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Unfortunately Alison, 'Ken, Deborah, Hal' are part of 'you lot'. Just as you are part of Rupert Murdoch or I am part of Tony Blair. One doesn't want to bear that shame, but we have it, however much we might wriggle, there is no getting away from the fact of the USA's wealth and how that is founded on the poverty of others, just as, on a slightly smaller scale, the wealth of the UK and Australia is. You wouldn't be able to fly round the world on writing tours (neither would have I, a few years back) unless it was for the impauperisation of others. Let's be honest about this. Best Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alison Croggon" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Monday, January 02, 2006 1:57 AM Subject: Re: Colonisation > David, I am not talking about you personally, but your posts. As a poet, you > will understand that language matters. Perhaps you could phrase your posts > more carefully, to avoid such ambiguities. Things like "As for atomic > bombs, you lot dropped them, nobody else has, nor does any > other nation hold the world in ransom" are perhaps a little careless in > identifying who "you lot" are. Ken? Deborah? Hal? > > I can see the rara gang is heating up, like at a boys' school: fight! fight! > fight! Not interested. > > A > > > Alison Croggon > > Blog: http://theatrenotes.blogspot.com > Editor, Masthead: http://masthead.net.au > Home page: http://alisoncroggon.com