Don't look back in anger
The COVID-19 pandemic has upended life in a lot of ways. Its impact on a lot of people's lives has been enormous. A lot of people are in distress. A lot of people are angry - angry about the pandemic's effects on their lives, and the restrictions that have been imposed. And some of it is, seemingly, being channeled into aggression against random strangers in public places. While it's neither particularly important, given all that's happening right now, nor something that can be quantified, there is some palpable aggression in the air and this is sometimes manifesting as racially-charged aggression. There was some media coverage of racist incidents in various places, including Melbourne, early on in the pandemic. Since then, there hasn't been much information about such incidents. However, I have seen some (what I suppose is) racially-charged aggression. I've come across racist graffiti and vandalism. I've come across some road rage that may pote...