Bill led the GV Centre Committee through difficult times when I was involved, maybe 20 years ago, and although circumstances made his role both challenging, and often controversial, he never flinched.
That admirable way of living is what our community needs more of and although the positive aspects clearly outweigh whatever might be considered negative, Bill, sadly, felt the sharp edge of the downside early Friday morning.
Bill had an acute sense of right and wrong, although such an instinct was unimportant when unusual noises led him to investigate, followed by his confrontation with an armed intruder and a subsequent struggle in which Bill was stabbed 13 times.
No instinct was needed; Bill would have simply known it was wrong to have an unknown fellow, armed with a knife, roaming about his darkened house.
Was the break-in planned or was Bill’s house simply chosen by chance?
Nothing points to the former and so it would seem the latter prevails, however the intruder had not accounted for the fact that inside was Bill, a fellow who does not have “retreat” in his vocabulary.
The passion for right a wrong is a personal power that Bill will need to enlist as he draws on reserves to repair the damage wrought as wrestled with that intruder to his Kialla Lakes (above) home.
For long I have wondered why bad things happen to good people and this seems to the epitome of such a dynamic, but I’m still mystified.
Law and order protagonists will use this to again beat their drum, but the issue is broader and deeper than a simple argument for more police.
Rather it is a symptom of an ill-society, one that is rich in inequality, promotes ideals unattainable for most, makes violence attractive and appear as an avenue to success and suggests that gratification is there to be taken.
Bill is one of the good people, who now struggles after encountering one of those bad things.
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