Comments on: Exile in Bondi: Australia’s Hard Drinking Manly Men (and Women) http://semanticdrift.com/travel/exile-in-bondi-australias-hard-drinking-manly-men-and-women/ Shucking and Jiving Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:34:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: semanticdrifter http://semanticdrift.com/travel/exile-in-bondi-australias-hard-drinking-manly-men-and-women/comment-page-1/#comment-895 semanticdrifter Wed, 03 Sep 2008 06:30:44 +0000 http://semanticdrift.com/?p=945#comment-895 I'm all for that sort of entrepreneurial spirit. I think it shows ingenuity on the part of the one doing the narcing, since not only do they inevitably get paid for their efforts, but they learn the locations of stores that might sell to other teenagers thereby subverting the system from inside. I would call that a form of civil disobedience an act of heroism. Why do you ask? I’m all for that sort of entrepreneurial spirit. I think it shows ingenuity on the part of the one doing the narcing, since not only do they inevitably get paid for their efforts, but they learn the locations of stores that might sell to other teenagers thereby subverting the system from inside.

I would call that a form of civil disobedience an act of heroism.

Why do you ask?

]]> By: O-Lover http://semanticdrift.com/travel/exile-in-bondi-australias-hard-drinking-manly-men-and-women/comment-page-1/#comment-892 O-Lover Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:00:06 +0000 http://semanticdrift.com/?p=945#comment-892 Don't believe in a 21 drinking age eh? What are your thoughts on working for the man and narcing on well meaning convenient store owners for selling to persons underage ;-)? Don’t believe in a 21 drinking age eh? What are your thoughts on working for the man and narcing on well meaning convenient store owners for selling to persons underage ;-)?

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