World Youth Day Protest
I for one am fed up to the back teeth of the disgraceful way in which the residents of Sydney are being force fed the World Youth Day.
Not only are we paying for a bigoted organisation to hold a public relations event, our State Government has taken over certain areas of Sydney Council too now!
In what is being reported by the Sydney Morning Herald the State Government enacted laws on Friday that allow it to direct the council to do whatever the World Youth Day Co-ordination Authority requests.
What a load of bollocks!
Among the things they want to do is remove a park in my suburb that the 'pilgrims' will walk through, cutting down trees and removing what is a beautiful community park.
The residents around the park have sensibly suggested that the 'pilgrims' walk around the trees.
Every indicator is that this World Youth Day will be the smallest ever, a dismal failure for a Cardinal who has his sights on the top job at some stage (Cardinal Pell).
I am sorely tempted to erect a huge banner on the side of my building saying:
Fuck Off Bigots - Pay for your own bigotry
At the end of the day what I would like is either for the Catholic Church to pay for it's own event, or the State Government to give equal funding to similar events such as Mardi Gras.
Mind you I think the perfect outcome would be for the World Youth Day to be a total and abysmal failure and an embarrassment for all involved.
Ooh and here's a thought...
Why don't we throw a Gay and Lesbian festival on Oxford Street and surrounds during the 'pilgrims' walk and show our pride?
1 Comments:
I agree 110% with every point you make about the upcoming World Youth Day. And I hope you DO make that banner and hang it high and proud! As for Prince Pell, an arrogant, self-righteous, bigoted know-it-all, even by Roman Catholic standards (and that's saying a lot!), from your lips to God's ear...maybe a dismal failure at Youth Day would shut his Lordship's loud mouth up, at least for a while!
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