Sorry - I obviously deleted the reference to kicking whilst (Telstra) was down after you read it.

What I was trying to say in Strine was that perhaps it was unfair to be hasty in allocating blame to Telstra. People take whatever opportunity they can to speak against it - it's our iconoclastic nature.

I think it's the alliteration of the saying that appeals - rather than the practicalities of the image.

stales