Now I've got nothing against a bunch of politicians getting together for a talk-fest but I can't help but feel a tad annoyed by the events of the last couple of days. Yes, my home town, Sydney, has had the (dis)pleasure of playing host to the APEC Conference. For this purpose, several hundreds of millions of dollars of tax payers money was spent in locking down the CBD against any potential terrorist threat or general undesirable behaviour.
Much posturing from local politicians and police alike about the severity of threats to both the conference and the general public's safety were well founded & to date the apprehended individuals include a man squirting tomato sauce at a placard, a jay-walker, someone using rude language & 11 members of a television comedy program masquerading as the Canadian contingent .This was all taking place as our world leaders embarked on innumerable decisions designed to improve the human condition such as our very own John Howard signing an agreement with Vladimir Putin to sell uranium to Russia. Which brings me back to the Kubrickian title of this post & if you haven't seen it yet I recommend getting your hands on Dr Strangelove. It is so appropriate after this weekend's events here in Sydney. Yes indeed, enlightened times!
I say lets put the kiddies in charge.
Peace & love to you and yours! x
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Posted by: justine | September 11, 2007 at 10:16 PM