Sorry, I had a double negative there. I've corrected it to "(you are)"Cmdr. Maegil wrote:didn't say you weren't good at it (you aren't)
My point precisely, and this happens not only on your military, but more seriously, also on you civilian government where the limiting factors aren't so obviously lethal (mobs with tumbrils and guillotines have shown to be quite effective in refreshing encrusted leadership minds - or heads).Disembodied wrote:Ach, well, everybody's military is like that, really. Get a bunch of men together, create a hierarchical system and place lots of emphasis on Obeying Orders and Doing What You're Told, and watch as the incompetence flows out like guano from a diarrhoeic cormorant. In the absence of any kind of limiting factor, e.g. an enemy actively trying to kill you, a military hierarchy is an almost perfect mechanism for siphoning the dimwits to the top.
Not that I support terrorism or infanticide, but bombing those schools would probably ensure a better future for your country...But the Old Boy network is a definite problem in Britain. Almost all of the current Tory party Shadow Cabinet went to the same (exclusive, private) school. Practically the entire upper echelons of the Civil Service went to Oxbridge (after first attending exclusive, private schools).Where did I put that tumbril?
Now, seriously. The UK won't change so easily until it implements laws against that kind of thing, but cannot do so while it remains a monarchy and/or until it comes a nasty cropper on a serious matter...
But can't you feel the adoration of your fellow ooliters..?
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