My Say, late update
Saturday, September 26th, 2009I’ve noticed that I left out a very important point in my post concerning the Black Saturday fires – AAARRRSON. So I’ve added the following points to the article (I also put them here, so you can see them without having to go back to the original article if you don’t want to). Anyway, here goes:
6. Finally, Arson. There are so many reasons people can find for themselves for lighting a fire that I can’t be bothered going through them all (e.g. having fun, offsetting an inferiority complex, not caring what happens if they throw a cigarette out the car window…). One thing I will say, though, is that young, impressionable minds would be less impressed with the concept of creating a blazing inferno if they weren’t exposed so much to this phenomenon in popular action films. Censorship on my part? Maybe.
7. An interesting note on the last thing, though. In urban bushland remnants, fires lit by arsonists are often the only possibility for the ecosystem to regenerate the way it’s meant to (or approximately so); for example, if prescription burns are deemed too hazardous for nearby suburbs. So arson can be a bit of a two-sided sword.
Sincineratingly yours,
azarov98.