I was not able to post whilst on the road. I had hoped to explore some of what happens in federal parliament on this weblog. But it was not possible. I was only a visitor and things in federal parliament and in the apartment were not set up for casual internet connections for visitors.
What I did notice though is the way that public language decays. That was my experience of parliament. I thought that public language had emptied out because of the media and advertising or marketing. But whilst I was watching politics in federal parliament, I realized that public language is about power and that it is designed to intimidate, threaten and manipulate.
And many journalists reprinted those political speeches about public health that were designed to deceive and manipulate with little comment. And so the media helped to hide the indifference the powerful have for the poor---
Posted by Gary Sauer-Thompson at February 14, 2004 11:54 PM | TrackBack