Hi Keith: It is not the crooks that are important - though all of us would like to see someone get their comeuppance. Rather it is a system that has been degenerating since the last great purge - whenever that was????
I think these are the signs of a system malfunction and there will come a time when the system will be repaired - whether the repair is a patch job, a remodeling or an overhaul remains to be seen. Lateral flows of information and exposure need to be backed up by independent media ie government, for all private media is or probably will be biased in some manner. It has already happened in the Stats Can (or the equivalent in other countries) has to considered accurate and unbiased for it to be used/useful. Respectfully, Thomas Lunde on 2/14/02 12:27 AM, Keith Hudson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > This supports my view -- and what I think is an unstoppable trend -- that > all information that concerns individuals and businesses which transact > with the public must be placed automatically in the public domain. The > lateral transmission of information and the consequent exposure of bad > practice is a far more effective deterrent than government legislation and > regulation -- although necessary for moral and exemplary reasons. > Unfortunately government action is nearly always after the event and able > to be evaded by even cleverer crooks. > > Keith Hudson > > > > > > __________________________________________________________ > ?Writers used to write because they had something to say; now they write in > order to discover if they have something to say.? John D. Barrow > _________________________________________________ > Keith Hudson, Bath, England; e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _________________________________________________ > >
