July 20, 2008
Big issues July 13, 2008
Listing to the “big issues” of Sunday 6th July 2008, I observed that there was a total absence of any evidence of creative thinking by any of the participants, except one. No one can deny that they were well educated, but education like many good things in life has its “side effects.” Some educated persons view the way they learned to do things as the correct way and as a result do not realize that their “correct way” might only be one of several ways, and that there could be a better way. One of the participants who is not afraid to step outside the box, who is not afraid of tearing away the often arbitrary rules that others have set for him, who is not afraid to ask either “why” or “why not” whenever confronted with the way “everyone” does things, tried to get the others to reason things rationally. To my surprise and disappointment the host would have none of that and quickly put an end to another attempted “mental jail break.” The emancipated one tried to tell the others that it is unacceptable that after the government has been elected [ we do not in fact elect any government. We elect parliamentary representatives. The parliament elects the prime minister, and the prime minister selects the cabinet, which does the governing] the people should be powerless to prevent the government taking a certain course of action, even when that action was not in the nations interest. Another panellist expressed the view that the present situation was satisfactory because a government could be changed at election time. The emancipated one said the thought of having to wait up to five years to stop an abuse of power frightened him. The narrow minded one replied that what frightened him was the thought of giving more power to the people because he could envision a situation where a referendum would be held every week.
Rupert E. Henry
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