As
Wiley said,
To those who weren't involved and who are 'bored' by 1989 or don't understand how deep the passions run, pray to God you never do understand, for the only way you ever will is to be dragged through something similar yourselves
"
to be dragged through something similar" means to have
the very roots of what you were taught by your parents, church, and a free, democratic society, challenged.
If - as an Australian..or Brit, or American - you had had instilled in your psyche to "do the right thing", "love your neighbour", "do unto others (as you would have them do unto YOU"), "be honest", and believe "that good triumphs over evil", then
1989 under
Hawke. Abeles, Kelty, Murdoch and their cronies - using the strength of their POSITIONS, the POWER of the MEDIA, and the LURE of GREED - challenged OUR basal, fundamental beliefs.
THAT was the REAL reason so many (approx.
80%) pilots resisted, in unison, for so long!
I doubt that that
BASIC BELIEF is any less relevant today, than it was 13 - or 130 years - ago!