Hi Steele,

It was probably what she said that got up people's noses, not whether she was left-handed, cross-eyed, brown, a woman, or had a secret addiction to bacon-and-egg rolls. What she SAID.

Of course, in some ways, it doesn't matter what she said. We know that we will never forget the sacrifices that our fathers and grandfathers and uncles and aunts made to protect Australia from invasion, and their courage and mateship in the prison camps, even when facing torture and death.

I learnt just this week that sixteen hundred Australians died trying to defend Crete from the Nazis. Other Australians died to defend Syria against the Vichy French and the Nazis. We shouldn't ever forget them either. Or the Rats of Tobruk. Or the wonderful young blokes on the Kokoda Track. Or the seamen in the Battle of the coral Sea. Or the people killed in the Japanese attack on Sydney Harbour, or Darwin and other towns across the North.

What some dumb ditz says, in her pig-ignorance, is water off a duck's back. As long as we keep the memories alive of that wonderful generation, she'll never be anything but a taxpayer-funded blow-fly.

I'm sure you would agree, Steele :)

Joe

Dear Joe,

While objecting to her language yet using words like:

"dumb ditz, pig-ignorance, taxpayer-funded blow-fly..."
you're not exactly raising the bar of this discussion.

Dearest Foxy,

Sorry, I suppose I was just trying to express my complete contempt for that ditz, by using the most objective and value-free terms I could think of. I apologise if you found them too mild.

Love,

Joe

Dear Joe,

DEJA POO

You keep repeating ...

Joe (Loudmouth),

Thank you for your kindness and using one of your limited number of posts to bring the ABC's 'Vivian Bullwinkel: An Australian Heroine' to my attention. It was what I was looking for. It also gave me the stimulus and links to search a little further. Such sad stories and enormous fortitude and courage, all true.

Like so many others I am very disappointed in the present day ABC.

cont'd ...

ABRACADABRA!

Nope.

You're still

a creep.