The main argument of this piece can be found in its title
"Tarred With Same Brush." This is a phrase that indicates the idea that innocent people
are being lumped together with guilty people with no distinction made between the
two.
The author is trying to argue that there are
differences between types of looter/rioter. He is arguing that most of the looters were
doing what they did not as simple crimes, but as a form of protest or backlash against a
system that is "riddled with class distinction" and which marginalizes them. To him,
these are political protestors. He says that this sort of protestor is being "tarred
with the same brush" as those who are clearly acting as mere
criminals.
So, the main point of this piece is that most of
the rioters were actually engaged in a form of protest and that people should
distinguish between them and regular criminals. The author adds that Australia should
learn a lesson, presumably that society should not alienate a large class of people for
fear that they will erupt as those in England have.
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