The Faithful Witness, Like...socrates, Voltaire, And Swift

An Individual Who Stands Out, Or Disagrees Or Takes Risks Is A Danger To Such Systems And Is Effortlessly And, Unconsciously Sidelined.

The Undoubted Sign Of A Society Well Under Control Or In Decline Is That Language Has Ceased To Be A Means Of Communication And Has Become Instead A Shield For Those Who Master It.

Panic: A Highly Underrated Capacity Thanks To Which Individuals Are Able To Indicate Clearly That Something Is Wrong. Given Their Head, Most Humans Panic With Great Dignity And Imagination. This Can Be Called Democratic Expression Or Practical Common Sense.

We Are The Raison D'être Of The Entire System. We Are Also The Employers Of Those In Public Office And In The Public Service. Why Should We Accept From Them A Discourse Which Suggests Contempt For Us And For The Democratic System?

After All, In Both Languages We Were Dealing In Large Measure Not With English And French, But With Scots And Irish, Bretons And Normans ... There Could Be No More Eloquent Illustration Of The Colonial Mind-set Than A Bunch Of Celts And Vikings In A Distant Northern Territory Insulting Each Other As Les Anglais And The French As If They Were The Descendants Of The People Who Had Subjected And Ruined Them.