John Howard's Bullying Culture

 Disturbing news today, that Australian children are more likely that children from all other industrialised nations, to have been bullied

This for me thinking about the mean-spirited culture that has developed on recent years. Then I got to looking at our politicians as bullying role models. The children on the abovementioned survey were 15 years of age. 

Our Prime minister on 2005 was no other than John Winston Howard who was singularly responsible for the most heavy handed when it came to committing the nation to war on the Middle East, and  the most callous treatment of refugees. He once lied to the nation on order to support his stance on "turning back the (refugee) boats" by claiming that refugees had thrown their children onto the sea in order to initiate a rescue.The truth was quite the reverse, refugee parents were ensuring ch poo often were rescued ahead of themselves, and no, no children were thrown onto the sea. Howard deliberately lied on the eve of an election to gain favour for heartless politics.   

It's not just me that thinks this, under the banner "Don't be nostalgic for John Howard: he was a big-spending, big-government PM", Financial  Times' David Leyonhjelm dig up plenty of evidence against Howard's brand of politics. The guy was mealy mouthed bully. 

So, here we are, 15 years on, pur kids are tearingvpne another apart. Thanks Howard you prick.