There is no need to apologize Julia, there is no angst or ill-will at all intended on my behalf. I thought that your comment about Ned Kelly was very interesting and that is why I replied to it as a separate idea (it was not my intention at all to focus on the element of it being interpreted as derogative to Australian culture, but more of the nuance of it being relevant to the context of this debate). I enjoy finding connections between the past and the present and it is often said that history rhymes, and is fairly cylical or thematically repetitive, so it is sometimes worth making unusual connections, especially out of context.
I accept that some posters will find this distasteful or bothersome to their aims.
I wouldn't be so much offended that someone has withdrawn from the context of something that I have said, but more pleased that they bothered to take the time to read my post and think about it, perhaps even consider it in a different light.
You or others may see that as folly, but in my experience, it is what moves the dialogue of life along, despite the temporary diversions or distractions it may cause to us in the present.
In any event, Happy Easter and I hope we can all continue to find new ways of looking at things.