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Hutton, Authority and Faith

The Ourhouse Weblog: Hutton and faith in authority

Johnny raises some very valid points about Hutton and the culture of deference to authority, particularly judges that the vast majority of people have in the UK.

Any organisation that seeks to undertake actions in secret will generate theories of motives and inappropriate actions. However even organisations which attempt secrecy are gradually being undermined by people who ae willing to 'leak' and as John's article suggests the networked world where connections and channels of communication are not controllable in the industrial world view sense. We live in complexity; adversarial systems cannot achieve justice or useful solutions, they merely implement a old and maybe outdated system of law & politics.

Responsiblity for this lies with everyone. We as a country, a society must consider that structurally what we have now is failing to reflect what we need in a post-modern age. Its essentially bankrupt but relying on the apathy of its creditors to make changes.

I don't know what the answer is either however meaningful discussion should now take place on how to move things forward. While evolution is preferable over revolution, it cannot be at the pace of the 19th Century when we are in the 21st...