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TomHeeren
15 years ago
Well said!
Venise Alstergren
15 years ago
What a doozy!
The thing which makes me puke is everyone gaily ignoring our own unique racism whilst groveling at the feet of America. For Christ’s sake; do we even have to take on board their shameful record? The English too have been giving us heaps. And look at their wonderful record. All in all a classic case of two powerful nations picking on a much smaller nation in an effort to hide their own shoddy track-records.
If I need a good dose of despair I need only to look at the hovels and shanty-towns, town dumps, leprous dogs, and no reason for hope, to be found in the majority of Aboriginal Oz. At least the Americans are trying to make things better.
That the whole thing was tasteless. It got past the dress-rehearsal (?) HOW?
Well said!
What a doozy!
The thing which makes me puke is everyone gaily ignoring our own unique racism whilst groveling at the feet of America. For Christ’s sake; do we even have to take on board their shameful record? The English too have been giving us heaps. And look at their wonderful record. All in all a classic case of two powerful nations picking on a much smaller nation in an effort to hide their own shoddy track-records.
If I need a good dose of despair I need only to look at the hovels and shanty-towns, town dumps, leprous dogs, and no reason for hope, to be found in the majority of Aboriginal Oz. At least the Americans are trying to make things better.
That the whole thing was tasteless. It got past the dress-rehearsal (?) HOW?
Bullseye!!
I guess it won’t win a Walkley…..But it should.
I love ideological soundness.
Was it really necessary, to get the message across, to use the ‘c’ word?