PM opposes Gallipoli visitors cap (1 Viewer)

[katie_tully]

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=5092

That is god damn disgraceful that people would leave the area in such a mess.

 

[tempco]

wth are those people in the picture having a nap on the graves?

people will be people, regardless of what the event is.

 

[katie_tully]

what does god have to do with it katie?

Ooohhh, he has his ways.

 

[Abbeygale]

I just hate how Howard was arguing that it's to be expected at any large event, and then compared it to New Years Eve. NYE is a drunken party, Anzac Day is a memorial service. Huge difference. And it's not to be bloody expected. How much effort does it really take to hang onto your rubbish for a couple of hours?

 

[Not-That-Bright]

It is disgraceful, and i've seen photo's of beer bottles lined up around graves...
IMO however, why wasn't there anyone there to clean up afterwards?
Sure - They shouldn't have left the mess etc, but why wasn't anyone hired to clean it up?!

 

[tempco]

IMO however, why wasn't there anyone there to clean up afterwards?
Sure - They shouldn't have left the mess etc, but why wasn't anyone hired to clean it up?!

its hard to believe that no one was hired to clean it up. that would be just plain stupid.

 

[Not-That-Bright]

Exactly, seems to me that this was a government job and he's not mad at the visitors because if he was, eventually the attentions going to come around to him. "Hey? Weren't you supposed to like... pay someone to clean up? ROFL!"

Unless it was organised by the RSL?

 

[katie_tully]

it was organised by the department of veterans affiars, who also ordered they play pop music such as the bee gees to keep the crowd amused.

 

[Not-That-Bright]

Arrr i see

*GLARE!!!*

... i see u can't post images here anymore...

 

[loquasagacious]

I believe that the mess and tone of the event (turning it into a spectactle of thanks rather than a solemn commemoration) and the actions of the attendess are all despicable.

 

[Generator]

I just hate how Howard was arguing that it's to be expected at any large event, and then compared it to New Years Eve. NYE is a drunken party, Anzac Day is a memorial service. Huge difference. And it's not to be bloody expected.

Heh supposedly the entire event is largely a piss-up for many younger Australians, and they only sober up for the actual service.

I'm with Howard on this, though more could to done to limit the mess given the ever-increasing number of 'pilgrims'. Still, I doubt that we Australians are as clean/aware of our obligations as the NSW RSL President believes, so the mess is to be expected, but that isn't to say that it should be accepted.

 

[mahuligan]

i cant believe people actually slept on the graves..thats disgusting. dont they have any respect?

 

[tempco]

i cant believe people actually slept on the graves..thats disgusting. dont they have any respect?

exactly what i was thinking. but they might be figure heads but not actually graves themselves.. but that doesnt excuse what they were doing.

 

[Iron]

"90yrs ago, our boys made a hell of a mess of this place - and we're bloody well doing it again"

 

[Enlightened_One]

Bloody shameful.