>> Who's asking you to recant, home forces rallying around your prime min?
>> That's governmentality--and poetry's got no truck with it (IMHO).
>>
>> Candice
>
> Our prime miniature has just called an election - and war is a great election
> strategy if one is in power (I hesitate to call him a leader). The major
> opposition party, Labor, is also onside with war support and support for
> holding back the refugees wishing to shelter here. Any opposition, and there
> is
> opposition, will be muted, subsumed, etc, etc, by election crap. In a country
> where voting is compulsory, it's a bit of a problem (one of many at the
> moment).
>
> Just to fill in a few details.
>
> Peace,
> Jill
Thanks, Jill--I figured it was something along those lines, but didn't
realize how bleak the imminent future looks. All fellow-feeling to you,
Chris, and everyone else facing the associated pressure to go mute, although
I can't imagine your ever yielding to it--Candice
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