Christopher Hitchens, an American journalist, is quoted as having said this during a conversation with colleagues. Known for his sardonic wit, he quickly added, "... which is exactly where it should, I think, in most cases, remain."
But there's no such thing as an "ordinary" person, which is the premise of the SBS television series "Front Up", in which Andrew L. Urban talks to anyone he meets and conducts off-the-cuff interviews with ordinary Australians going about their not always so ordinary lives. The show ran for twenty-one episodes from 1994 until 1998, which may seem a little dated now but is as interesting to watch now as it was then - click here.
In case you ask, no, I don't appear in any of the interviews. I was still far too busy running my small Canberra Computer Accounting Systems business at the time, but I'm certainly available now to open up the book inside me. Just give me half an hour to shower and shave and put in my teeth.
