Howard destroyed my Australia; made it mean. No, he didn't make it mean; he allowed its inherent meanness to stride the social stage like some arrogant nobody wanting to kick others while they were down.
This mean Australia took Koori kids from their communities and in their precious meanness pretended they were working for Christian values.
Howard played upon this mean streak and made it a pervasive character of Australia.
Howard belonged to a group of arrogant people who lied to their fellow citizens to justify Vietnam War participation and to invade Iraq on an equally vicious fabrication called WMD.
Howard made refugees out to be criminals. It was Howard who defameed Dr Haneef and allowed Ruddock to persecute Ms Rau and others and to lock them up as if they were murderers.
Howard did nothing for the economy of ethics and morality; all he did was to provide a clear parade for the Kerry Packers and other rich nobodies.
This so-called legacy of John Howard was to foster the betrayal of Australia and to ennoble denial as a code of honour.
For this people paid with their principles.
Sydney Morning Herald
Aug 20, 2008
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