Sir,
In response to the article on koala killing by the Greens Candidate for Higgins, and calls we have heard for making Higgins koala free by 2010, may I remind your readers of a famous bit of human bush lore:
First they came for the koalas, and I did not speak out –
because I was not a koala;
Then they came for the climate sceptics, and I did not speak out –
because I was not a climate sceptic;
Then they came for the political dissidents, and I did not speak out –
because I was not a political dissident;
Then they came for me –
and there was no one left to speak out for me.
Cheers,
Kieren Koala
[Sent from a gum tree in Higgins. Email address withheld for security reasons]
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