My kids and I, like many thousands of people, lost hours of time in the traffic on the freeway.

While I respect and strongly support the right to free speech, Mr Fox deliberately left messages implying the possibility of harm to motorists and to anyone attempting to remove him. This in my mind is like phoning in a bomb threat as a protest.

While he can get his message out, I think a few years in jail should give a strong message to others thinking of threatening harm as a way of getting their message out.

We have penalty's, Fox has been charged and is on bail.
A great number of people suffered.
Yet a poll has said more support than disapprove of his actions.
It says a great deal about our country's laws involving parents after separation.
Men do, suffer far more than SOME women.
And justice is slanted to wards mums.
Children are used, by both sexes as a weapon.
This man did not look to be a grave danger to his kids, maybe he is, but while unfortunate, maybe unneeded,let our laws handle it.

I was wondering when someone was going to start this con-vo.

Disruptive protests can span quite a large spectrum SM, and will one penalty server all or its depending merits. But for the individual on the bridge, A DOCS candidate if I ever saw one. Even on radio, "THE MASTER OF TALK BACK" suggested that he would do all in his power ( in 24 hour's no-less ) to send the appropriate help for the man who feels hard done by the system thats supposed to stand-by fathers with separations problems from their spouses in custodial disputes.

SM.....everyone has a story.

But who will have the time listen?

A fine in this case, obviously a desperate father/man.

LEAP

Difficult one SM and I understand your POV.

However, many times authorities don't listen or the system is too bureacratic. I can understand how sometimes there will be people who one day say enough is enough and make a stand to bring attention to what they perceive as an injustice. There was probably a better way in terms of civic responsibility but it worked in bringing the issue of Family Law and child custody issues to light.

We don't know the particulars of this man's life - was he a lone campaigner with a beef or was he just an angry man. None of us know. Family breakdown is a real issue in this country and nobody seems to be looking at causal factors tending to only deal with the aftermath.

Maybe more details will come to light as the events unfold.

I read this guys story in the Weekend Australian Newspaper this morning, and it does seem that he left a note in his car on the bridge saying anyone climbing the bridge to remove him would meet with a 'fatality', and insinuated that he was willing to kill people for his 'cause'.

I have no sympathy for people who threaten or commit violence at all.
The paper also said he hadn't seen his children since January.
If this is true, then there must be a hell of a lot more to this story, because I doubt DOCS would condone a mother keeping her children from their father for that long, without very good reason, or some doubt about him.

If this guy wants to disrupt a whole city, and threaten violence against innocent people, then no wonder they don't want him to see his children!

Dear SM,

How come security was so lax that someone could scale the bridge so easily and cripple a major city so effectively. I suppose scaling the bridge around 5am and abseiling down just after 7am does seem to smack of a well-planned exercise. Should there be penalities? I'm sure there will be. He's going to court and he will be judged accordingly. The security of the bridge should be investigated.