The elephant in the room | The Daily Telegraph

The elephant in the room | The Daily Telegraph
Following my remarks in the previous Daily Telegraph Paul Howes article about Australians liking a fair go, I almost thought this article was talking to me directly.
According to Paul Howes "'A week is a long time in politics' is true, you can safely say this year seemed like an eternity. It's a year in politics that will be dissected, studied and written about for decades to come."
Paul Howes and Labour should know it is not as simple to accuse Rudd of being a bully to justify why they took the actions they did.

We saw a display of how bullying really works. Personal attacks in the media, and publicly laughing at him crying, it was a humiliating and disgusting behavior.
It was a circus and reminded me of a bunch of nasty school bullies, but in this case there was no excuse because they are mature adults.
This took the joy of many in celebrating the first woman being "elected" as prime minister.
I still feel ashamed and you should too.

The only way to put it behind us is for Labour to admit it was wrong, not because they lost most of the votes, but because no one should be treated the way Kevin was, especially in public. I am amazed with his performance... lucky he has a supporting family.
Labour stop attacking Kevin and justifying your actions, did you all lose your common sense?
Our government is supposed to be a role model to Australians, you should read your own policies in bullying and apply them.
I am only a little speck in the ocean, I am not involved in politics, but I am strongly against bullying in schools, at work ,Media or in politics, and I did not like what is going on.
Despite being an educated and resourceful man, Kevin is a human being and his family suffered the humiliation too, those scars take a long time to heal.
Mr Paul Howes it is obvious that you did not have bully experiences or you would understand what you all did wrong and make amends.
There are four types of people in a bullying situation, the bully, the bullied, the bystander and the one that tries to stop it. Even if he was a bully he was one and you were many, actually too many, bullies.
Think of the following, if Kevin was working for a company and you were his union representative, would you take it to court? I am not attacking you. Only asking you to see the problem with another pair of eyes.
There are so many suffering with bullying in schools, work, and in cyberspace.Be humble and recognize this was a terrible example to our youth.
Labour, stop the bullying, make amends, do not reward bullying behavior and become the idealistic party you should be or you will be no more.