tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post7182658356625957155..comments2024-03-28T10:10:38.940-04:00Comments on Politics and its Discontents: Embarrassing The Harper GovernmentLornehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-47345906299178254472012-07-16T13:13:34.875-04:002012-07-16T13:13:34.875-04:00They are our community's focus Lorne; a valuab...They are our community's focus Lorne; a valuable set of eyes and ears, a bulwark that is our front line against the usurpation and corruption of our principles by the unprincipled, and most importantly an insider voice on matters our betters don't want us to hear about or discuss. There is no real "general" public of which you speak, only the public, which they are also part of and help define. I put it to you Lorne, that much of the public's malaise towards our polity and governance, which you and many others so cavalierly throw down at their feet, may actually be in large part, directly related to the refusal or coercion of our best and brightest not to speak up. But that now seems to be changing. Thank goodness for the scientists and medical profession showing the rest of us, how it is done.Stignoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-42565820379236543652012-07-16T10:24:44.631-04:002012-07-16T10:24:44.631-04:00Perhaps if more of the general public gets more en...Perhaps if more of the general public gets more engaged and aware of the politics of this government, Stig, other government employees with gain the confidence to speak out.Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-8720563523952276222012-07-16T10:13:00.958-04:002012-07-16T10:13:00.958-04:00Now if only the good people in governmental social...Now if only the good people in governmental social services became as indignant and spoke as loud and clear, for the people they really serve and not the weasel politicians who, more often than not, seem to be using government to service their own and others' narrow interests.Stignoreply@blogger.com