Even among well-respected government institutions, requiring real answers to real questions is regarded as a little bit rude. The sophisticated ones will suffer it, knowing such questioners don't really matter much. But the people asking the questions are never brought "inside" to where the real decisions get made.
If there were more people asking real questions, and more higher placed and public people, it would get a lot harder to sideline such gadflies.
The real shame is that our institutions and culture could rise to a higher standard if required to. Today's concessions to political "necessity" forestall tomorrow's advance to systems that actually work.
If there were more people asking real questions, and more higher placed and public people, it would get a lot harder to sideline such gadflies.
The real shame is that our institutions and culture could rise to a higher standard if required to. Today's concessions to political "necessity" forestall tomorrow's advance to systems that actually work.