A brief search found a number of references to work Mirko has done questioning the legality of certain wars. I didn't find a piece specifically condemning Howard for his role in those wars but it's clear that Mirko has not ignored the issues around the legality of the wars.

Is throwing an object at someone considered a legitimate protest? If someone threw their shoes at their ex but did not hit them would that be considered a legitimate expression of their disgust?

I suspect that it could generally be considered an assault. If so then is it a vigilante action? Is it Ok for those who believe someone else has done wrong (but who poses no immediate threat) to take the law into their own hands?

R0bert

An interesting Article,Mirko, I hope that your job is safe.

Your mention of the ABC made me smile.

Had you tried to publish this artice on an ABC Site the "unbiased" Moderator would have blue pencilled it out of existance.

Dear Mirko,
I have an interesting old British book in which you might be interested. It is titled "Manners and Rules of Good Society". The author is not referred to by name, but only as "a member of the aristocracy". It is a very "nice" book.
It gives expert advice about the courtesy and deference required in "good society", and was written early last century while the British were still stomping around India and other colonies.
From a modern standpoint, it is a hilarious read, and has about as much pertinence to the reality of ordinary human interaction as does your article's assumption that good behaviour is only to be found in those of a certain political persuasion.

Mirko,you DESERVE A SHOE THROWN AT YOU,PAL. What makes you think that miserable, unwashed,pathetic specimen of something barely human belongs to the left? Does anyone really know from where it crawled out to throw his shoe?

socratease

"rebellions without causes can be nothing other than character destroying?

But James Dean got Natalie Wood. That's something.

Crickey, there really still is a lot of stupidity on the loose out there.. I always believed wars are started as a retaliation to stupidity but lately it seems they just opened a Pandora's box of closet idiots.