Despite the inclination to giggle up your sleeve this is very serious stuff, very serious stuff. The claim that 'Christian ethics' are at work here, well it must be in a different church to the one that delivered its fire and brimstone from the pulpit when I was a boy. It is a different time and different world and the rules, well what can one say?
That this stuff is discussed well away from the glaring light is no surprise but nonetheless its is more than disappointing. And, if your aspirations are in heaven then maybe it is more than disappointing. When I was at university, advocating this kind of thing would have earned one a FAT FAIL.
What are they going to be talking about? Just what that cannot be said out in the open? What new information is at hand? Is this really about sparing ill advised idiots from their readiness to take on the shonky on the off chance of winning a buck or two? Is it to share the truth as it comes to be realised in the quiet? Is it so as previous enthusiasts are not exposed to the level of embarrassment they should be? And, there are many, many more questions!
This is a job that needs to be done before the odd player slinks off to buy pink trousers in Venice or is it Ifrican jungle shorts or something. All good for the purpose of taking selfies at drinkies to jolly along the conversations at the Bar-B-Q back home. Happy hols for those heading off!
Wishing everyone well, you do have to hope that the very keen protagonists bring along the fiscal fairies from down the bottom of their garden to sprinkle the proceedings with fairy-dust. They'll need every last sprinkle to get this project up and running given that:
- There are not enough builders in Launceston to build their fantasy for whatever obscure reason.
- There are too few part-time jobs in Tasmania, Launceston even, to attract the students they wish to charge horrendous fees.
- There is the threat of climate change when one builds on a tidal flat with the spectre of the flood always there.
- The risk that Launceston residents are likely to start asking more and more questions and expect to get credible answers about rates etc.
- The realisation that there are other places to study and as likely as not more cheaply for a better product.
- There remains so many unanswered questions that will need to get answers ... need one go on?
However, as Noel Coward said "It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit."
John 'Rusty' Ley
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