Gandhi

A great win by Webber, but it sure as hell wasn’t sport

by Dan Walsh

110
Fighting Assad one strongly worded statement at a time

by Tory Maguire

210
The woman with her head down trying to save Labor

by Malcolm Farr

310
Eurovision, the only game worth watching this weekend

by Anthony Sharwood

410
Some sensible thoughts to stop us losing to boozing

by The Punch Team

510
Five sparky ideas from a revolutionary talkfest

by Michelle Loh

610
Are you and your vitamins meant to be friends forever?

by Susie Burrell

710
Punch on: Open thread 28/05/2012

by The Punch Team

810
Abbott’s crass logic: trash the Parliament in order save it

by David Penberthy

910
Our special forces don’t always need special treatment

by Paul Toohey

1010

On breaking rules and deposing fools

by Tory Shepherd

22 Mar 05:45am

Filed under: Anarchy, Bullying, Civil Disobedience, Gandhi, Government, Rules

81 comments

This Casey kid, this accidental hero, slamdunked that bully as though he’d been watching his fair share of WWF.

(Warning: Completely unrealistic portrayal of what actually happened)

What Australians - and worldwide audiences, apparently - warmed to, though, was not the violence itself but the good guy vs. bad guy dynamics of the situation. The underdog trumping the leader of the pack.

Casey Heynes, 16, told A Current Affair he just snapped under pressure. He broke the rules, and became a champion of the downtrodden.

UPDATE: The kid who apparently provoked Casey now claims that he was himself the victim of bullying - and that Casey started the fracas. It remains unclear whether public opinion will now swing behind the little guy…

Continue reading "On breaking rules and deposing fools" »

Latest 2 of 81 comments

View all comments

Rip says:

09:11am | 06/06/11

Oh yes, of course. Shoving women and children out of the way, so you can get out of a collapsing building during an earthquake, is similar to standing up to the british occupation and subjugation of India. Wade is such a hero. Read more »
Seano says:

03:28pm | 23/03/11

It was a couple of light taps which could have been easily brushed off and walked away from followed by a response that had potential for serious injury. Followed by a lot of he said she said. The only kid who did the right thing here was the girl who… Read more »

Add your comment

Facebook Recommendations

Read all about it

Punch live

Up to the minute Twitter chatter

penbo 28 May 12 06:12PM

@GreenJ lady boy.

penbo 28 May 12 06:07PM

@GreenJ how dare you even suggest such a thing. I'd love to blog from their traning session though about what a pack of toffs they are

antsharwood 28 May 12 04:50PM

RT @kellieconnolly: @penbo @antsharwood Not judging Hackett but to set the record straight again I had been asking 9 for a redundancy and left on good terms

penbo 28 May 12 04:01PM

Feisty piece by @antsharwood leading http://t.co/5WsLF5Pf on how ch 9 can punt spiteri connolly rowe but not the delightful grant hackett

See all tweets

Nosebleed Section

choice ringside rantings

From: They must pay for one’s bitter disappointments

Michael S says:

"A teacher at Geelong Grammar had criticised her for using words that were too long, which had left her confused and had made her doubt her ability to write essays. She became ''quite distressed'' when her English marks began to fall." I can sympathise. My scholastic mentors conveyed to me a causal relationship… [read more]

From: Welfare for breeders is a bonus for everyone

Change Up! says:

I have no problem paying my taxes. As a single, childless person on a very decent income, I can afford it and not have my life severely altered. Plus I understand that my taxes paying for things like schools, childcare and infrastructure is ultimately a good thing. A better community is better for me… [read more]