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Arrogance can only be labelled as such after it is demonstrated in an open forum, after it becomes apparent to others that majority opinion and moral consensus have no impact on the decision making process of a particular individual.
While Keating's speech in 1993 was appropriate to the occasion – the interment of only the second Australian soldier from the Great War to return home – the 2013 speech is in some ways of a different stamp.
Research in 2011 found the key barriers preventing seniors from using the internet were a lack of skills, confusion by technology, and concerns about security and viruses.
Economic and moral issues cannot be separated in considering the well-being of any nation. We hear a lot from the media about economic issues, but very little about abortion and divorce or out-of-wedlock pregnancies.
