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I didn't know that I had stopped breathing for awhile on Saturday night.
But as Australia greeted its new Prime Minister... Gosh, oxygen feels good. :-)
I knew I had stood for something.
Although in many ways, I don't agree with the Labor/Green policies: i support workchoices to an extent and we should also have some presence in Iraq (we made the mess; we should clean it up).
But taking Hugh Mackay's words: I am waking up from the slumber of indifference. I know that I care, and that I will continue to care, to engage, to inform myself and others around me.
I know that the economy is not what makes the world go round. I know that just because a policy is economically viable doesn't mean that it should stick around. I know that i live in a community, not a world where people are assessed according to their ability to contribute to production. I know that people have hearts and minds, rights, responsibilities, morals, consciences, standards.
To conclude with another of Hugh Mackay's quotes: 'The fear is not that a new government will change things. The fear is that it won't move quickly enough to catch the turning tide.'
But as Australia greeted its new Prime Minister... Gosh, oxygen feels good. :-)
I knew I had stood for something.
Although in many ways, I don't agree with the Labor/Green policies: i support workchoices to an extent and we should also have some presence in Iraq (we made the mess; we should clean it up).
But taking Hugh Mackay's words: I am waking up from the slumber of indifference. I know that I care, and that I will continue to care, to engage, to inform myself and others around me.
I know that the economy is not what makes the world go round. I know that just because a policy is economically viable doesn't mean that it should stick around. I know that i live in a community, not a world where people are assessed according to their ability to contribute to production. I know that people have hearts and minds, rights, responsibilities, morals, consciences, standards.
To conclude with another of Hugh Mackay's quotes: 'The fear is not that a new government will change things. The fear is that it won't move quickly enough to catch the turning tide.'