Yeh if you get into politics, get all cut up, write a stupid book, break a camera whatever, you are fair game
... on saying that life is never "fair"...
Mark knew this when he draged his himself and his family into the game.

Meredith, i think you missed the main point of Mr Flint's article.
The main point of the article, was that it had no point.
It was a dishonest rave by a conservative toady, with an axe to grind.

To the fellow with the unused camera, whilst following Flint around, see if you can catch a few shots of Mr David Pembarthy, he seems to make himself a public figure these days.
Great to see you all out there, ready with some great postings to jump on the likes of Flint whenever his poison appears.
Keep it up. Be alert and alarmed at all times.

Imagine a Venn Diagram with its circles like the Audi or Olympic emblems. Imagine two circles. One for the domain of media. Another, the domain of life. Lastly, the area of overlap, the domain of public life. In this case, the overlap is justifably greater for a public person, such as Mark Latham.

In the above frame, if Latham felt his space invaded by the Reporter: It would have been reasonable to speak with the Reporter and say he was having a meal with his family and to hang around for ten minutes... Just wait. But what happens? The clown comes out swinging!

Latham is very lucky. Most people, who have acted like he has acted in the past, would have by now explained their behaviour in front of a magistrate.

Mark Latham is a loose cannon. Herein, I forgive Professor Flint if some bias shows through in his contribution to this Forum.

To me, its a puzzlement why the ALP put as THE front runner

Oliver, everybody accepts that Mr Latham is ill. That still doesnt make The Prof's diatribe of any importance.It doesnt justify the misleading nonsense contained in it. It doesnt alter the fact that the
Prof is shamelessly biased. I am sure if the Journalist made a complaint to the police the incident would have been investigated with charges possibly laid. Perhaps the Journo (if thats what he was), didnt want the matter looked at to closely. Lastly but not least, isnt the FTA with te USA going swimmingly?