What do you think of this?

At the urging of people whose opinions I trust, I have written an almost publishable version of this rant. It follows below. If I get more positive feedback than negative, then it will be sent in to the editors at The Age, the Herald-Sun, the Australian and AB himself. Criticism will be listened to, and may be included. No feedback at all will be taken as 'don't do it.'

EDIT: It's sent, as of about 2:30pm Sat 12 Nov. The following text was sent to
bolta@heraldsun.com.au
hseditor@heraldsun.com.au
hsletters@heraldsun.com.au
newsdesk@theage.com.au
letters@theage.com.au
feedback@theaustralian.com.au

Now we see what happens.

Here goes: ( It's long. Is it worth it? )