tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-128675833767525966.post4153657646376796289..comments2021-04-30T19:14:47.388-07:00Comments on Dave Wheeler's Thoughts & Yarns: CANBERRA BOUNCERS, CANBERRA COPPERS AND AN INCIDENT AT THE KINGO ON CHRISTMAS EVE OF 2011Dave Wheelerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10143727854024072871noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-128675833767525966.post-60101431249340071062013-07-04T19:03:04.798-07:002013-07-04T19:03:04.798-07:00You’ve raised some good points, but I did state in...You’ve raised some good points, but I did state in part “I am not saying there are no cowardly thuggish bouncers around who should be free to lay into people without fear of being charged by the police.” <br />If I had it my way all casual bouncers would all be employed by the AFP with police powers, and they would be paid for by whoever wanted their services, and not the taxpayer. They would also be tested for steroids, as should be the case with all coppers, and they should receive extensive training and go through a difficult selection process. They should then be paid top money as truly good bouncers are very thin on the ground. <br />That however, is not going to happen because governments have swallowed the privatisation mantra in a more fanatical way than born again Christians even though there is zero proof for it always being a superior way of getting a service performed. The AFP don’t even want to staff the PCYC’s. <br />Given these facts it’s up to bouncers to organise themselves to ensure they do not continue to be shat on by the legal system and the media.<br />Regardless of this, I think anyone who sells piss should have to pay extra tax on the stuff in order to pay for extra cops of the right kind to make a proper job of cleaning up the mess that has been made by the poison. I realise there is currently a high tax on alcohol but it is insufficient and I should not have to subsidise the effects of someone else’s drug problem. <br />Dave Wheeler <br />Dave Wheelerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10143727854024072871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-128675833767525966.post-32420041480109452782013-07-04T17:26:09.888-07:002013-07-04T17:26:09.888-07:00Should the rest of the community pay for security ...Should the rest of the community pay for security (police) to control people in pubs, bars and nightclubs that sell legalised drugs and make large profits? From my experience, I have known many bouncers that trained at the gym and took steroids - I heard their stories of bashing people. I wrote to Jon Stanhope quite some years ago and suggested mandatory drug testing for the bouncers.Remohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10335149595917365326noreply@blogger.com