Australia’s war memorial was so desperate for their hero, they turned him into a two-metre high altar so the masses could worship in their theme-park temple of war. All of them needed a hero. They needed a righteous man, a man who looked death in the eye, and when he wanted, could kill the cunts without remorse.

Australia needed something brave and yes even ugly, from such a fetid, unavailing war. Australians demanded a hero, whatever the price.

And for our sins – they gave us one.

Source: Ben Roberts-Smith – the beautiful things he’s seen – The Shot