Disrespectful behaviour
On December 17 around 12pm, 12 local teenagers from Umina decided to take over Ettalong wharf.
They proceeded to jump off the railings, dive-bombing and splashing as many ferry passengers as they could, many of whom were the elderly, women with kids and some men who tried to warn them away from the wharf area to no avail.
As a parent, I wondered what their parents would think of their boys disrespecting older members of the community like that.
Imagine if they did that to their own, would it be tolerated? I wonder.
Online submission, 23 Dec 2010
Pat Brophy, Umina