

MICHAEL KENNEDY 2005
http://www.theage.com.au/news/in-depth/how-it-came-to-this/2005/12/16/1134703607918.html

The Cronulla former detective says: "The young police know that if they ever go in hard, THEY WILL GET NO BACK-UP FROM THE COURTS or the police hierarchy. They may be charged with assault and accused of being racist. So we have a static, scared, reactive police force that is driven by statistics, not arrests. That's why you're starting to see vigilante-type thinking."

BINGO !

RSL... ROTARY... LIONS... CHURCHES MOSQUES- ALL COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS.. MOBILISE, STAND AT THE GATES AND REBUKE THEM IN THE NAME OF THE PEOPLE.

Dear David,

My deepest sympathy to you for not getting that High Court Judge job.

I suppose a magistrate post wouldn't be good enough huh? Perhaps one in the Cronulla area....mmm?

Interesting support for David Flint and interesting opposition to him having the courage to speak out.

We should never be reduced to being fed only the views of the pre-sanitised politically correct.

Such denial of freedom of speech and expression might suit some but it will never suit this individual.

Regarding "radio hosts" - the power they have is in the support of their listening audience. If someone does not like what they say - turn to another station and watch their ratings dwindle.

Anyone who dislikes a particular point of view can simply Turn over, Tune out or Switch Off (apologies ot all overaged hippie afficondios) I personally never listen to Alan Jones (I cannot stand him) and that is my choice – but for those who do, good luck to them.

It does, however bring to mind - alot of people whining and whinging over the effect of the new anti-terror and sedition legislation and other "infringments to the freedom of the press". I wonder how many of those "whiners" are now going to suggest these "right-wing shock jocks" should be silenced?

I figure quite a few and I would further suggest "hypocrites" is a word which will quite adequately describe all of them.

Here are the current Acts and Regulations (Legislation) in force (official NSW Parliamentary Counsel's Office website):

http://www.legislation.nsw.gov.au/maintop/scanact/inforce/NONE/0

Mr. Boaz, you may find the Crimes Act you are looking for under 'C', in the first section 'Acts in force'.

Also for the benefit of users of this forum, in addition to the Legislation index above, here is the official and comprehensive list of links to the Attorney Gerneral's Department:

http://www.australia.gov.au/portfolios#attorneygenerals

It has the following title:

'The Attorney-General's Department serves the people of Australia by providing essential expert support to the Government in the maintenance and improvement of Australia's system of law and justice.'

I would encourage everyone to familiarise themselves with the laws that they feel are relevant to them. The more people that know about the laws that govern them, the more stable and progressive our society will be. I believe that to be absolutely true. I know not one single school in Australia, either public or private, that teaches the school students of Australia about the legal system that will govern them for the remainder of their lives, except maybe as an elective subject for the HSC in SOME schools.. If someone knows of a school that does teach students about the legal system in its regular curriculum, please tell me where it is so I can send my kids there in the future if I ever have any.

I wish everyone who is interested in the laws that govern them good luck with their research.

In addition, below is a link to the 'Media Alliance Code of Ethics' (official website). Most media journalists in Australia are bound to this code, via their membership of the Australian Journalists Association.

http://www.alliance.org.au/content/view/17/60/

There have been countless breaches of this code over the past week in almost every media outlet. The distortions and exaggerations are intolerable. As well as government, journalists are also accountable for what they say and do. I would encourage everyone to remind those journalists who breach this code of their obligations.