Friday, August 18, 2006

Great Article in the Australian today

This is a very powerful speech, designed to make people sit up and have a think about what the consequences of sitting around and being a kid for your whole life really are, for not just yourself, but the whole of your society. Well, that sounds a bit dire, and you probably won't want to read it now, but DO...

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The best part or me was Costello's line about having babies (I've missed out due to living out of the country)- a boy for you, a girl for me, and one for Australia. The author Mark Steyn, says that Costello's call to the nation is more of a security concern than how much is spent on defence. Quite a statement really, if defence spending is really about protecting a way of life, then he's absolutely correct in my book.

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