Henry Olonga is a man who has paid his dues. Giving up his career, his livelihood, the game that he loves, going into exile for his troubles - *that's* walking the walk.
At the public meeting in Wellington last night, Rod Donald said that we should be more concerned with our sense of morality than with the Black Caps' contractual obligations to the ICC. Right on! (Kant can go shove it.)
I try not to write when I don't have anything new to say, but while I don't have any fresh insights to offer, I just want to use the meagre resources I have at my disposal to help this cherub of a campaign along.
Please - turn your sentiments into action. The Greens will be holding a public meeting tonight at 8pm at the Aotea Chapel on Queen Street - go and hear for yourself what made Olonga decide to go to all the trouble of making himself a marked man.
The "It's Just Not Cricket" march is on tomorrow at noon, starting at the corner of Queen and Customs Street.
If you've ever talked the talk, tomorrow is the time to walk the walk.
(Kudos to the Greens - they've created a swell of public sentiment from nothing, and they've rallied it for a worthwhile cause. That, in my books, is what leadership should be.)
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Coming on Tuesday: We talk strategy and personality with Jon Johannson, Victoria University politics lecturer and author of "Two Titans", a comparative study of Muldoon and Lange.