Saturday 9 September, 2006
Manne-Bolt
I was meant to go to the Manne-Bolt debate last Sunday but was tired after a long week of the Melbourne Writer's Festival (ie. drinking too much free grog) and had to head off to Sydney the next morning (it rained while I was there. Alot). I would have just got worked up and angry and, to be honest, was not interested in changing my position (yes, there is a stolen generation) which makes attending a debate a slightly pointless excercise. But I was interested to read Jeff Sparrow's description of the evening which makes good points about Bolt's performance style.
I myself settled on an evening of watching Terminator 3.
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