T.S. Eliot wrote that one measure of a society’s maturity was the quality of discussion around religious matters.
By this measure, many of Australia’s current leaders and commentators are immature, lacking adequate knowledge of their own culture’s history and philosophy. Too often – based on their public statements – they make crude judgements, bigoted pronouncements and formulate misguided policies.
One consequence of this widespread willed ignorance is that not only do we hav…