Christop:
so how is it in Sydney?
Sydney kid:
Good
Sydney kid:
oh there was a riot
Christop:
serious?
Christop:
what over?
Sydney kid:
police
Sydney kid:
like 40 got injured
Christop:
yeah?
Sydney kid:
there was rocks, moltovies
Christop:
moltovs...
Christop:
what was the riot about
Christop:
?
Sydney kid:
dunn
Sydney kid:
o

Christop:
and what sort of suburb is Redfern, BTW?
Chris Morphew:
uh... it's an inner-city suburb of sydney
Chris Morphew:
high indigenous population
Chris Morphew:
relatively speaking
Christop:
ok
Christop:
was the guy who got chased indigenous?
Chris Morphew:
probably
Christop:
ok
Christop:
a kid i talk to in Sydney was telling me there was a riot, and he didn't know what it was about..
Chris Morphew:
yeah... i haven't really heard much about it... haven't been seeing much tv news
Christop:
ok
Christop:
i try not to watch tv news
Chris Morphew:
so i dunno.. but my church is in that general area, so i guess i'll find out sooner or later
Christop:
ok, cool
Christop:
the police shot a guy near *my* church last week
Chris Morphew:
Michael Moore told me that tv news is evil. I get all my news from carrier pigeons now.
Christop:
lol
Christop:
i just don't watch TV very much
Chris Morphew:
well, i don't watch fox news anyway
Christop:
ok
Christop:
we don't have cable
Chris Morphew says:
you're not missing much
Christop:
no
Christop:
no competition
Chris Morphew:
unless you like paternity tests and reruns of gilligan's island...
Christop:
oh *dear*
Christop:
i'd almost rather watch The Block
Christop:
and who needs cable when Fresh Prince is back on?

In early 2000 my dad was working in Darwin and Dili for two months, making sure the soldiers and UN people weren't bringing any pests into Australia. One night the police shot an indigenous man on the beach near my dad's hotel. No questions were asked. It wan't even in the paper. Apparently that sort of thing happens there all the time, and people just accept it.
I'm glad Sydney's different.