The Manly Marches Part II

 Today the protest was directed more at the economical and political changes in Australia.

Manly has been a hot bed of activity over the past year due to the elections and the newly elected Prime Minister who is from Manly. He is a part of the Liberal Party which is actually the Conservative Party. His office is/was right off the Corso making it an obvious stop on our journey.

The economy is also a very big concern. The cost of living in Australia is one of the highest in the world. I had known that things cost more in Australia...I was shocked at just how much more. Many voiced their concerns about making a living in Oz. Therefore, the protest stayed contained in the heart of the Corso...the main pedestrian vein, retail and commercial area.

 

I feel that everyone involved has evolved. The protests were opportunities for all marchers and the public to give pause. For the protesters, a time of inner contemplation and reflection and for the public, a time of unknowing, mystery and angst.

We were hounded during each procession for answers. The "watchers" wanted immediate answers as to what it was, what were we doing, what did it mean. We are such a society of immediates with technology in hand to answer all our questions immediately. There seemed to be a shortage of abstract thinking of any sort.

I will end this post with  too many Thank Yous for too many participates. I am happy that we took these first marches together. So many of the participates thought these marches had been going on for years...not realizing they were laying the initial ground work with each step. I can only hope that in the future we will take the lessons that we all learned and apply them in righting of wrongs. 


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