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Brawl at Araps? 7-May-2009 At 4:20:52 PM duglash

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For the people who think I'm being a bit harsh.. this guy's contribution to Goatfest single handedly had me
wondering why I bothered spending a lot of my time and energy making a film and volunteering my time: abusive
to the bar staff, repeated yelling through the movies - if you're coming out with quality witticisims, that's at least
something, this guy was like a very loud 3 year old, just yelling the first thing that came into his head; sneaking in
his own alcohol - if it was some commercial production bankrolled by nike, mcdonalds and the murdoch press I
would have a different view, but to try and rip off a bunch of climbers who are volunteering their time to put on an
event for climbers and rase money for a community arts organisation (the ACT, which puts on the frinj and lots of
other good stuff) is getting pretty low. Damaging the hall by attempting to demonstrate his manliness by doing
chinups on the exit signs and door lintels puts the future of Goatfest at risk by damaging relationships with the
hall comittee. The people who organised Goatfest were keen to have a bit of an after party but with this dickhead
present we had to ditch that for fear of further damage to the venue.. and Edwardo even had to drive him back to
the Pines cos his "friends" had abandoned him... a misunderstood fun-loving life-of-the-party or an A-grade
pluckwit? Seems pretty clear to me.

Of course I don't think hitting someone in the head with a hammer is a reasonable thing to do, but you have to
admit there's a bit of poetic justice here - and hopefully some ABI initiated personality change.