2012

How do they do that? Splashing our details around the open air -- "Now, is Mister Saurali still living on Francis Street in Grey Lynn? Great." Great. So now, Sir, I will find him.

And, "Are you still together?"

How to deal with a sensitivity like that?

Booming it down the phone:
"I am a man and you are not."
"I am the nation's authority and you are not."
"I am the indigenous infestation of this land and you are not."
That is: We are white and you are not.

Really, in the end, it's not about skin colour. It's about birth right and acting like you belong. Dress, speak, think like us and you are in. If not, you are not.

Yes, white babies cry horribly too. Scream, kick, spit, shit. Grab your hair greedily. We all need to eat and stay warm and decipher this world, but we may not all eat or read or have soft soles. Those luxuries are an earned privilege. If you don't match our neo-Nazi checklist, get back in the queue please.

Oh yes, 2012 has arrived -- and it's not even December.