Come on, kids, dare to resist! - Opinion from the SMH

I saw this and I thought, yep.

What do you think? Here's an excerpt but I recommend following th elink to the whol article.

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Come on, kids, dare to resist - Opinion - www.smh.com.au: "This is a nation in which the blind are leading the bland. Our leaders would rather walk on all fours than look deep into the heart of our alliance with Washington and weigh up its true costs. This is perilous appeasement. We do not sign the Kyoto agreement, we do not take issue with the excesses in Iraq, we do not condemn the assassination of a quadriplegic cleric who could swiftly have been put on trial.

So, exactly what is it that we stand for?

Booze, porn, shopping, celebrities and spectator sport, as far as can be discerned by community habits. The American dream in our backyard barbecues, rap on the airwaves, ever more fluttering flags. 'Hey dude' is replacing 'g'day mate'. While there are signs of passive dissent, as in Indy Media, Koori radio, the Greens and the popularity of Michael Moore, the overall impression is one of glazed acquiescence to the project that drives the West. Lubricating our lifestyle from the oil and the sweat of the developing world, lending funds to its governments on harsh terms and selling its people our leftovers. This would go on suiting the bland and the blinded until the cows come home, until WalMart colonises the moon, except for one sad fact - still disputed by the White House - that the Earth is in trouble. Each new scientific report is gloomier than the last - melting glaciers, dying coral, disappearing species, rising oceans. In the judgement of experts, as well as in a report commissioned by the Pentagon, wild weather poses a threat worse than terrorism.

Even before it hits Earth, climate change is due to hit the big screen. It's called The Day After Tomorrow, a Hollywood disaster movie where the hero rides off into the last sunset seen by humans. In the real world some are working at the front lines to postpone this future. But most of my Xer mates will see it first in the front stalls of their Harvey Norman home cinema."