On Indignation
With characteristic wit , Don Watson explores indignation through generations of his family and their Old Testament rages.
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'In my own childhood someone was
always trying to get a rise, and someone
was always stalking off in tears and slamming
doors behind her; or marching out
of the cowshed and down the hill as if
determined that the rest of us would never
see her again. 'Huffs', they were called,
or 'scots'. But the indignant very often
walk into a void. They need resistance.
And sooner or later they have to come in
for tea. What then? What does it profi t a
man to throw his only bowl of custard at
the wall?'
With characteristic wit , Don Watson explores indignation through generations of his family and their Old Testament rages. He asks why wounded pride or a sense of injustice unleashes the furies and whether there is ever virtue in it. Dazzling in its humour and eloquence, Watson turns to George W Bush-- the figure who most excites his own indignation.
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