Leaddie, for all his wonderful attributes and passion, can't abide losing an argument, and he's lost this one.
My point, going way way back, is that we in Australia have been portrayed as troglodytes by the zealots.
Along with his fellow zealots, IMHO, Leaddie (Airspce 2000, NAS and related embuggerances - the list is too long) have cost this country millions of taxpayer dollars for no gain based on false argument.
If one must craft an argument, any argument, that argument rests on what are referred to as 'underlying assumptions.' This is Philosophy 101.
Put it this way - you either have fact, or an argument that's based on credible assumptions. If the underlying assumptions to your argument are flawed, then your argument crashes and burns.
The underlying assumption, that we are 'unique,' has been the basis of the zealots' argument for God knows how long.
I won't go through the stuff again that proves that assumption false. But Leady and the zealots get an F for using that underlying assumption to support an argument that doesn't have a leg to stand on.