I don't have a problem with the old school bikies, I grew up around some of them through a family member of mine and they're exactly the same as any normal person. Family orientated, enjoyed being social with their mates but just so happened to wear a patch and ride a bike. Most of them just wanted to make a bit of money, get pissed and party. Similar to most young men. They just did it with a patch on their back. As they matured and grew up they grew out of most of the dodgy stuff. They never involved the public with there dealings, and if they did, hell would come down on them.
I remember when I was around 10 and I had an abusive stepfather who would kick the crap out of my mother and me on a weekly basis. The police did absolutely nothing even after he was charged with going against an AVO we had on him. This family member of mine and some of these guys found out and paid him a visit, he never touched us again. My mum somehow forgave him and thought things would get better, he then divorced her and took everything from us as we couldn't afford a decent lawyer because she trusted him with our money so we got royally screwed. These guys paid him another visit and 2 days later we were paid what we were entitled to.
I don't condone bikies these days. There's been a huge changing of the guard and cultures within gangs. There's a huge amount of Lebanese/Islanders in Sydney and the surrounds at the moment, who literally couldn't give a damn who they bash/shoot. Anything to gain some sort of power. The funny thing is the high majority are all weak as piss individuals. A friend of mine got into an unprovoked one on one stink with a bikie at a pub not long ago and kicked the crap out of him, he called his mates and they followed his cab once he was kicked out. Since then he's had his house shot, forcing him to move. He has a 2 year old and a fiancée.
It's not just bikies it's anybody. The days of the old one on one, shake hands and move on is over. You only have to look at someone the wrong way these days to get stabbed or worse. About 7yrs ago my friend got stabbed in the head, neck, chest and back (over 20 wounds) walking home from a party by a bunch of Lebanese kids who had been kicked out and just wanted to smash someone. Whenever I see a fight these days you can hear them yelling out "ill call the bikies."
About time the government and coppers really put their foot down on these pricks.
I by no means am saying all bikies 20+ years ago were all good people, just that things are different these days and it's getting very dangerous. They used to just go one for one with each other, now they'll have a shootout in a restaurant if they want. If someone in the public pisses them off enough they'll kill you. The time has certainly come to put an end to the bikie life in Australia.
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