I want to hang out with Matt Brown
September 14th 2008 08:06
POOR Matt Brown! Done in - at least temporarily - by a vicious accusation of inappropriateness. As a disinterested outsider who has never met the parties involved, I have to say I'm on his side. A harmless jeu d'esprit fostered by light-headness (if anything occurred at all - and the testimony is rather confused) should not be the basis for public officials getting their marching orders.
AS with all accusations, the devil is in the detail. I saw no explanation of the type or brand of underwear in question. Were they briefs, boxers or Y-fronts? Were they Calvin Klein or Bonds? Surely our anonymous expert witness would remember satin Disneyland boxers or egregious Y-fronts. I think it's all a pack of unsubstantiated half-truths reported maliciously.
SO who was the rat and why were they ratting?
WAS it moral outrage? I suggest the odds of well-developed consciences existing in Macquarrie St are about the same as snow storms happening at sea level in the tropics. So Matt has pissed someone off, it seems, and they're getting revenge.
THERE is an alternative. Frequently people make accusations because the person they are accusing has some dirt on them and they want to forestall revelations about themselves by calling into question the locus standi of the person with the incriminating information in their possesion. Who'd believe a drunken, underpants dancer? Say, for example, you happen to stumble upon someone else's dirty little secrets - inappropriate SMS messages to students, a predilection for gay pornography, misconduct with a person in their professional care - you would be well advised to document and report it ASAP. The moment they twig to what you know then you're toast. But what does Matt know?
Qui habet aures, audiat!
AS with all accusations, the devil is in the detail. I saw no explanation of the type or brand of underwear in question. Were they briefs, boxers or Y-fronts? Were they Calvin Klein or Bonds? Surely our anonymous expert witness would remember satin Disneyland boxers or egregious Y-fronts. I think it's all a pack of unsubstantiated half-truths reported maliciously.
SO who was the rat and why were they ratting?
WAS it moral outrage? I suggest the odds of well-developed consciences existing in Macquarrie St are about the same as snow storms happening at sea level in the tropics. So Matt has pissed someone off, it seems, and they're getting revenge.
THERE is an alternative. Frequently people make accusations because the person they are accusing has some dirt on them and they want to forestall revelations about themselves by calling into question the locus standi of the person with the incriminating information in their possesion. Who'd believe a drunken, underpants dancer? Say, for example, you happen to stumble upon someone else's dirty little secrets - inappropriate SMS messages to students, a predilection for gay pornography, misconduct with a person in their professional care - you would be well advised to document and report it ASAP. The moment they twig to what you know then you're toast. But what does Matt know?
Qui habet aures, audiat!
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