The two current reports comprehensively discrediting this article, and corresponding views of clearly racist bigotry presented by posters comments, are;

[1] the decision by the US Govt, just handed down, to pass Health reform as introduced by the Govt of Barack Obama, after the first raising of the issue some century ago, and attempts to address it, of some half century duration, and,

[2] the finding just brought down for Mr Trevorrow, dismissing the appeal of the South Australian Govt, against the compensation awarded to him for his claim relating to his identification as one of the Stolen Generation.

This annihilation of the assertions and contentions exemplifies such patent bigotry for the malice it is. Although as this phenomenon is known, I doubt these achievements defining current benchmark of their issues, will observe such phenomenon relenting for a nanosecond, such is the rapacious nature of its malaise.

But Graham, it's been so entertaining!

Besides which, it seems to me that all comments have been more or less redundant since the first post, which pretty well said it all.

I've removed a number of posts. Anything else that is posted that is less than civil will be removed, and the poster suspended. "Less than civil" includes any personal criticism. You can criticise what someone says, but you are not entitled to call into question their bonafides. Good faith is to be assumed, even if you think it doesn't exist. Readers can make up their mind whether someone is acting in good faith or not.

I realise that we normally allow some personal criticism, but this thread has completely gone off the rails, so in this case the personal criticism is out of bounds.

Well that's an improvement Graham, perhaps you could review all the other articles and posts where bigots, especially racist, have been systematically denigrating anyone that doesn't conform to their ideologically dysfunctional views.

In my experience there are people who hold all points of view who denigrate others, and you have denigrated others on this forum. We try to allow robust debate, in the manner of a public meeting. Just as you get the odd loony at a public meeting who asks long rambling questions or makes long rambling statements, we get them here. They have a right to their point of view.

What no-one has is the right to foment a riot. And when that happens, the shutters come down. I'd like to think that people intelligent enough to want to be involved in this forum could behave with enough civility that the discussion doesn't become unmanageable, but that does not always prove to be the case.

Now can we get back to discussing the article? Lack of relevance is one of the things that is against forum rules.

I agree with the writer. Great article, great perception, great presentation and thorough.

hi Graham ... now watch the abuse.