Close Encounters XX Paul F Walsh Ignorance was dancing down the street when he met Knowledge. ‘Reconciliation is dead!’ Ignorance shouted. ‘No, it’s not!’ Knowledge replied. ‘Reconciliation is a continuous and expansive process, a limitless journey without maps or discrete destination.’ ‘Could you explain that in English to me?’ Ignorance asked. ‘English
Close Encounters XIX Paul F Walsh Ignorance was dancing down the street when he met Knowledge. ‘We won!’ he cried. ‘No,’ Knowledge observed. ‘What?’ Ignorance was so shocked that he stopped dancing. ‘Look at the scoreboard, you idiot! We won, 60 to 40!’ ‘But it’s only half-time,’ Knowledge said. ‘And you just scored an
Close Encounters XVIII Paul F Walsh Ignorance was dressed up as Knowledge when he walked into the polling booth. When he walked out, he was naked. The Emperor had no clothes! Copyright Paul F Walsh 2023
Close Encounters XVII Paul F Walsh Ignorance was walking down the street when he met Knowledge. ‘We’re going to win,’ Ignorance said. ‘If you win, we all lose,’ Knowledge replied. ‘Now don’t be like that,’ Ignorance said. ‘We need you YES people to do the right thing and give the Aborigines a
Close Encounters XVI Paul F Walsh Ignorance was walking down the street when he met Knowledge. ‘Let me get this straight,’ Knowledge said. ‘Your response to a statement from the heart is a brain fart?’ Ignorance tried to respond, but suffered a slight explosion between the ears, and then he was deaf
Close Encounters XV Paul F Walsh Ignorance was walking down the street when he met Knowledge. And he was never the same again. Copyright Paul F Walsh 2023
Close Encounters XIV Paul F Walsh Ignorance was walking down the street when he met Knowledge. ‘This whole VOICE thing is unfair,’ Ignorance declared. ‘It’s like Apartheid, mate. They’re trying to divide us by making the Aborigines more special than the rest of us. I’m not in the constitution, so why should they
Close Encounters XIII Paul F Walsh Ignorance was walking down the street when he met Knowledge. ‘How do I get Ignorance to vote YES rather than NO?’ Knowledge asked himself. And then the answer came. ‘I will appeal to his heart rather than his head,’ Knowledge decided. ‘What do you feel about the
Close Encounters XII Paul F Walsh Ignorance was walking down the street when he met Knowledge. ‘These Aborigines have got too much already, mate,’ Ignorance said. ‘We’ve been throwing money at them for years, and it’s made no difference.’ ‘And you know this how?’ Knowledge asked. ‘It’s common Knowledge on social media, mate!’
Close Encounters XI Paul F Walsh Ignorance was walking down the street when he met Knowledge. ‘How will you vote in the referendum?’ Knowledge asked. ‘What referendum?’ Ignorance replied. ‘The referendum to recognise Aboriginal people in the Constitution by granting them a VOICE,’ Knowledge explained. ‘Do we have a constitution?’ Ignorance asked. ‘YES,’ Knowledge