Jacks take on things is rooted in the past -- the long distant past where the ether is real, women are to be seen and not heard, and people faced a lifetime in penury for stealing a loaf of bread . The fact that the US has moved into the markets Australia has lost by backing the US is lost in the emotionally charged view of troglodytes. But thats ok , that sort of thinking is highly marginalised now that understanding has evolved somewhat.
