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In this letter to the editor, a reader who identifies himself as an Australian of several generations heritage, writes to say that, upon reading 'Crónicas de un Bladi Woggi' of 22 August, he almost died of laughter reading the first part, then almost died of shame reading of the insensitivity of his compatriots in their behaviour toward the elderly migrant [as described in the Bladi Woggi column].