The flaws in any Honours system is that there is no list of people who, through self respect, refused them. The concern regarding the giving of great Honours to a foreign Prince, or in terms of Saudi, a foreign dead King, is one thing...but the abiding flaw is that whilst we make a song and dance about such foolish choices, we are more than happy to spend a billion dollars a year to have our soldiers and airmen bombing poor and brutalised Iraqis who only want their own country back. No one seems to rally about the dishonour this means every day to every Australian, including our soldiers and airmen.
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