Tuesday, December 6, 2022

Reference :- War is a terrible thing .

 Reference:-  Although it is a terrible thing , one can't stop watching the war whenever it features on the news .  I refer , of course , to the ugly war between Sky host , Chris Kenny , and Paul Barry of the ABC .


 Dear Chris , 

                        War is indeed an awful thing to witness.   And if the old saying " The first casualty of war is the truth "  remains valid , then the second casualty of war must surely be a chap's dignity .  This war you are waging against the ABC ... sorry , I mean the " taxpayer funded ABC " , is getting out of hand , and you are making a fool of yourself .   And what is worse , your comrades at Sky News are following your lead .   

One couldn't turn the tele on recently without hearing you , or one of the Sky News team quote the famous ( now sadly cliched ) line from Dorothea Mackellar' s poem ....  " Of drought and flooding rains " . 

The poem is masterfully written   , and I encourage folk to read all it's verses in order to dilute the stench of cliche that the media has bestowed upon it .

Imagine how the 23 year old Ms Mackellar might have felt had she been told that in a future century her poem would be used to refute the findings of thousands of climate scientists in order to promote the interests of coal mining tycoons  .    Horrified I should think . 

Anyway , once again the lads at The Sky Reply couldn't stop laughing as you accused Paul Barry of not providing any scientific evidence of climate change , while supporting your own argument with lines written by a 23 year old poet more than a century ago .  

 For the love of God Chris ,  surely you can do better than that ?

Your comrade , Ken .  




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