. . CRIME AND CRIMINALS: ASSAULT : MEDICAL: CONDITIONS: HEAD TRAUMA : COUNTRIES: AUSTRALIA: Violence on Sydney's Streets: Enough is Enough . . Violence on Sydney's Streets: Enough is Enough Bruce Mcdougall, Peter Bodkin The Daily Telegraph January 02, 2014 12:00AM http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/opinion/ violence-on-sydneys-streets-enough-is-enough/ story-fni0cwl5-1226793357725 . A shorter URL for the above link: . http://tinyurl.com/kewz78h . .As the latest unsuspecting victim - a teenager from Sydney's north - fights for his life in hospital, we can only imagine what suffering his family and those close to him are enduring.
.These images are a glimpse into myriad lives that have been ruined and their families consigned to months and years of misery because of a single moment of madness. It is impossible to find reasons why such devastation should be inflicted and there is no silver bullet solution to ensure it never happens again.
.But the photos give us cause to reflect on what we can do as a society to reduce the scourge of mindless violence that is wrecking so many Australian families and affecting those in the wider community whose job it is to pick up the pieces.
.The fallout has a ripple effect and includes the nurses, doctors and hospital staff who turn up for work in a state of anxiety expecting that at some point in their shift they will be called on to treat victims of senseless and unnecessary violence.
.Now it is time to say enough is enough, and take action to stop the violence on our streets and prevent any more young lives from being needlessly destroyed.
.This New Year's Eve yet another young life was damaged, another family left devastated by another senseless act of violence driven at least in part by alcohol. The fact it happened in Victoria St, Kings Cross, only metres from the spot where another teen, Thomas Kelly, was attacked 18 months ago and after all the warnings of the dangers is simply awful.
.Thomas died after he was king-hit by another young man while walking down Victoria St, the 18-year-old's head slamming into the concrete after the unprovoked attack. Just a week later Kelvin Kane, a 50-year-old cattle farmer from Kingscliff on the state's far north coast, died when allegedly king-hit outside a pub.
.Michael McEwen, 23, survived but spent a week in an induced coma after he was punched and stomped on at Bondi Beach in the early hours of December 14. Michael's dad says his son was close to becoming "the next Thomas Kelly".
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