tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post6157936390873410439..comments2024-03-29T10:51:27.752+13:00Comments on Not PC: Tragedy [update 3]Peter Cresswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-90310448973473117302009-02-11T08:59:00.000+13:002009-02-11T08:59:00.000+13:00To put this into a tiny bit of perspective - 16,00...To put this into a tiny bit of perspective - 16,000 kids a day die from hunger. Two million people a year die from AIDS. 300 fire deaths in Aus is undeniably nasty, but only in the context of what we are used to.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-47756079243644373682009-02-09T21:37:00.000+13:002009-02-09T21:37:00.000+13:00If you desire good and easily readable histories o...If you desire good and easily readable histories of Australia (and indeed The World) read Geoffrey Blainey. He is an historian that doesn’t let trendy PC thinking override evidence.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-5734095765359305812009-02-09T13:20:00.000+13:002009-02-09T13:20:00.000+13:00What I can't get over is the Green party response....What I can't get over is the Green party response. I find the quote below (from <A HREF="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7877178.stm" REL="nofollow">BBC News</A>) incredibly crass and insensitive (not to mention just outright bullshit):<BR/><BR/><I>The leader of the Green party, Bob Brown said summer fires would get worse unless Australia and other nations showed more leadership on reducing greenhouse gas emissions.<BR/><BR/>"It's a sobering reminder of the need for this nation and the whole world to act and put at a priority our need to tackle climate change," he said. </I>Heisenbughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09853011593271456367noreply@blogger.com