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May 15, 2009
Bad behaviour
Citizens of this country really must stop interfering in the finely tuned machinery of Government. It cannot be acceptable that mere ordinary people persist in expressing views in public which directly contradict and run counter to activities of local councils, national quangoes and departments. These departments are the major operations of our state and they have a right to be left to run freely and without hindrance in pursuit of the agendas they have developed to make ours into a better, freer, more democratic and equal country. The ways in which departments work, operate, are funded, develop strategies and so on, are far too complex for anyone who is not directly involved and committed, to understand, Frankly the country will not improve in the way that officers in Gvernment intend, if such public destruction and non cooperation goes on.
No Government department could or should provide a platform for the views of self-appointed critics who are ignorant of what needs to be done and the public utterances of whom do not conform to the policies that have been defined.
Incidentally I was very pleased to observe yesterday on the train that at least some people have heard the message of the other day and have stopped reading altogether. That is a fine example.
If our country is to be Great once more, people really have go to start cooperating and complain less. Think not what you can do for your country, but think what your country can do for you,
Posted by Perkins at May 15, 2009 11:34 AM