The Nature of Violence in #PNG

 

Violence is the smile they put on your face

When they donate goods bought by ripping you off

Violence is what Rio Tinto did in Bougainville

Francis Ona was only reacting to violence

Violence is the experimental mining of seabed

Because you don't care about affected coastal communities

Violence is being taught that Capitalism is better than the Hiri trade

Even though Hanuabadans have lost their valuable land

Violence is when they make you defend their model of development

Because they've fooled you into thinking they're right

Violence is when they deny you your birth rights

So you have to pay for what's already yours

Violence is when you're ripped-off by the Chinese shops

But only taking out your frustrations on buai sellers

Violence is when Papua New Guineans tolerate NPF thieves

Yet they'd kill someone who stole two kina

Violence is when men wouldn't dare speak against bad boses

But they'd shut up their wives with their fists

Violence is when fight like dogs for their girlfriends

But wouldn't stand up against loggers and miners

Violence is when the Hela can fight the Wabags at Gordons

But do not seek justice for the Tumbi disaster

Violence is when you stand in a long Bank queue

And the Bank charges enough to break your balance

Violence is when Morobeans attack street vendors from the Highlands

But fail to address the destruction of the Watut River communities

Violence is when the Police attack landowners in Pomio

But fail to remove illegal loggers in Pomio

Violence is society's double standards

Because it expects others to fix its brokenness

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