What makes Barker a coward is his inability to muster the courage to answer our criticisms. Those who are not prepared to defend what they write have no business calling themselves journalists. There are far more fitting descriptions. But this is only what I would expect from a man who could seriously claim that the Swiss are culturally mature enough, unlike Australians, to handle citizens initiated referenda. Statists eventually reveal their authoritarian nature and their contempt for the masses.
Barker is no exception.