We're entering a new age of conservatism, as I see it.

Yesterday we had one of our Federal MPs talking about the unsuitablity of clothing on some young girls. That brought a bunch of people out of the woodwork, ringing ABC talkback on the radio.

One woman went on for 5 min without drawing breath- about 'girls wearing short skirts & midriff tops' etc etc. These are girls 5-9 years old.....

I was tempted to ring up & suggest that she get some counselling for whatever happened to her when she was that age.

On a personal note, one of our (ex) friends is a religious zealot- she dresses her kids like something from 'Little House On The Prairie,' keeps them on the farm & even does home schooling. She's known throughout the district as being violent & abusive- but of course that's OK, because she goes to church.

The fact that she's known to be a victim of child abuse herself, & sees a psychiatrist would have nothing whatsoever to do with it.