On Sun, 08 Jan 2006 00:58:28 GMT, "Mosley Jones III"
I'll change 'comes' to 'came'.
It doesn't matter where she came from or when she came here - the fact is she is here now, from God knows where, and working for a greater good.
Even if that good is for herself and her family, the net result benefits all.
Perhaps Ted is saying that a countries unity, peace and prosperity comes from a large number of small individual achievments (some so tiny that they are not even noticed by others around them), but put together they result in a greater prosperity for all.
He could be saying that individual strength, multiplied millions of times over by the number of faceless people in a country, is the real backbone of a society that gives it its undying strength.
Most of us are faceless people in a crowd - wouldn't it be nice to know that whatever we do, no matter how small, it results in a benefit for all?
An Australian, by Ted Egan 140Mosley Jones III You would have to BE an Australian, and not the redneck racist banjo plucking puppy poiting White Supremacist bigot you are, to understand. "She's Australian...
A pioneer is 'one who paves the way'.
I think Ted Egan has summed the situation eloquently.
Cheers Rev Artie Morty
