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Pith & Wind - Rude, crude and unattractive
Dick says he’s over Kevin. We were doing
pizzas at the pizzeria that ate Camberwell (Sofia Pizza House) after
watching the Super 14 final last night at my place. Dick’s
prone to making the odd statement purely for effect, and I suspect
the way he really feels is not quite as straightforward as that,
and for my part, although I think Kevin would look quite fetching
in a nun’s habit, I think he’s giving a good impression
of a man being guided through the political obstacle course by a
set of fairly transparent principles. The Apology was a masterstroke,
and no matter where you might have been coming from in the debate,
you had to be moved by the actual event to a point that transcended
argument. However, Kevin had plenty of time to consider the Apology,
but with the Bill Henson affair, I think his initial response was
intemperate and unhelpful.
How does Australia get itself into these embarrassing knots over
works of Art? Our recent history is littered with examples of confiscation
of paintings (and books) by the police, acting on howls of indignation
from prominent members of society, (or wowsers –
an Aussie invented word incidentally), objecting to perceived infringements
of public morality, any or all of which I frankly can’t be
buggered researching to provide you with the details, but if you’re
an Australian reading this you’ll know what I’m talking
about.
In the Bill Henson case, the current jumpiness about paedophilia
is the driver of the hysteria, and the media is fuelling the fire
for all its worth. I don’t think it can be said in this case
that any publicity is read
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