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1. -agw
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   These are the photographs taken by just one family during and in the aftermath of the Victoria Bushfire of February 7-8-9, 2009. They need no words of mine and again they are a relay from Penster in Australia. They are from one of Penster's friends who's family was caught up in the fires.

   It is suspected many of the fires were set and then reset by arsonists. I would not wish to be in their shoes if they are ever tracked down.

   

   

   

   

   

   

   Again, this is the viewpoint from just one family. The victims are in the thousands.
   Whole townships and communities have been devastated and the loss of wildlife and domestic animals is awful in it's proportions.
   The residents' death toll is expected to soar when recovery teams get into some areas not yet tackled.

   Posted 9 months ago #

2. Yampster
   Member

   Are these arsonists supposed to be doing it for fun or profit. Do they like to play with fire or is insurance and failed business the root cause?

   Posted 9 months ago #

3. -agw
   Member

   Vicious little bastards who take pleasure in watching the misery and heartbreak they cause.
   It is so indiscriminate there can be little or no deliberate personal gain involved.

   Fire is part of the natural cycle of things in Australia. Certain plants, like eucalyptus, will not flower and then seed until there has been a fire to create clearings for the seedlings. The indigenous peoples used fire to clear dead plant life and ensure new growth and life from time immemorial but this seems to have been a combination of natural disaster and sicko activity.

   One guy over the Opinion columns here is claiming it was revenge for the execution of the Bali bombers...
   Buy your jihad lucifers and terrorist information packs here.

   Posted 9 months ago #

4. June
   Member

   Just seen Pensters remark in Opinions , that some nutter believes they deserved it, a revenge for their abortion laws.

   How holier than thou can some people be.

   Posted 9 months ago #

5. penster
   Member

   An alleged arsonist was interviewed on radio today (amid huge controversy) and he said that he gets a massive adrenalin rush from lighting fires, and as a volunteer fire fighter - yes, a volunteer fire fighter - enjoys putting them out.

   This is consistent with what is known of bushfire arsonists. Certain types of criminals stick around to enjoy the fruit of their labours - arsonists generally fall into this category.

   Looters are starting to be rounded up god help them. On second thoughts no. Let the locals deal with them.

   The above pictures are friends of mine. Their brick house was destroyed and they are lucky to be alive but curiously, the log cabin on their property was unharmed. Apparently there is a way to construct a log cabin with the ends pointing out so the flames cannot "grip".

   Posted 9 months ago #

6. June
   Member

   http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/australia/4593118/Australian-bush-fires-Thirsty-koala-becomes-Australias-wild-fire-star.html

   a koala stops for a drink

   Posted 9 months ago #

7. penster
   Member

   Extreme situations call for extreme nutcases June.

   Posted 9 months ago #

8. -agw
   Member

   It's Darwin's 200th birthday today. (Except he is dead)
   Any arsonists should be forced to stand right in the heart of their own creation. That would be truly up close and personal and a worthy extraction from the gene pool as per the Darwin Awards.

   Posted 9 months ago #

9. June
   Member

   Penster you were talking of the log cabin, Bob was talking to an Aussie colleague yesterday that most houses are wood, bricks being expensive to import (as the rivers don't clay the soil), and then the log cabin survived.

   Agw good idea, burn for their beliefs and give some weight to their actions

   Posted 9 months ago #

10. therealstig
    Member

    AGW - it might be more fitting to carry out your plan in Darwin.

    June. - You might ask of that colleague what exactly he means. There is no shortage of locally made clay bricks that I am aware of, unless they have used up all the clay since I left of course.

    Penster - it was always thus. There were a couple cases of volunteer and full time firefighters in Perth turning out to be arsonists. It seems to be so common that it should probably be one of the first things the police think of. Scratch that, I should have remembered that thinking isn't on their list of official duties.

    Posted 9 months ago #

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