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Should freedom ignore fairness? : Comments
By Max Atkinson, published 19/11/2013Much of the destructive force of politics comes from a belief that these ideals of freedom and fairness, because they are often in conflict, are incompatible.
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Martins father was one of the founders of Quadrant. At one stage Martin was on the editorial board of Quadrant including the time when Robert Manne was its editor. A time when Quadrant published some of its best stuff including an essay by Hugh Stretton comparing the UK Corn Laws enclosures to the practices then being promoted by the neo-"conservatives" all over the Western world, and an essay by Ronald Conway which questioned all of the usual Christian orthodoxies.
Soon after the superb articles by Hugh Stetton and Ronald Conway Robert Manne was sacked as the editor of Quadrant. Martin and Robert were good friends and Martin also disagreed with the sacking. So as an act of sympathy he resigned from the board. Some time later he wrote this essay for The Monthly Magazine which is published by the owner of Black Ink, who is also a good friend of Robert Manne.
http://www.themonthly.com.au/issue/2006/december/1165812126/martin-krygier/usual-suspects
Quadrant has of course become far worse in recent years especially under the helm of the resident wind-bag who was appointed when Paddy McGuiness died. It has become a voice for back to the past one-dimensional Western (including Christian) fundamentalism. At one stage Quadrant (and the Oz too) was involved in an anti Robert Manne camnpaign.