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       Wednesday, February 22, 2006

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Cultural snob replies to his critics

David Williamson is a much acclaimed Australian playwright. He also revealed himself as a colossal snob in an article he wrote about his cruise on an ocean liner in the company of a lot of ordinary Australians. He had hardly a good word to say of any of them and heaps of contempt instead. He was roundly and rightly criticized for that (See e.g. here and here and here). Apparently after a long period of smouldering, however, he has now got up enough steam to reply to his many critics. It is difficult to excerpt his reply however as it consists of little more than a collage of bromides about how people are all different etc.

And the sad thing is that he has learned nothing from his critics. As far back as 2003, the economics editor of The Australian, Alan Wood, attacked Williamson for not sticking to the facts about global warming but Williamson is unrepentant. He continues to spout standard Greenie boilerplate with no apparent awareness of how contentious it all is scientifically. He is clearly out of his depth when it comes to the real world. He should stick to writing fiction. He does that well.

(For more postings from me, see EDUCATION WATCH, GREENIE WATCH, POLITICAL CORRECTNESS WATCH, GUN WATCH, SOCIALIZED MEDICINE, AUSTRALIAN POLITICS and DISSECTING LEFTISM. Email me (John Ray) here.)

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posted by JR at 6:12 PM  

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