J'Accuse

Philip Adams

It's not the litres of water wasted that's worrisome writes Phillip Adam Original Story

ONCE in a while a court case puts an entire society on trial. J'accuse the French over Alfred Dreyfus and the US over O.J. Simpson. And Australia was not at its best during the trials and tribulations of Lindy Chamberlain. Each judicial scandal revealed the respective community's deepest, darkest prejudices.

But the trial that is trying our patience at the moment is the one that has not taken place: an unconscionable delay for which our Council Overlords must be judged guilty. L'affaire McGregor e l’aqua. Surely it’s not how long before the water ban was to be lifted. 10 minutes may as well be 10 hours. 10 minutes here, 20 minutes there. Multiply that over the whole of McSkimming Street, or even Embleton, and then ask your self why the dams are dry.

Leading voices in the conservative chorus - the likes of well-known psychiatrist Alexander Downer have no sympathy for the lack of prosecution. May he water his garden in peace and subsequently in hell.

How can people water in hell? Perchance it's a mispronunciation of wafer. Either way, Mr McGregor’s road to hell is paved with a well watered flower bed of thirsty Northern hemisphere plants. For McGregor, due process is grossly overdue process.

J'accuse Bayswater Council