Issue No 14 | 21 May 1999 | |
Letters to the EditorDon't Ignore the Class Divide
Dear Editor I assume Andrew Landeryou's intemperate attack (letters may 14)on the "looney left" (a classic conservative response) and comrades who want "a commissar" rather than a president (another load of conservative nonsense)was aimed at me and my arguments (30 April) against Neville Wran's republic of the rich. I'll leave aside Andrew's hero worship of rich man Wran (although he appears to share the same unthinking sycophancy as the monarchists do. The only difference is the object of his sycophancy.) Let me just ask a couple of what appear to me to be simple questions. What's wrong with democracy? And why are the rich republicans and rich monarchists both opposed to an elected president? Maybe the republic is a tenth order issue. But since,like all other things in our society, it reflects the class divide (and Wran ruled for their side, comrade)it is a fair enough topic for comment, even for "looney lefties" like me. Yours for an intelligent discussion of all issues, John Passant
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