Sunil Yapa and Richard Dennis

Last night, 14/07/16, was an interesting night at the Mildura club listening to the musings and discussions of Sunil Yapa and Richard Dennis. The Mildura Club was a wonderful location with its old world charm, wood fire with mallee stumps burning away and  red wine being consumed by the patrons.
The conversation started with how Sunil had started two books only to have the ideas quashed and sending him back to the keyboard to start again.
the quote of the night was from Sunil when saying 'You don't need a gun to start a revolution'
followed by Richard saying 'did you hear that, an American saying you don;t need a gun'. this brought laughter from teh audience.
The power that was being discussed as an author was highlighted when he hoped that he could empower people to do more than just listen and to be involved. The material rich society that comes at such a high cost was also brought to the for and the needs of government and those in power to recognise the pain their decisions bring to the people that it affects.
One of the other stand out comments that resonated was that the American police force had become militarised and that community policing had all but disappeared. A reflection maybe on the cost of freedom in a post 9/11 world?