srsly, fuck you and your guns, America

He had a knife, not a gun. It makes a difference. A woman died and another is in hospital. (And don't think that the gender is irrelevant, either. It almost definitely is.)

If the kind of weapon doesn't matter because a crime is still committed, then Americans must be piss-ass weaklings, because we Aussies disarm our armed nutjobs with a crate and a couple of cafe chairs, while Americans lie down and bleed out so their President can have grinning photo ops with the survivors.

#makeaustraliacrateagain

Is it inappropriate to joke about this? Absofuckinglutely not. Not if it saves lives in the future.

But you're not interested in lives, are you? You're only interested in your dick replacement 'therapy' and your inferiority complex that means you're only big so long as you 'have the abilty to fight back' like that somehow makes you better, instead of just more fortunate.

You can keep your guns, America. We'll keep our people alive.

Now, to stomp Pauline Hanson's One Nation and their NRA-sponsored shitstirring into the dust beneath the feet of the tourists no longer climbing Uluru...

Yes, I know, #notallamericans and I'm preaching to the choir here. But I've said this on IG and others have said it on FB, and sometimes you just need to go off.

a few links

One woman killed, and one injured in Sydney CBD stabbing during lunch.

PS. 'terrorist ideologies' includes "recent events in the USA and NZ". GUESS WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT. NO, REALLY: GUESS!

A no-growth future: has Australia finally run out of luck?
You mean we might have to live in equilibrium rather than unsustainable growth?

The challenges of a domestic waste recycling industry
Hint: it won't go anywhere if the government doesn't legislate the requirement of businesses - the big ones - to use recycled materials, and if the public isn't willing to take the hit in the pocket.