This is the sort of little-boy, stamp your foot stuff which comes from a financial yuppie when you shoe him into parliament.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Keating dismisses a politician's outburst as immature behavior from someone unsuited for parliament.
- In plain terms
- This childish behavior comes from someone unqualified for parliament.
- What can you take from it?
- Immature conduct in politics undermines credibility.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How should political behavior be judged?
- Is anger ever appropriate in debate?
Another view
Emotional displays can sometimes reflect genuine conviction rather than immaturity.
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