http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/matt-granfield/ Matt Granfield is an author, vagabond and volcanophobe from Brisbane. He was a newspaper reporter once upon a time, but gave it up when he realised there were more exciting things to write about than under-12s soccer finals. He also didn’t like the feel of newsprint. These days Matt is a senior contributor for a number of Australian publications and his first book – a satirical look at popular culture called HipsterMattic – was released on October 31. en Copyright 2012 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Politics, opinion, world news, sports news, latest news, views, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Nathan Rees, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett, Barnaby Joyce, Australian, federal politics, opinion polls, election, The Punch, thepunch, punch ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/punch-logo-rss.png http://www.thepunch.com.au/ 144 70 Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/in-my-day-we-had-a-whole-war-to-protest-about/ Matt Granfield is a typical Gen Y guy with a social conscience. He joined his friends in protesting at the Occupy Sydney movement. His Uncle Barry was shocked to see him on the television. The Vietnam war veteran doesn’t understand what Matt’s generation could possibly have to complain about. While Matt thinks his Uncle, with his Medicare assisted health care and addiction to consumer goods, should question what he hears on the news every night. Below is a copy of their email exchange. From: Barry Granfield Sent: Sunday, 30 October 2011 10:20 AM To: Matt Granfield Subject: Occupy Wall Street Protests Dear Matthew, I saw you on the news last week. I have to say, I’m most disappointed. This Occupy Sydney thing is a farce. I know you’ll say it’s hypocritical of me, but back in the 70s we were fighting against The Vietnam War and a government who locked people in jail for refusing to be conscripted. We had a good reason. This is just silly. What on earth are you protesting against? And since when did you learn to play the bongos? Uncle Barry feedback@thepunch.com.au (Matt Granfield) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/in-my-day-we-had-a-whole-war-to-protest-about/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/in-my-day-we-had-a-whole-war-to-protest-about/#item7032 Sun, 30 Oct 2011 19:40:01 +0000 Matt Granfield | Author bios | The Punch