if everyone was treated by courts as leniently as violent white males are treated by courts, a lot of violent white males paid public money to brutalise incarcerated people with impunity would be out of a job.

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No way this could end badly.

The thing is, you can find horses just about any place. Wild horses, even. You can find snow gums, corroboree frogs and pygmy possums pretty much only in one place. So, to me, it makes sense to do our best to protect these unique species and landscapes, even if that comes at a cost.

Another bus approaches from the opposite direction.
DISDAINFUL TOURIST: [glares accusingly at the front of the oncoming bus]. Oh...
DISDAINFUL TOURIST: [disappointed] They're Volvos.

Tangential anecdote: during Expo '88 some obvious interstate tourists sharing my bus were discussing the bus (and the Brisbane bus fleet generally).
SURPRISED TOURIST: It's very new and modern-looking.
DISDAINFUL TOURIST: Yeah, but it's Queensland, so it was probably [sneers] built in *Japan*."

"Indulge yourself this Black Friday."

Given the wealth of other things they could be getting called, they should consider cutting their losses.