The low flying choppers of the last few days were not practising acrobatics for the Air Show, nor the upcoming Grand Prix—they employ more exciting noise and fire-power for those entertainments. This recent has been valuable crew practise for urban environments: dummy rounds trained on the streets and alleyways presumably, identified targets cross-haired.
Army birds give city a buzz
And more than a wee buzz for us on the ground. It was a little reminder what the people we are protecting from terrorists in other places endure day by day—sans threat of missiles and strafing.
A little buzz, in the language that pervades news, politics, social, familial and conjugal relations in this culture. The market. Promotion. Deformation. Degradation.
Bright pic accompanying. Gov. House with its leafy surrounds foreground.
The Age p. 9.
Wed 9 March 2011
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