The enemies of freedom
Letter to The Australian in response to Greg
Sheridan lumping people who want to celebrate the 150th year since the Eureka
stockade somehow with the opposition to the purchase of Abrams
tanks.
Greg Sheridan is even outdoing himself with his
latest dose of hyperbolic hogwash.
(17/2)I was always taught at school
that the opening paragraph of an essay should generally summarise the content to
follow, so can we assume all these 'lefties' Alexander Downer gets so rabid
about - the types who celebrate the Eureka Stockade and want to 'rival' Anzac
Day are the same critics who are against the acquisition of the new Abrams Tanks
Mr Sheridon goes into raptures
about?His article has an army of straw
men to do battle with. The same people who want to 'rival' Anzac day are the
same people who support Eureka are the same people who oppose the army and are
the same people who oppose the tanks and oppose democracy. As he
states:
"Of course the tank also gives the
Australian Government the option to deploy the army further afield if it wants
to. That's what the critics don't like. It's called
democracy."If Mr Sheridan wants to go
into orgasmic spasms about Abrams tanks he is perfectly entitled to, but as the
foreign editor his credibility would be less tainted if he stuck to the point
and kept his personal angst out of it. It's called
credibility.
Posted: Thu - September 21, 2006 at 05:24 PM
