tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280152254272300440.post4437039539992471381..comments2008-05-01T00:31:09.454+09:30Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10517717400470377806noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280152254272300440.post-60879666496213962462008-05-01T00:31:00.000+09:302008-05-01T00:31:00.000+09:30Hi Ben,<BR/>Good to see another Adelaide blogger here.<BR/><BR/>Bonhoeffer may be a bit obscure but he wasn't a dusty old academic. He was involved in a plot to kill Hitler, and was executed after the Allies had won WWII but before his prison camp was liberated.Philip Southwellwww.newtalk.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280152254272300440.post-56928633955222959322008-02-18T17:35:00.000+10:302008-02-18T17:35:00.000+10:30I will also send this comment by e-mail to Duncan McFetridge, so that he is aware of my opinion.<BR/><BR/>Dr McFetridge,<BR/><BR/>This was meant to be a photoblog with amusing comments, not an incisive political piece. You will notice my equally vulgar jokes at the expense of Mike Rann and Kevin Rudd in the same blog. The comment on your polite golf-claps - which I did find amusing - were not in any way representative of your record on Aboriginal affairs, nor were they a personal slight. If anything, I saw it as an odd way that politicians may behave in public, aware of the awe of the moment but without the gleeful enthusiasm of the masses.<BR/><BR/>Until two months ago, I lived in your electorate. I have also had experience working for a Member of State Parliament. I am acutely aware of your record on Aboriginal affairs, which I applaud. Loudly and with vigour. And, in fact, it was an opponent of yours who was praising you.<BR/><BR/>I was there when two Aboriginal people mentioned their shame about Brendan Nelson, and I saw you inform them that it was, in fact, the Liberal Government who apologised in South Australia in 1997. While I thought your argument could not have been won, considering that these people could not have been consoled, I understood and agreed with you. When I get around to writing my incisive piece, I will mention this.<BR/><BR/>I only now realise that State MPs may Google themselves and find their names and photos in blogs. According to our records, this blog has had a grand total of about 15 views, of which yours is one. This is something a friend of mine and I do to pass the time, and is not intended for (nor does it receive) a mass audience. I will undertake to be more careful in the future about where my throwaway lines are directed. <BR/><BR/>If you wish to discuss any of these matters with me, I will be happy to make the call.<BR/><BR/>Ben.Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10517717400470377806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280152254272300440.post-61514334004515182812008-02-18T17:05:00.000+10:302008-02-18T17:05:00.000+10:30Ben, If you want to criticize me on aboriginal affairs then phone me. Ask any Labor member of Parliament about my passion and sincerity for aboriginal affairs and they will tell the truth. Kevin Rudd may speak mandarin but I speak pitjantjatjara. <BR/>Bennga nuntu ngurpa, nyuntu wankanyi puluka kuna.<BR/>Dr Duncan Mcfetridge MPDuncan McFetridgewww.duncanmcfetridge.comnoreply@blogger.com