Let's STAND UP to the deros/junkies/meth heads

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Yeah, tops idea if funky wants to breathe through a straw ya bloody dope.
Yeah I aint exactly overpowering physically speaking, and have a nose that seems to say 'punch me'.

Same thing happened to me when I was with my girl in the city a couple of weeks ago. There were a couple of young punks talking shit as we walked past, don't think they were junkies-just kids who listen to too much hip hop trying to look tough, I fired back because I reckon I coulda taken them both but not knowing whether they had knives or other weapons I just kept walking in the end. I felt kinda shitty afterwards and my pride was slightly dented but I dunno, I'm too old to be getting into that crap now and nobody fights fair anymore so it just wasn't worth it.
Hey that summarises the dilemma nicely :thumbsu:

1) Take them and risk being shivved with a fashioned woodstock can can then wipe the blood from your punctured eye long enough to see a civil libertarian accuse you of being a white heterosexual male.

2) Walk away and risk your GF having a talk about you not being "a real man".

Luckily mine is not that sort, so we laughed it off.
 

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The alchos are the worst. Junkies are filthy to look at, & can be mildly annoying but are generally harmless. Bunch of drunk bogans/filthies/scumbags will get aggressive
 

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Agree with the OP. It's not fair on the good people of society who have to put up with this sort of stuff.

Yet how do you clean up society, from this point of view? You can't have police patrolling every single street and train station (though you'd often wish they would).

What's worse is when they do it on a train or a tram, where the roof traps the scent.
 

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Hey that summarises the dilemma nicely :thumbsu:

1) Take them and risk being shivved with a fashioned woodstock can can then wipe the blood from your punctured eye long enough to see a civil libertarian accuse you of being a white heterosexual male.

2) Walk away and risk your GF having a talk about you not being "a real man".

Luckily mine is not that sort, so we laughed it off.
:D Haha I almost spat my drink across the monitor reading the bolded part!! I needed a good laugh tonight, thank you sir :thumbsu:

Lucky my girl isn't that type either. I'm the fiery one, she's the pacifist. But you know, if I was ten years younger I most definitely would have punched on with these little shits but I'm almost 30 FFS - too old to be getting into it over the usual, "what are you lookin' at" crap.
 

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Yeah I aint exactly overpowering physically speaking, and have a nose that seems to say 'punch me'.

Hey that summarises the dilemma nicely :thumbsu:

1) Take them and risk being shivved with a fashioned woodstock can can then wipe the blood from your punctured eye long enough to see a civil libertarian accuse you of being a white heterosexual male.

2) Walk away and risk your GF having a talk about you not being "a real man".

Luckily mine is not that sort, so we laughed it off.
Depends if you are wearing deux-denim, then its freaking on.
 

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#39
Bring back corporal punishment.

Oh, and if they accost you, unless you are outnumbered 3-1 then just belt the **** out of them.

I have no sympathy for addicts whatsoever. Round them up and dump them on an island.
 

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Not all drug users are bad. In fact, most of them will be friendlier to you than any normal person. That said, there is a bad element out there. I have almost given up going to town these days because of the violence and the attitudes of some people towards those they consider easy targets. My little brother has recently turned 18 and has been the victim of these ****up thugs on more than one occassion already. In recent weeks I too have had a knife pulled on me and been threatened by groups of thugs. Our legal system doesn't want a piece of it, and cops if they're not too scared to do something aren't that keen to arrest these small time trouble makers because it means they have to stay late to do paper work. Something needs to be done. It's time we take back the streets - I agree.
 

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Weird.

When I was back in Melbourne last year I was on Smith Street at night and was amazed at how calm it was.

jeez, does anyone remember it in the mid to late 90s, when they were selling gear on every corner?

That's when it was really bad.

Agreed though that things have got worse in general since the meth arrived. That's bad, bad shit.

At least the smack junkies would just score then lie around in their own filth until it wore off. The methheads score then proceed to go mental for 7 hours.
 

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i say bring back national service that would straighten some of them out and teach them some respect at the same time.
Yeah, letr's send the meth heads to Afghanistan and arm them with high powered weapons so they can kill the locals.

THAT'S the answer.
 

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Weird.

When I was back in Melbourne last year I was on Smith Street at night and was amazed at how calm it was.

jeez, does anyone remember it in the mid to late 90s, when they were selling gear on every corner?

That's when it was really bad.

Agreed though that things have got worse in general since the meth arrived. That's bad, bad shit.

At least the smack junkies would just score then lie around in their own filth until it wore off. The methheads score then proceed to go mental for 7 hours.
Yep, true.

Back in the late 90's it was ****ed. Junkie on every corner shooting up and you'd find guys just lying on streets looking dead. These days it's a ****ing cruise down there. I like to call them upper class junkies, they have evolved.
 

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Yep, true.

Back in the late 90's it was ****ed. Junkie on every corner shooting up and you'd find guys just lying on streets looking dead. These days it's a ****ing cruise down there. I like to call them upper class junkies, they have evolved.
Same as Russell Street. Shit, Russell Street is like how it used to be say 92/93, before the gear really took over. WEalked down it a couple of times and didn't get any 'You want?' looks and no-one asked me if I was chasing or anything.
 

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Yeah, letr's send the meth heads to Afghanistan and arm them with high powered weapons so they can kill the locals.

THAT'S the answer.
well by having national service they have to go through basic training, no access to drugs there! which will make them detox, clean them up and hopefully send them out as decent citizens after their national service
 

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well by having national service they have to go through basic training, no access to drugs there! which will make them detox, clean them up and hopefully send them out as decent citizens after their national service
yeah, no.

i don't think that detoxing whilst doing basic training would be the best idea.


most people who detox just lie there & shake.
 

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well by having national service they have to go through basic training, no access to drugs there! which will make them detox, clean them up and hopefully send them out as decent citizens after their national service
Yeah, no access to illegal drugs on the ADF bases in Oz. None at all. Right.
 
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