HEHIND THE MASK:Alcohol and Society
ask SEN -SGT JOSEF SESTOKAS from the VICTORIAN town of SALE.
MELBOURNE/AUSTRALIA
HERALD SUN WED JULY 29/’09/PAGE 5
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ZERO TOLERANCE for PEDESTRIANS who do not cross at traffic lights and become a positive nightmare for drivers……....you do not have to be drunk to be stupid in Melbourne….just watch a pedestrian. They step out between cars at anytime of the day and night/ignore that RED means STOP…......
THE RIGHTS OF A DRIVER!!
BEIGE IS DEATH has featured this image..BRILLIANT!
Make our city safe….......it is possible to enforce ZERO TOLERANCE.
This policy is operating in many countries….........it is the only responsible decision!
..........”James Macready-Bryan will forever be the face of the drunken violence on Melbourne’s streets.
A punch in the back of the head in a city alley almost 2 years ago left the now 21 year old with a massive head injury/unable to talk/feed himself or control his movements…................”
The Herald Sun /Tuesday/Sept 16th/08/page 13
Check this newspaper TODAY and you can see James as he is now.
His friend /Adrian Smith/my friend and neighbour/now 23 years old was with him on that night.They were celebrating James’s 20th birthday. A night which would change so many lives forever.
James’s friends have formed
STEP BACK THINK
STEP BACK THINK
....an awareness campaign about the life changing consequences of alcohol -fuelled violence.
so one could say..well what happens now
who is responsible for what happens after dark on the streets of MELBOURNE
STEP BACK THINK
A representative from this group should be invited to speak in school assemblies/parent groups/businesses …................the possibilities are endless/this concerns us all and we MUST get the message.
YES
we are all responsible /as we are a society who are allowing drugs/alcohol to rule….........
ACTION IS NEEDED…..FAST /particularly around the KING STREET/nightclub area.
*Just as an afterthought/no school age /under 18/should be admitted to any of these premises and if so….............
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Jan Piller
This is sooo well done! Bravo!
shanghaiwu replied
jan piller
thankyou for your comments
Rita H. Ireland
Very awesome message!
shanghaiwu replied
rita h ireland
the message is frightening….......
those who sell alcohol ARE and MUST take responsibility/we must be responsible…........../thankyou for your comments
shanghaiwu
greenrosestorm cloud
thankyou for adding me to your watchlist
Heloisa Castro
great creation
shanghaiwu replied
heliosa castro
have shown this piece before BUT the message MUST get through to all parents to set EXAMPLE and BOUNDARIES
thankyou for your comments
PPPhotoArt
wow very important message with an amazing image to really push it to you
just amazing work, well done
shanghaiwu replied
ppphotoart
thankyou for your comments
a message for us all
mhkantor
a very powerful work of art. a very heartwrenching story. so sorry for you and your friends, and of course especially your friend the victim of what sounds like a senseless useless crime.
shanghaiwu replied
mhkantor
WHY MUST we do something…….....................!
this is not the 1st time this has happened and it seems at least once a week another situation arises in out city area/where another young person is at RISK/another death/another family full of heartbreak.
we need more POLICE on our streets /they are battling to keep this city under control in the darkness of the night.
Andrew S
Brilliant way to get the message across, well done
shanghaiwu replied
andrew s
thankyou for your comments
Gregory John O...
well done
shanghaiwu replied
gregory john
thankyou for your comments
shanghaiwu
DellaGunnz .
thankyou for adding me to your watchlist/much appreciated
Col Finnie
You are so totally “on it” with this S. Methinks you have hit on a way to get through to the youngin’s without preaching. Hmm….will bubblemail you with an idea.
shanghaiwu replied
col finnie
if there is ANYWAY we can push these 3 words throughout this city
STEP BACK THINK/I would be very very grateful
to help parents who are struggling with differing values in families
safe places for young people to socialise
*hammer the abuse of alcohol and drugs
sure there could just about be a forum on this involving those who run the clubs/parents/police and the
YOUTH…......../the young men/
who have set up this group…........STEP BACK THINK….......an awareness campaign about the life changing consequences of alcohol -fuelled violence….............
great Col…actions speak louder than words/thankyou
Col Finnie
Idea passed on S. Will keep you posted. Early days.
shanghaiwu replied
col finnie
wonderful and thankyou
Van Cordle
Wow fantastic!
shanghaiwu replied
van cordle
this is an issue for many/thankyou for your comments
reflector
Stunning artwork – the treatment and dissection of the image is fantastic ! A very sad story in the side text too.
shanghaiwu replied
reflector
got your message/pleased you appreciate what I am trying to say here and many thanks
shanghaiwu
Kate Hore
thamkyou for adding this image to your favourites/much appreciated.
shanghaiwu
dimsim
thankyou for adding this image to your favourites
amanda Rae
so clever…awesome
shanghaiwu replied
aRae
pleased you appreciate this image and thankyou
shanghaiwu
Cliff Vestergaard
VERY VERY pleased you have added this image to your favourites
shanghaiwu
Feature Artist for the GROUP:Experimental Photography and Editing
Ushna Sardar
Great work!
shanghaiwu replied
YOU are amazing…....THANKYOU
shanghaiwu
YOU are amazing…....THANKYOU
roy skogvold
real cool work !
shanghaiwu replied
roy skogvold
thankyou for your comments and adding this to your favorites
shanghaiwu
thanks to this FABULOUS GROUP
lazydaze
fantastic work!!
shanghaiwu replied
lazydaze
brilliant that you think fantastic/thankyou
mobii
Intense art for an intense message. Your mind vs their boundaries. Very well done Shanghaiwu.
shanghaiwu replied
mobii
this is an important issue in Melbourne/night life can be a nightmare/travelling on trams…...it is about community safety/responsible nightclubs/zero tolerance for this behaviour on TRAMS as well
ZERO TOLERANCE for pedestrians who do not cross at traffic lights and become a positive nightmare for drivers….......you do not have to be drunk to be stupid in Melbourne….just watch a pedestrian
thankyou for your comments
shanghaiwu
ZERO TOLERANCE for pedestrians who do not cross at traffic lights and become a positive nightmare for drivers……....you do not have to be drunk to be stupid in Melbourne….just watch a pedestrian
shanghaiwu
theyellowfury
thankyou for adding this image to your favourites
Gregory Gibson
too much to drink?
they do the same thing in NYC.
shanghaiwu replied
gregory gibson
thankyou for your comments/YES/think the world knows how effective this was/is in NYC….
Scott d'Almeida
fantastic
shanghaiwu replied
scott d’almeida
thankyou for your comment on this image
Lyndy
Congratulations on your feature in the art of intrigue :)
shanghaiwu replied
lyndy
thankyou for your comments as this is new to me that this image was featured in the ART OF INTRIGUE
Patrick Coombes
this is fantastic. feature is thoroughly deserved
shanghaiwu replied
patrick coombes
what is happening in this wonderful city after dark is DISGUSTING!
thankyou for your special comments
JohnScottArtist
I think people are so “de powered” by authorities that they enact out their own sub conscience mind of “worthlessness” onto the outside world via their inner world. The total loss of personal power or “loss of one’s spirit” then manifests as latent self abuse and suicidal tendencies. The drunk or drugged individual hates him or herself and cares little about life outside and hence gets labelled “zero tolerant” which I feel comes from the Americanisation of religion into “good” and “evil”. If one is not part of our elite puritanical group called “good”, then one is “evil” or “useless” in the eye of “god”. Like a gangrenous limb, the youth are severed as being “useless” to the overall good of the organism. If the “righteous” keep purifying the “wrong” then no one will be left, as it is divisive in it’s approach and void of love. Great work and thought provoking.
shanghaiwu
JOHNscottartist
phew/powerful words!
maybe my thoughts are a little more simplistic….....I LOVE youth/YOUTH is beautiful/energetic/full of dreams….........well that is how it should be.
dreams for future must be entangled with EDUCATION.
Thugs in society should not be tolerated.
These THUGS are robbing families of their precious children.
If they are found to have take another’s life through bashing/alcohol related behaviour…..the LEGAL SYSTEM has a duty to REMOVE THEM FROM SOCIETY/throw away the key if the crime is very serious. YOU take another’s right to life and then YOU also SUFFER the same. If the LEGAL SYSTEM is letting society down….... they also should be REMOVED.
If there is no room in the prison system/build more prisons with NO PRIVELEGES.
basic decent treatment of one man for another is a RIGHT.
the question I have to ask
WHO IS TEACHING VALUES THESE DAYS…........
I cannot even ride on a TRAM these days without being witness to BAD behaviour.
Those responsible are drug addicts/alcoholics…and the conductors !
The CONDUCTORS have become a bunch of BULLY BOYS. A camera certainly comes in handy at times!
Values come from parents/grandparents…...BUT in the end the individual must be responsible for one’s own behaviour.
what is the answer!
maybe MORE POLICE and certainly MORE CONSEQUENCES.