Comments on The wells of fancy: Projection onto Adolescent Forms

Update: it has been argued in Crikey that the Iemm...

2008-06-04T09:19:00.000+10:00

Update: it has been argued in Crikey that the Iemma state government has used this issue as a smokescreen. One of their own MPs was charged for crimes against children and it looks like the government may have "tipped off" the organization called Bravehearts who then contacted the police. So wheels within cynical wheels.

Hi Ladlitter,In terms of your quibble over middle ...

2008-05-31T04:25:00.000+10:00

Hi Ladlitter,

In terms of your quibble over middle class moralism I think the immediate framing of "the issue" by Hetty Johnston and Kevin Rudd was done from a middle class position of moral outrage. I'm not convinced that the moral position taken on this is necessarily outside of the Australian middle class, even though, as you have rightly pointed out, the reaction by some falls

Spot on, Edward. One of the best-reasoned analyses...

2008-05-29T21:57:00.000+10:00

Spot on, Edward. One of the best-reasoned analyses of the issue I've read so far. Would just quibble mildly about the middle-class morality reference. Most of the voices raised in protest against Henson do not have middle class accents.