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The Long Silence
April 24, 2008 |
I am never sure how to address this question — the question of my silence. It’s not that I am not thinking. It’s not that this blog isn’t important either. The challenge I have, though, is my position as a senior government official. More and more the things I have/want to say seem to be in conflict with that fact. It isn’t that everything that is current is politically charged — but it seems as though there are many things that invite comment, and that comment is liable to be critical.
So the question is, what do I do?
I want to post, for instance, the story of an incident that occurred recently (two of them, in fact), because I think that the responsibility of a writer is to raise awareness, to speak out about injustice, and to point at things that are wrong in a society so that we can fix them. Let me just say this. The two stories to which I refer have to do with the abuse of power of our uniformed branches. Now I am a supporter of the police and the defence force. In my position I see the best of them; they work with us in securing major events and help us with logistics on a national level, and they do difficult jobs very well. But what I have heard on both sides are so egregious that they cannot be kept silent about.
So the question is — how do I do that?
Well, I’m just going to do it, I guess.
Watch this space.
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Miss Nico, keep on writing, keep on speaking. when we root out the bad guys we honour the good guys, especially in the uniform branches.
In soldarity,
Lynn
Hi Nico,
being in the public service would, I think, create many disconcerting thoughts about what you see V. what you know.
It happens in the private sector also, and drives me crazy.
Imagine the thoughts we have from our perspectives, each about the other!
Not many reference points left in the world.