Quotes the arsonist revision

" ... The valley

became a human sink, a place people ended up

"Money was

tight, but it was the same for everyone

"It was normal

for them to not go to school or work, as normal as the drug and alcohol problems, as dad bashing mum

"It wasn't surprising

that many locals were distrusting of authority - slashed jobs - safety standards - politicians

"Brendan's former colleagues

at the university believed he had played up his disability when it suited him

"Sokaluk looked

like an overgrown kid in his school uniform

"Radio shock jocks

were soon telling an audience eager to believe in their own righteousness and sound mental health that the impairment was fake

"In his presence,

people were casually cruel: 'vegie' or 'retard' or 'spastic' slid easily off their tongues