I like that quote... "the cult of the moron". That is great! I don't really watch very much TV, but if I was watching, those "reality" TV shows would be at the bottom of my list for things to watch.
Another great one from Geldof was in an interview with Andrew Denton, the famous Australian interviewer, talking about the Asian tsunami and how people were "more than willing to pour money over there, but seem to forget about millions of children dying from malnutrition and starvation in Ethiopia".
He also said some great things about coffee houses like Starbucks (I wonder if there's any in Australia yet?) and how they represent the epitomy of mass-production. I thought that was an interesting one.
So that's just great, I'm sure everyone wanted that.... another election, which will cost the taxpayers more money. What a waste. Oh well.... life goes on.
While I'm not familiar with Canadian politics, I still wonder at your comment- surely it's good that democracy reigns and the people can vote out a potentially corrupt administration? Just playing devil's advocate here..
Finally, today I saw in the news our 'beloved' (weak as the proverbial urine) Foreign Minister Alexander Downer (actually a representative of my own state
) in America, in the White House with Secretary of State Rice. Does anyone know what they were talking about? Over here I only heard Downer talking about the "Australian hostage" captured in Iraq.
On that note (a final note I promise) I also saw an interesting interview with the ex-wife of a current American hostage in Iraq, part of the group of 6 that was held for 4 days, and then 4 were released except him and a Filipino man. Apaprently the American media don't show the men pleading for their lives- certainly the Australian man (although he's married and living/working in America) this week has been shown many times.
The ex-wife (they had divorced, although obviously she's still attached and had extreme concerns for him) was somewhat cynical about the American press, and Government.
What do you folks think? About both the hostage taking, and the people who are the ones caught up in the hostage situations, whether directly or indirectly.
I find it quite disturbing. This man, whose wife I saw interviewed tonight, has basically 'gone missing', in the most literal sense. He was taken hostage, and is now- who knows. I don't know; it just gets to me. I'm not using this example as some leftist 'pull-out' doctrine or anything, I'm just having a think about the scenario. It's quite interesting (in my opinion)..
Regards,
- Alistair
