fitzroyalty

Why do people keep opening shops that are so very tempting in Fitzroy? So many beautiful books… and not enough time for reading. The Searchers has been around for quite a while now and I hope they continue to survive.

On 28 August 2008 I went to the opening night of the Sneaky 6 exhibition of work by Santha King and various street artists at Gorker gallery. The works are handmade shoes featuring unique designs and they are absolutely beautiful! The exhibition is on until 14 September.

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I missed the news of the opening of the First Look gallery on St George’s Rd in North Fitzroy, and so missed the opening party. When I caught up, I dropped in on a Saturday morning and chatted briefly with owner Bret about the gallery, which features the work of Indigenous artists from the obscure to the famous.

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We live in a society that is soft on violent crime. We excuse aggressive behaviour and do not allow people to adequately protect themselves, their families and their property from assault without fear of being prosecuted for their defensive response.

In a recent case a Sydney man used a whip to defend his property, his family and party guests from violent gatecrashers. He has been warned that he may be charged with the use of excessive force in defending himself. This is nonsense. There should be no such thing as a charge of excessive force for self defence. The right to defend yourself, your family and your property from within the boundaries of your property should be absolute.

The gatecrashers trespassed on the man’s property, damaged his property, then acted as a group to assault him. Only then did he use a weapon (a whip) to defend himself and drive them from his property. If you break the law by trespassing on someone’s property, refuse a request to leave, then attack the property and its owner, you should lose all legal rights.

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