Not sure what this is about, but it seems to be naked wish-fulfillment by someone with some real misanthropy issues.

""Racism, sexism, homophobia, xenophobia, climate change denial, Islamophobia, genocide, problem gamblers, economic rationalism, political incorrectness, capitalism, hate speech, hate media, destruction of old-growth forests, inadequate support for the arts, too much money for independent schools, Qantas, bogans..."

In other words: 'Round up the usual suspects...'

Mervyn,

Are you intending to apply for a job openning in the Canberra or Tasmanian ABC?

You've the politically correct attitude.

Yes what is this about?
I think Scrooge from Dicken's A Christmas Carol had the last word to say about the essay - bah humbug!

Is this an example of the stuff that Mervyn teaches as communications (obfuscations) via his function as a university lecturer?

Jon J and imajulianutter I took it as mocking of those who try and paint Australia using those terms rather than as an endorsement of the views.

Could be wrong but a look at Mervyn's article http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=4897 "Ideological orientation: unfortunately, like so many of the humanities and social sciences, terrorism research has been badly infected by the simplistic “class, gender, race” theoretical template, which is being combined with related concepts to produce highly predictable research results that invariably conclude that it is the West and not terrorism that is at fault." seems to back that viewpoint.

R0bert

that we know as santa claws
is a consumeristic con-cept

the hard times are comming
spend up big on ya credit card

we want consumers...
so when we give austerity measures on them
they reduce their consuming...reduced consuming..means business goes bust
[or rather cant keep open their line of credit]
and eventually the industry goes os..[overseas..or gets sold as scrap]

and those who only wanted to hold
their patent rights...and business secrets and patents
got control over more of these community assets/info

and the middle credit class shrinks
more stop consuming[business wont risk their own credit
so expect govt to give them subsidy]..then own the lot

then default...and the world gets more corperate
as ever bigger multinational corperations....rule it over the living

govt serve the dead
for a corperaion..of itself is as nothing
without the living...serving the beast its food
[your tax cash]

ask if the kid would rather that latest xbox
or food..or a home...or a happy debt free family

or a ghovt that serves them
to become the best they can possably be
[healthy educated fed housed/involved..free]
[loving caring gracefull mercyfull]

ho ho ho
three maids a milking

just get the land-lords
to stop their lord a-leaping

raping pillaging and reaping

if your not building/making/helping
your destroying asset/value

taking more than your giving
who needs to own it all
our biggest threat
greed