On Saturday my own six year old daughter needed to go to the toilet and ran of ahead of me at the shops I got to our agreed meeting spot ,waiting out side the “ladies” as a series of women and girls came and went . Eventually I asked one of the women who works at the Shopping center , to go in and check . To my horror my daughter was not there. It took every bit of my self control not to go into full blown panic mode….. Fortunately my story ended well and I was quickly re-united with my daughter thanks to some vigilant staff members at the center. For a very long time I just hugged her so aware that it is only a breath between joy and tragedy.
Anyone who follows to the news will have heard the terrible story of the three boys, under ten years of age, who were killed by a speeding train west of Brisbane. A tragic waste of life and the nightmare of every train driver. While I feel the pain of the parents at loosing their children I wonder how any one could let their children under ten wander the streets with out supervision. The total cynic in me thinks that this is the way that the gene pool is purged, but in the light of my own fright all that I can say is,despite the fact that I am an atheist, there but for the grace of God go I.
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I pray that you learn more about His grace too – although perhaps not in such a heart thundering way. From one Aussie to another! Bless you. Kathiemt
Terrible tragedy..but it turns out the police had told the children to get off the tracks less than an hour before they were killed.
And how did such young children get to be wandering around by themselves?
I think that perhaps the greatest victim in this incident was the driver of the train. I cannot imagine how he feels. My thoughts are with him.
I have a very good friend who used to drive trains up here and he told me that you just never get over it . A train weighs hundreds of tonnes and at 100 kph it takes a very long time to come to a stop there is not even any point in putting on the brakes ….The saddest thing is that some “indigenous leader” having a go at our premier for saying the obvious , that the parents should not have allowed the children to wander the street…Keep up the good work at your blog and don’t expect to much From Jeremy Sear (Mr Lefty, who likes to pretend he is Still anonymous so don’t tell him you know his name or he will Ban you from his blogs )
I hope the driver gets all the help he needs. This would be devastating for him.
Peter Beattie didn’t make a comment about the children being unsupervised because the parents are black, he made the comment because they are PARENTS. Black or white, the (very young) children were wandering around the streets for hours completely unsupervised.
ps. That ‘Boltwatch’ site is rather unsettling in its complete lack of common sense. And honestly, who dedicates a whole site to making slurs against one journalist?
Excellent blog Iain,
cheers
Hi RealSavior(cute username by the way) spot on about Peter Beattie, he is a a fundamentally decent man and as a prent I thought the same thing before I knew the kids were black.
I used to “play” at the boltwatch blog until just afterf christmass when I had arun in with Mr Sear. I was very pissed of with his arrogance and hypocracy. The sad thing is that they just seem to be intent on proving that black is white if it is claimed by Andrew Bolt. I have another Blog “Being Nice” where I have written about it if you want a bit of a laugh {link on the side bar}
Thanks Iain (had to try many usernames til I found one ‘available’.
Checked out your link, and the photos are definitely of the same man. He still pretends to be anonymous? Strange.
The other way the gene pool is purged is by having kids sit “safely” at home, stuffing their faces with fast foods, as they “safely” watch video games and learn to passively acquiesce to whatever electronic stimulant bombards their minds.