"**Rowland Croucher**" wrote:
> ‘On what basis should Australia remain a constitutional monarchy? There
> is no credible argument left... If the queen died tomorrow, the streets
of
> our cities and towns would not be lined with thousands of mourners as
> they were in January 1936 with the death of George V, when the empire
> “stood still and silent in grief”’ (Mark McKenna)
There could be huge crowds on the street protesting the coronation of King
Chuck & Queen Camel.
> ‘John Howard presented himself as the protector of the national culture
1950s style. A shame he was half a century too late.
> ‘Howard [built] his credentials as a national security leader largely on
> his close identification with the personality and policies of the US
> president, and his standing suffered accordingly as the president and
his
> policies were discredited.
It's time to speak out against the stupid policies of the USA that put the
rest of the free world at risk.
> ‘Australia has just two universities in the top 100 [Shanghai Jiao Tong]
> universities [in the world]... ANU at fifty-seven and Melbourne at
> seventy-nine. Canada... has two universities in the top forty’ (Simon
> Marginson)
Uni fees are astronomical! One can be lumped with a huge debt before one
finds work. Tertiary education is now only available for the rich. Part
of
the "Dumbing Down of Australia" forced on us by economic rationalists.
> ‘The arts need government patronage because they create minds that
> matter... The optimistic claims made by Keating: “Culture creates
> wealth... Culture employs... Culture adds value”... Artist fees in most
> art forms remain pitifully low’ (Juliana Engberg).
Art in Australia is based on what sells and looks nostaligic and pretty
rather what is worthy.
Where are the protest songs? Where are the paintings that challenge one
to
think? Where is the great Oz novel that one can't put down? Where are the
movies that speak about the plight of the downtroddden Aussie battler?
What
Aussie art speaks of Australians post 2000????
The Christian presence in contem****ary Australian art is close to ZERO.
Jesus Jingles don't rate as art.
--
In our times, various ideologically dedicated groups increasingly use
censor****p, coercion, or propaganda to limit access to ideas, literature,
and the arts that they consider threatening. p.74
Censor****p, the twin brother of propaganda, is the tool of despots, of
ideologues, of ayatollahs, of fanatics. p.96
Franky Schaeffer [a Christian] "Sham Pearls For Real Swine" ( Wolgemuth &
Hyatt; Brentwood:1990)
--
MY BLOG - MARK T - my thoughts on Christianity & links
http://www.blognow.com.au/strooth/
MY SOUNDCLICK PAGE- download my original songs in mp3 format
http://www.soundclick.com/marktindall
FUNDY FUNHOUSE -
http://fundamentalistfunhouse.blogspot.com/
- a resource on the current Fundamentalist Dark Age and Christian
fundamentalism.
PASTOR DALE K WHANGKE
http://dalekwhangke.blogspot.com/
Wyrst Pentacostal Church
|
