men taking care of their own business and each other

[owly]

this article:

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/02/09/1170524293487.html

makes me feel good and hopeful and relieved.

and kind of anxious about my feeling happy about the results of violence. then again, charles would remind me that my anger is blossoming, blooming and that these thoughts are somehow ok. in a world where men still rape, with our law being weak as fuck, i am heartened that the men who attacked these rapists took it upon themselves to do it. working within their own context.

fuck yes.

Comments

[penguinpusher.livejournal.com]

Problem is when they they get the wrong person/people, it happened in Sydney a few years ago. A gay man wound up beaten to death in Hyde park by mistake. This is different though, they're already in prison for the gang rapes.

[goatsfoot.livejournal.com]

i feel the same, in the 'let them all kill each other' sort of way. and i wish guys would take more responsibility for each other's actions.

but i'm a little cynical. the fact that these dudes bashed were (presumably) muslim, raping white women, it could have been more about racism? also guys, whatever they do to adult women, often go beat up guys who abuse or kill children (one kid was 14).

i've just been reading hothead paisan again. it's hell soothing!