Saturday, June 25, 2005

Making a mockery of virtue

The Taipei Times carried an article by Martin Williams on Thursday. He explains to the Taiwanese that “long experience has shown that it is pointless discussing ideology or morality with the Australian government, so one should not waste any more time with Canberra harping on the democratic ideal”.

Virtue may beget democracy, but Australia under Howard has demonstrated over and over that a democratic state can make a mockery of virtue.

Read the full article.

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