I muttered an abusive riposte. This breaks the first rule of dealing with demonstraters even when they stick their murderous contorted faces slap-bang in yours. Expressionless and silent, always the better course. This, as I entered the Manning Clark Theatre at the ANU where 430 had come to hear me speak but ten Trots were protesting at my views on irregular migration.
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