chalk (another) one up for the galactically stupid

While the mailing of a potentially fatal "biological agent" to the Indonesian embassy is just shocking (the first attack of such a kind in Australia), what disturbed me even more were reports that the embassy (and other Indonesian consulates around the country) have received hate mail and death threats for weeks over the Corby case. We are, of course, worried what effect this will have on our relations with Indonesia - maybe they'll think we don't really like them. The truth is, for an alarming percentage of Australians it seems, this is exactly the case.

And the demand to take back money donated for the Tsunami relief - its clear that emotion over reason is rife in Australia.

We are not the clever country ... let no one convince us otherwise.