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Sunday, December 18, 2005
10:44:00 AM EST
Hearing Peg -- Steely Dan
I'm going to do the second half of the Weekend Assignment responses tomorrow (more time for you to get your responses in!), so in the meantime here's a story of Christmas cheer -- gone wrong!
A gang of drunken "Santas" caused merry hell across central Auckland yesterday, robbing stores, tagging buildings and assaulting security guards.
Three men were arrested on a variety of drunk and disorderly charges, and two security guards had to be treated for cuts after being hit with beer bottles.
The event's organiser, Alex Dyer, warned of trouble earlier in the day, saying the antics would only be stopped when someone was arrested. Santarchy, he said, was a worldwide phenomenon designed to dismantle the commercialisation of Christmas. Senior Sergeant Matt Rogers said the men were more like clowns than Santas.
Though he did not want to play down the seriousness of their actions, it was "fairly average behaviour" from "an organised group of idiots" who had had too much to drink. Police had received no warning about the event, despite press reports earlier in the week.
Bad Santas! Bad Santas, indeed.
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10:44:00 AM EST
Hearing Peg -- Steely Dan
Santa's Getting Coal in His Stocking
I'm going to do the second half of the Weekend Assignment responses tomorrow (more time for you to get your responses in!), so in the meantime here's a story of Christmas cheer -- gone wrong!
A gang of drunken "Santas" caused merry hell across central Auckland yesterday, robbing stores, tagging buildings and assaulting security guards.
Three men were arrested on a variety of drunk and disorderly charges, and two security guards had to be treated for cuts after being hit with beer bottles.
The event's organiser, Alex Dyer, warned of trouble earlier in the day, saying the antics would only be stopped when someone was arrested. Santarchy, he said, was a worldwide phenomenon designed to dismantle the commercialisation of Christmas. Senior Sergeant Matt Rogers said the men were more like clowns than Santas.
Though he did not want to play down the seriousness of their actions, it was "fairly average behaviour" from "an organised group of idiots" who had had too much to drink. Police had received no warning about the event, despite press reports earlier in the week.
Bad Santas! Bad Santas, indeed.
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Some of our Santas kick ass for the side of good:
http://www.stuntcook.com/index.php?i=8995
and, as for those Santas who are doing crime... when they get to Florida, they know to handle them....
http://www.local6.com/news/5491296/detail.html -
Were these "Santas" Christian?
I sure hope not...
If they were, they are seriously need to think again what the meaning of Christmas is. It's the birth of Jesus. Period.
To go on a rampage against the community in this way is just BS.
Ya know, next Christmas I'm thinking of not getting ANY gifts for anyone. Just skip Christmas all together. No one gets my money, nothing.
Since when do I HAVE to get gifts? Giving gifts is of my free will...I WANT to give gifts. I don't want to give gifts by force, especially by the retail giants of commercialism.
Anyway...my 2 cents
Gifdude
12/18/05 7:49 PM
Banner Ads on Both our pages. Who @ AOL held that party?
[delete@will] A merry merry any=way...lata