3rd February 2006, 11:20 AM
Much wailing and gnashing of teeth no less.Good.Frankly.Members of the public have offered an opinion in public.They have clearly written it in blissful ignorance of the contrived web of pseudo-legislative garbage that continues to stall any evolution of the industry today.Apparently, members of the public would be very surprised to be told that-when offering an opinion, you can`t actually discuss detail and by the way, the opinion you offer will increase the likelehood of your being sued.Who the Authors of this statement were is not an issue for me.They wrote it as they saw it.The way they have approached the issue shows as clear as day-the strength of feeling that people bring to this campaign.In their writings-yes they express their views in a somewhat "raw" approach but for me,isn`t that the point? There are more than enough heritage workers who are in the habit of supressing the essence of their views and re-wording them to passify the great God of "slander and Libel". Folks, if we start to impose the culture of clinically sterile dialogue upon the public-we can all forget about appealing to them for their support in the future.A passionate, campaigning public must be allowed to express their views.To reduce the Thornborough campaign to mere semantic mechanics-we would be imposing our own frames of reference based upon a competative environment.Not only that, if heritage workers choose to "deconstruct to devastate" views of campaigning members of the public rather than supporting them with constructive criticism, Thornbrough loses out again.This issue seems to have become blurred.Rather than concentrating on the real issue and-raising it`s profile, the word-wars have begun.Yes-there are a number of perhaps careless and unfortunate statements in the quote.Perhaps, this is a reflection of the lack of support from us as a whole? If we are to impose the restrictions of legal-speak upon the campaigning public(BAJR AUP accepted!) then why not start helping them to write legal-speak with testicles?
..knowledge without action is insanity and action without knowledge is vanity..(imam ghazali,ayyuhal-walad)
..knowledge without action is insanity and action without knowledge is vanity..(imam ghazali,ayyuhal-walad)