We Australians are resilient in the face of injustice and will stand up against wrongdoings. The author recalls witnessing and experiencing various injustices throughout their life, from domestic violence and child exploitation to corruption in politics. They intervened in an assault they witnessed, and as a child were victims of sexual abuse twice. While injustice exists, Australians generally abhor violence and small acts of courage help shine light through the darkness.
This is a story which talks about the reality of life. It has its focus on how a man conquers his fears of uncovering himself to public. Ironically, it talks about the politics of love.
Society Versus Transsexuals by CamelliaSumanCamellia Suman
When we are born, we are born as either a girl or a boy. But can it happen that sometimes a person is born a girl but is trapped in the body of a boy (or vice versa)? Yes, its possible.
Under the Rainbow Ranch Presentation OneSparkLaJMC
We would like to thank you for checking us out. We are starting from ground zero on this endeavor. This program that we are starting is unique in content. Though, there are many programs that serve our Veterans it has come to our attention that there are not many programs that help our children who have been abused. The Veterans will help these children who have lost all faith in adults and learn to trust them once again. This is where it helps our Veterans as well. Many Veterans come back from serving our country only to find out that what they once knew is no longer there. They lose their sense of self and many times their families. This is an unfortunate truth for our Veterans. The Veterans will 'adopt' these children as if they were their own. This is the benefit of our program. All who are involved gain something in the end. We have always been passionate about children and our military forces who have served our country. We feel it is now our time to give back to our community and hopefully help the ones who feel lost and alone. This all can be done with your contributions. Please do not forget to share this page with your friends. Also, please stop by Under the Rainbow's fan page and give it a like so that you may follow our progress of making all this a reality. Again, thank you for your support and I hope to be able to invite you to see what your contributions have done very soon.
Our Humble Regards,
Under the Rainbow Ranch
This is a story which talks about the reality of life. It has its focus on how a man conquers his fears of uncovering himself to public. Ironically, it talks about the politics of love.
Society Versus Transsexuals by CamelliaSumanCamellia Suman
When we are born, we are born as either a girl or a boy. But can it happen that sometimes a person is born a girl but is trapped in the body of a boy (or vice versa)? Yes, its possible.
Under the Rainbow Ranch Presentation OneSparkLaJMC
We would like to thank you for checking us out. We are starting from ground zero on this endeavor. This program that we are starting is unique in content. Though, there are many programs that serve our Veterans it has come to our attention that there are not many programs that help our children who have been abused. The Veterans will help these children who have lost all faith in adults and learn to trust them once again. This is where it helps our Veterans as well. Many Veterans come back from serving our country only to find out that what they once knew is no longer there. They lose their sense of self and many times their families. This is an unfortunate truth for our Veterans. The Veterans will 'adopt' these children as if they were their own. This is the benefit of our program. All who are involved gain something in the end. We have always been passionate about children and our military forces who have served our country. We feel it is now our time to give back to our community and hopefully help the ones who feel lost and alone. This all can be done with your contributions. Please do not forget to share this page with your friends. Also, please stop by Under the Rainbow's fan page and give it a like so that you may follow our progress of making all this a reality. Again, thank you for your support and I hope to be able to invite you to see what your contributions have done very soon.
Our Humble Regards,
Under the Rainbow Ranch
Imagine Life Behind Bars. . .
The anatomy of a prison cell.
Absence of usual privileges.
Going to prison is like going to an alien world.
No refrigerator, kitchen, private bathroom.
Rights in Islam
By Maulana Ashraf 'Ali Thanvi
This book informs the reader about rights of different people in Islam e.g. rights of husband, parents, wet-nurse, Muslims, Animals etc.
Ed Snook with the US Observer threatens to put a Deborah Swan in prison becau...Deborah Swan
Ed Snook with the US Observer has threatened to put Deborah Swan in prison because Deborah filed a consumer complaint against when Ed Snook after he dropped her from the contract she signed with him. the ocClay Douglas who is the owner of Revolution Radio had Ed Snook as his guest. Ed Snook is owner of the US Observer. This 2 hour show was all about Deborah Swan. Ed Snook has committed a serious crime of , Extortion. defamation, fraud, and malicious persacution without any concerns of what the laws say! Ed Snook has been accusing Swan of crimes she has never committed. Snook slanders Deborah Swan the entire 2 hours. Edward Snook also actually admits he is working to get "Deborah Swan put in prison because she is a dangerous lunatic."
Personal construct psychology a framework and research methodology to analyz...Nadia Naffi, Ph.D.
To analyze and understand youth’s perception of online inclusion, many qualitative researchers would opt for the traditional structured or semi-structured interviews. However, it is often difficult for the participants to articulate and describe their experiences in regards to sensitive concepts such as inclusion, let alone to recognize and share their constructs system (Burr, King, & Butt, 2014). Kelly’s Personal Construct Psychology and the methodology bind to it provide the theoretical framework and the efficient techniques to explore and explain how participants view their world and why they behave the way they do.
Imagine Life Behind Bars. . .
The anatomy of a prison cell.
Absence of usual privileges.
Going to prison is like going to an alien world.
No refrigerator, kitchen, private bathroom.
Rights in Islam
By Maulana Ashraf 'Ali Thanvi
This book informs the reader about rights of different people in Islam e.g. rights of husband, parents, wet-nurse, Muslims, Animals etc.
Ed Snook with the US Observer threatens to put a Deborah Swan in prison becau...Deborah Swan
Ed Snook with the US Observer has threatened to put Deborah Swan in prison because Deborah filed a consumer complaint against when Ed Snook after he dropped her from the contract she signed with him. the ocClay Douglas who is the owner of Revolution Radio had Ed Snook as his guest. Ed Snook is owner of the US Observer. This 2 hour show was all about Deborah Swan. Ed Snook has committed a serious crime of , Extortion. defamation, fraud, and malicious persacution without any concerns of what the laws say! Ed Snook has been accusing Swan of crimes she has never committed. Snook slanders Deborah Swan the entire 2 hours. Edward Snook also actually admits he is working to get "Deborah Swan put in prison because she is a dangerous lunatic."
Personal construct psychology a framework and research methodology to analyz...Nadia Naffi, Ph.D.
To analyze and understand youth’s perception of online inclusion, many qualitative researchers would opt for the traditional structured or semi-structured interviews. However, it is often difficult for the participants to articulate and describe their experiences in regards to sensitive concepts such as inclusion, let alone to recognize and share their constructs system (Burr, King, & Butt, 2014). Kelly’s Personal Construct Psychology and the methodology bind to it provide the theoretical framework and the efficient techniques to explore and explain how participants view their world and why they behave the way they do.
1. INJUSTICE AND WHAT MAKES US AUSTRALIANS DIFFERENT
Abalinx 16 May 2016 Peter Adamis
We Australians are not only a courageous and resilient race but also a nation that thrives
upon the challenges we face daily; and like the indomitable and immovable Uluru, will not
budge or give an inch to the injustices of this world. We will always fight the good fight.
For the record, I don’t get paid nor do I seek payments for my articles. I write and post on
subjects that are of interest to the battler in the street, to the families struggling, those who
work under difficult conditions or for the many who are employed and yet are not
acknowledged by those responsible for their welfare and wellbeing.
Even those well off and have the time and inclination to read, digest and store for future
use what matters most to them. I have met them all and yet I am not deterred by any
criticism constructive or otherwise, for life as we know it is but a reality only to those who
can see the beauty of it. I just wish at times that I had made better choices and did not
squander the opportunities that came my way. Still, maybe life was meant to be, otherwise
I would not be who I am today.
Having suitably digressed from the subject, I often wonder how many times we have been
a witness to injustice, heard of a wrong being done and or observed the machinations of
iniquity overwhelming the truth. I am sure that readers can visualise one or two examples
where they wish they had the courage and the tenacity to stand up and say enough is
enough. Today we witness domestic violence on a huge scale and yet despite the
education and media attention, it still occurs. Worse still is the violence and exploitation of
young children that is currently happening around the world. Matters of abduction,
exploitation, sexual assault, slavery, working conditions and young children being forced
into becoming child soldiers.
2. I remember a time walking in the top end of Swanston Street near Lonsdale street with my
wife Yovanna when all of a sudden two youth came out of seemingly nowhere and in a
vicious manner attacked another by pulling him down, kicking at him, clawing at his clothes
and pulling out from his pockets material. At that moment my military and street fighting
of old kicked and I weighed in against these two young blokes to stop the melee. It was of
no avail as they kept on with their attack. Only when a taxi driver of Indian background
stopped his cab and came to help.
My wife who is a Canadian was not used to such spectacles and had first clutched on to
my clothing not to get involved. But it was not the Australian way to let others kick a bloke
when he is down. I would never had forgiven myself had I walked on looking the other
way. On reflection, I also found it admirable that it was an Indian chap that had come to
support whilst others kept on walking by as if the incident did not concern them.
Eventually the two young hoods let loose and fled the scene taking the young man’s wallet
amongst other matters. The Indian cab driver and I helped the young man to his feet who
appeared fine physically but emotionally distressed. We stayed with the young man until
the Police arrived and they questioned the young man and took our details. Suffice to say,
I must add that my wife was more shaken by the incident than I as she was concerned
that I could have been stabbed. I laughed it off and said that it was un-Australian to walk
away when someone is being belted in the main street and I was not the type to walk
away.
I did not think any more of the incident until some months later the same constable who
taken my particulars rang me and asked whether there was anything else I could add to
my statement. I said no as I had no idea what else may have been involved at the time.
The constable advised me that all three youths were involved in the drug scene and were
known to them. In fact from the description that was given to the constable they were able
to apprehend the two assailants. I guess I was disappointed to hear that life in the heart
Melbourne had degenerated to such a w point that people no longer cared. I wondered
whether the Good Samaritan that Australians are well known for had disappeared from
the Australian culture.
The workplace other than the home is a hotbed of a vicious and yet creative subtle cruelty
on a psychological level where there the rules are bent to suit those who have the influence
and the means to impose their will onto others. All the regulations, acts of parliaments and
other rules of behaviour cannot and will not deter those who are in position of influence
and power to flout their authority. Those that get caught deserve what they get and many
who fall into that category should be made an example of that such negative and
unwarranted behaviour is not acceptable in today’s progressive and conservative society.
Still it goes on.
3. Violence in the home is considered bad enough as it is supposed to a place of refuge
many believe is a safe one. Many behaviourists, psychologists and psychiatrists have
endeavoured to identify the many triggers that set of violence and yet are still powerless
to avoid such occurrences happening on the home front. I remember looking up to
someone as a young teenager to find out later in life that he was a wife beater. My mind
reels from the memory of seeing his wife hiding under the bed covers up to her neck in an
effort to hide the bruises from the beatings. Lucky for the woman that she had family that
cared about her welfare to assist in bringing about changes that separated her from such
violence. Still those scars remain for life.
Then we have violence against children by gutless, self-serving predators that deserve to
be hung and quartered, but then that would place me in the same category as the
perpetrators and that would not be on. I remember as a teenager again living in the suburb
of Windsor next to St Kilda and Prahran when the neighbourhood was visited by some
Rockers from out of town, in the North of Victoria. They went and visited a single mum
who lived in the high rise flats situated near the Gladstone Park Reserve.
That evening we were approached by others of our kind who had heard that these same
youths from out of town had picked up the single mothers baby and held it over the balcony
if she did not have sex with them. All that I can say is that two car loads of local youths
made their way to where these out of town youths were staying in a hostel in St Kilda with
the aim of shooting them dead as an example to others considering entering our territory.
The weapons used I am ashamed to say were deadly and are no longer considered to be
part of the Australian culture, especially after the Port Arthur massacre some years ago.
The aftermath of it was that no was injured except that those two out of town youths got
the message in a manner that left them psychologically damaged. As tough as we were
as teenagers, children were special and were not a plaything to be toyed with. As for the
mother, it is my understanding that she moved on with her life and that of her child to other
regions of Melbourne. Yes times were tough and nothing has changed.
Sexual assault of a minor is to me a crime against humanity and that those responsible
should feel the full weight of the law. Those who ae the victims live with that moment or
episodes all of their lives and it is no wonder that anger is instilled into them against those
they perceive are the personification of an evil that was begotten upon them. Yes I guess
I can confess that I too was a victim of a sexual crime that no one would believe if I had
told them.
I was a very young lad barely ten when I was caught by a chap in his forties and dragged
me into a caravan park trailer. I was in his clutches for about fifteen minutes when I took
the chance to escape and make my way back to my other friends who were watching from
the hedges close by. That and another incident later in life as a teenager scarred me for
life to the point that I would lash out against anyone. I was not the only to be molested that
I would find out many years later.
4. These instances are but a few of the many that I have experienced throughout life and it
was those same experiences that toughened me for a life that was constantly full of fear
and the need to survive at all costs. This brings me to the injustices in the political field
and when one would expect our lawmakers are beyond reproach. I have spent the last 26
years being a member of a political party dedicated to win government at all costs. I joined
because of my upbringing in a Christian based conservative household that kept culture
and traditions sacred amidst the Australian environment. I also had a dislike for
communism and any society that reduced the freedoms we have today.
My beef with any political party is how they often attract the young into their ranks,
indoctrinate them and with promises of various sweeteners have them do their bidding to
achieve the desired outcome. Many succumb to this form of altruistic environment and fall
prey to the influence of whom I coin the political predators whose hidden agendas leave a
lot to be desired. Many of these political predators are living amongst us and are pillars of
society that are looked up to, and still they are prone to misusing their power and degrading
the office they were elected to. They know who they are and a day of reckoning will come.
I hope that soon a generational change will occur where the Old Guard are relegated to
the past and the younger generation take control.
I guess that although we are surrounded by injustices the majority of Australians abhor
violence in any form and it is pleasing to hear of some Good Samaritan or courageous
person doing the right thing. It is these small bright stars that continually shine through the
cloak of darkness as a constant reminder that life after all is still good and that those that
fought for the freedoms we taken for granted are not forgotten. I do hope this this next
generation has the courage to take society to a level of compassion and understanding
without losing its cultural heritage.
Yes life is very tough and within that environment we the strong that survive have a
responsibility to those who need our support. As my old Korean war digger mate, Harold
Eather would often say to me, “never be afraid to stand up and say your piece while others
sit quietly and chew their cud like sheep”. In other words stand up and be counted, it’s the
Australian way. Harold may be gone but his words echo through the hollow chambers
every time I visit those halls of influence in uptown Melbourne. My duty and responsibility
is to pass on my skills and knowledge to those that have ears to hear and the patience to
listen. I guess that is why we Australians differ from other cultures.
As always, my apologies for the poor grammar, punctuation and savagery of the English
language. All that I can say is that it is great to be alive and one does not give up in the
face of adversity.
Peter Adamis is a Journalist/Social Media Commentator and writer. He is a retired Australian military
serviceman and an Industry organisational & Occupational (OHS) & Training Consultant whose
interests are within the parameters of domestic and international political spectrum. He is an avid
blogger and contributes to domestic and international community news media outlets as well as to
local and Ethnic News. He holds a Bachelor of Adult Learning & Development (Monash), Grad Dip
Occupational Health & Safety, (Monash), Dip. Training & Assessment, Dip Public Administration,
and Dip Frontline Management. Website: abalinx.com Contact via Email: abalinx@gmail.com or via
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