Human is the best of animals because it has a brain and it is the worst of animals because it has a brain. To deal with human, we can’t afford to be humane. We ought to give a chance or two. But the more chance human gets the more he/she will get used to it and will abuse the leniency.

Since last 1.5 year, I’m reading about the violence in Melbourne’s Central Business District (CBD). I don’t think there is any lack of police protection in CBD during weekends. There is no lack of money to spend on toys to reduce the crime. But the menace persists and it continues to deter normal Joe like me to venture out to CBD especially during late night over the weekends. I think the reason for this alcohol fuelled menace is the kid-glove approach of the law enforcement agencies. What else can the reason be? There is lack of concerted effort to discipline the drunken mob. Solution can be in putting these drunks in jail, hitting hard on their wallet and giving a lot of press to drum public awareness. And I can guarantee that the mob will disappear in no time. It is really a cause of concern that a first-world country like Australia is unable to guarantee safety of its residents at the heart of Melbourne, which claims to be the most livable city in the world. What kind of image these never ending incidents in the heart of the city is projecting to the outside world. Had it been a poor, third-world country, it is quite understandable. But unfortunately it is Australia. The mob has to be controlled with iron feast. I would like to sight an example. Few days ago an utterly drunken bloke hopped on the tram with a bottle in his hand. He was wobbling and completely out of control. But to my surprise he tried his best to validate his ticket. But well he failed as he could not find the slot in the machine. But the bottom line is that a drunk could not forget the fact that if he gets caught he will have to cough up 200 odd $ and there won’t be any excuses. So why can’t we have similar formula in CBD. Last week a mob attacked a guy who landed in hospital fighting for his life. But I read in the newspaper that it is unlikely that anybody will be charged. Tolerance is really encouraging violence. Sometimes punishment is the best way to discipline people. I’m not an advocate of fear-psychology but public safety is absolutely important.

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I’m not deviating from my blog rule i.e. I won’t criticize any country other than India. I’m a resident of Australia at this point of time and I’m paying tax to the Australian Government. So it is my right to demand proper security at least in CBD.