You mean you’re not a liberal? That would make you an anti-liberal.

The word liberal stems from the latin liber which meant both book and freedom. It is also the root of the word library and the word liberty. Hence reading or gaining knowledge can set you on the path to freedom. A ‘liberal’ person would no doubt display the traits associated with the word ‘liberal’ which literally means worthy of a free man, free from restraint, free in speech and action, free from predjudice and bigotry, open minded and open to new ideas or proposals of reform.

A person who is against liberals or anti-liberal (such as yourself?) displays traits which are antonyms or opposites of liberal. These include uneducated, unintellectual, closed of heart, selfish, bigoted, racist, homophobic, close minded and against freedom of speech and religious expression. As we live in a free country, it would actually be anti New Zealand to be against a liberal.

There is even a word used to describe the actions of a person who is anti liberal. It is liberticide, or the destruction of civil liberties.

It would seem that you are deliberately conditioning people to misunderstand the concept of the word ‘liberal’. At the same time, we are slowly losing our liberties, libraries and our sense of freedom.

He means Tony Holden. Ouch

Wow, I thought, here’s where we get the hot lowdown on Lance Armstrong’s revelations to Oprah Winfrey about his history of doping during successive Tours de France. Great!!

And then i find its just about someone interviewing a guy who writes plays!!

What’s the expression? Oh, I know! Its – wait for it – DOH!!!

If he was trying to avoid all attacks on left-wing values in Gormsby then he failed monumentally. The Mudgway (sp?) character was sending up political correctness a lot more than free-market education.

Each character is trying to capture the soul of the other characters. They want someone else to think and act like them, and, at the beginning of the play, can’t countenance a different or opposing political, religious or educational point of view.

Did he do his research on political blogs?

Like most of my plays, Kings of the Gym is hopefully an entertaining and thought-provoking plea for tolerance on all sides, even though it’s initially very intolerant characters who are making it.

Characters who don’t tolerate tolerance sounds very bloggish.

At the end of the blog post there are many who still can’t countenance a different or opposing political, religious or educational point of view.

I guess bloggers would be difficult to depict in a play, the stage would show a darkly curtained room with glowing screen and red eyes all that reflects the steam rising.