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School Strikes
Noel McCaskie Australia (Verified User) Posts 1122 Dogs 23 / Races 5 14 Mar 2019 19:15
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Just goes to show that the only way to get this Government to listen is to go ahead and follow by example.MAYBE this is what WE and our INDUSTRY should be doing AGAIN right on ELECTION TIME no better time to to do it IMO peoples thoughts please
Steven Martin Australia (Verified User) Posts 7681 Dogs 180 / Races 66 14 Mar 2019 19:53
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School is for LEARNING.....Politics is not a place for the schoolroom.
It's pathetic to think STRIKES are now encouraged annually in school lessons.
Those students that don't follow the pack on this day will be picked-on & bullied causing more brain-washing.
Kids that strike today should be awarded a week of arvo-detention.
Hayden Gilders Australia (Verified User) Posts 993 Dogs 29 / Races 0 14 Mar 2019 23:39
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steven martin wrote:
School is for LEARNING.....Politics is not a place for the schoolroom.
It's pathetic to think STRIKES are now encouraged annually in school lessons.
Those students that don't follow the pack on this day will be picked-on & bullied causing more brain-washing.
Kids that strike today should be awarded a week of arvo-detention.
But its alright for past generations to have a day off school to line the streets and wave flags at the monarchy when they visit our shores
Mark Donohue Australia (Verified User) Posts 3237 Dogs 6 / Races 0 15 Mar 2019 00:17
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Theyre (Were) missing a lesson to teach us (you) a lesson, was on a placard. One or two strikes per year is not going to destroy their education. It will probably enhance it. As a comparison, we have too many cowards and sheep in our Industry. At least theyre having a go. BS about being bullied. We werent bullied because we marched. On the contrary.
Tony Gallagher Australia (Team Member) Posts 5918 Dogs 12965 / Races 40209 15 Mar 2019 00:38
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Noel McCaskie wrote:
Just goes to show that the only way to get this Government to listen is to go ahead and follow by example.MAYBE this is what WE and our INDUSTRY should be doing AGAIN right on ELECTION TIME no better time to to do it IMO peoples thoughts please
Sorry Noel, I have to disagree with you on this one. We already have people against racing that hope that it ends, surely by not racing we are playing right into their hands. Education is completely different as all realise we need it.
The track we have taken is at the voting boxes and this to me is a better way to go in the 21st century.
Hayden Gilders Australia (Verified User) Posts 993 Dogs 29 / Races 0 15 Mar 2019 01:12
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Tony Gallagher wrote:
Noel McCaskie wrote:
Just goes to show that the only way to get this Government to listen is to go ahead and follow by example.MAYBE this is what WE and our INDUSTRY should be doing AGAIN right on ELECTION TIME no better time to to do it IMO peoples thoughts please
Sorry Noel, I have to disagree with you on this one. We already have people against racing that hope that it ends, surely by not racing we are playing right into their hands. Education is completely different as all realise we need it.
The track we have taken is at the voting boxes and this to me is a better way to go in the 21st century.
Isnt one of the points that the kids are making is that the voting box approach doesnt work. Politicians have been promising climate repairs since the 1980s. But in between elections nothing gets done. Will greyhound racing be treated any differently
Tony Gallagher Australia (Team Member) Posts 5918 Dogs 12965 / Races 40209 15 Mar 2019 01:47
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Hi Hayden you most likely are right but a strike by greyhound owners and trainers may well have the opposite effect it's trying to achieve as it may create a massive division between us. This would also give the anti racing people a great opportunity to come out and spread more lies about our sport. It has already been stated in this thread that not all would support a strike and if that is the case which I believe it is it may not make us look united and strong. In my opinion there has to be a better way.
Noel McCaskie Australia (Verified User) Posts 1122 Dogs 23 / Races 5 15 Mar 2019 02:05
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Noel McCaskie wrote:
Just goes to show that the only way to get this Government to listen is to go ahead and follow by example.MAYBE this is what WE and our INDUSTRY should be doing AGAIN right on ELECTION TIME no better time to to do it IMO peoples thoughts please
Tony and others,i cant see anywhere where i mentioned NO RACING i simply think a march to bring things back to LIFE would be a GREAT THING for the industry at the
Steven Martin Australia (Verified User) Posts 7681 Dogs 180 / Races 66 15 Mar 2019 02:09
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Hayden Gilders wrote:
But its alright for past generations to have a day off school to line the streets and wave flags at the monarchy when they visit our shores
Very very bad example Hayden.
One is encouraged while the other one frowned upon.
Tony Gallagher Australia (Team Member) Posts 5918 Dogs 12965 / Races 40209 15 Mar 2019 02:09
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Hi Noel, Sorry I missunderstood. A peaceful march is a good idea.
Noel McCaskie Australia (Verified User) Posts 1122 Dogs 23 / Races 5 15 Mar 2019 02:11
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Noel McCaskie wrote:
Just goes to show that the only way to get this Government to listen is to go ahead and follow by example.MAYBE this is what WE and our INDUSTRY should be doing AGAIN right on ELECTION TIME no better time to to do it IMO peoples thoughts please
Tony and others,i cant see anywhere where i mentioned NO RACING i simply think a march to bring things back to LIFE would be a GREAT THING for the industry at the present time,it might AWAKEN the public and a FEW SLEEPING GIANTS,Let the public know a few home truths what this SO CALLED GOVERNMENT has done to us since the BAIRD FIASCO,i also dont believe in CHILDREN PROTESTING but one day they will have to vote when they become of AGE,
WHY ARE THESE CHILDREN PROTESTING ???? DO ANY PARENTS OUT THERE KNOW ,TALK TO YOUR CHILDREN ABOUT IT,THATS WHAT PARENTS DOOO
Hayden Gilders Australia (Verified User) Posts 993 Dogs 29 / Races 0 15 Mar 2019 02:59
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steven martin wrote:
Hayden Gilders wrote:
But its alright for past generations to have a day off school to line the streets and wave flags at the monarchy when they visit our shores
Very very bad example Hayden.
One is encouraged while the other one frowned upon.
the great political divide steve if one agrees then the action is good and if one doesnt agree well its frowned upon. Interesting though that the kids are taught about democracy at primary school these days, some even study politics at secondary school (as elective units) , undergraduate courses and post graduate courses at university level.
kids by the bus load are taken to Canberra to see amongst other things the war memorial parliament in action, you know the way the system works in reality, the law courts to see where our cardinals are sentenced and a myriad of other places. they learn about climate change, pollution of the planet, anti bullying and understanding others point of view may be different to theirs. Its a great system isn't it
Steven Martin Australia (Verified User) Posts 7681 Dogs 180 / Races 66 15 Mar 2019 08:19
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The thing is Hayden, STRIKES are illegal but schools are now getting in on the act & those in high position (Headmasters) are encouraging them.
If I was a student, would I show up at Macquarie St on this day? Of course not. I'd take the opportunity to go to the beach or something similar....like 98% of other students. How stupid do you think they are.
All it's doing it teaching them to PLAY the system at an age they should be learning there ABCs.
Hayden Gilders Australia (Verified User) Posts 993 Dogs 29 / Races 0 15 Mar 2019 09:07
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not too sure that this fits the definition of a strike truency pehaps but the protesters perhaps have more of a social conscence than the beach goers
Noel McCaskie Australia (Verified User) Posts 1122 Dogs 23 / Races 5 15 Mar 2019 09:33
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If people watched the news on most channels tonight the protest was well and truly covered and a couple of these students knew what they were there for and WHY,well done to ALL these students and back to SHCOOL Monday with you all,by the way people i didnt hear anything negative said about the day on any of the news programs i watched,but i will say this these KIDS got more coverage for what they did in one day then what the Greyhound industry has had in 3yrs but ours was all BAD,
SAD WE ONLY GET BAD NEWS PUT OUT INTO THE PUBLIC
Peter Gurry Australia (Verified User) Posts 9262 Dogs 18 / Races 25 15 Mar 2019 12:01
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There was the recent Gonski report into education which probably encouraged them to go out and protest, all the kids needed to do was to take there their protest walk on top of Melbourne's West Gate Bridge and look over Melbourne's Industrial horizon once a hive of smoke stacked chimneys now all GONSKI. Wake up kids and study history the affluent Western civilisations money men have sent all the factories to Asia where it's cheaper and where they don't give a f#%& about polluting the skies. Our airs never been cleaner but these kids ( the bloody greenies of the future ) would of never have seen what it was once like.
Mark Donohue Australia (Verified User) Posts 3237 Dogs 6 / Races 0 15 Mar 2019 21:14
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Probably? So you havent read it ? Start off with more substance than probably.
Peter Gurry Australia (Verified User) Posts 9262 Dogs 18 / Races 25 16 Mar 2019 00:23
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Nah Mark I didn't read it, only reports I read are the stewards ones doing my dog in for marring. Must go it's the weekend and I've got to burn off some leaves in the gutter. Pete G, Allentown
Mark Donohue Australia (Verified User) Posts 3237 Dogs 6 / Races 0 16 Mar 2019 03:24
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Just be careful when youre burning off leaves in the gutter.
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