Onya, Jill. I have never believed utter dispiritment or despair is
an excuse for not doing anything!
Best
Alison
>on 19/4/02 6:33 PM, Alison Croggon at [log in to unmask] wrote:
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>> But I guess what shocked me (on reflection I shouldn't have
>> been shocked) was that she was spouting the same kind of prejudices
>> which have so often been used against her. It's utterly dispiriting.
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>Hi Alison, Australians and all Poetryetcs,
>
>I don't won't to be dispiriting - though the current situation here is,
>basically, such, and I understand that. I think that Australians need to
>know these things, as well as others. These things are shocking, but there
>are people, enough of us maybe, who think the same, that this is a terrible
>situation, I've talked to enough people, tonight, to make me believe this
>may be so. Not everyone has been sucked in by the 'Honest John' dressing up
>of our Prime Miniature. I've even, in my despair, suggested a few ways out,
>as other have to me - ways direct and indirect. I still want to believe
>there are enough of us to make some kind of difference. At the moment, I
>refuse to be dispirited - while understanding those who might feel that
>way. At the moment there is enough to do.
>
>Best,
>Jill
>
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>Jill Jones
>50 Ruby Street
>Marrickville NSW 2204
>AUSTRALIA
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