Gen Y hunger strike

Things are not what they used to be in the news. Today I read that Ivan Milat, convicted serial killer, has called off his hunger strike and eaten a sandwich.

Serial killer Ivan Milat has ended a four and a half day hunger strike by eating a sandwich, just days after cutting off his little finger.

Four and a half days! For fucks sake Ivan, that is a woeful attempt at hunger striking. I went longer without food when my tonsils were playing up.

The Irish, in the Thatcher-days of the troubles, set the gold standard for hunger striking. Fifty three days for the first strike and ten dead during the second. I guess that is the difference between a cause and a cunt.

However, cutting a finger off with a plastic knife does show a certain commitment.

The 64-year-old, who has undertaken hunger strikes before, severed the digit with a serrated plastic knife and addressed the envelope to the Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia.