tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post1533773071043433956..comments2024-03-27T06:56:10.255+00:00Comments on Broad Oak Magazine: The rise of Homo bureaucraticus Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-58281732214778279872014-10-22T14:03:58.779+01:002014-10-22T14:03:58.779+01:00Sackers - the bureaucrats see a number of competin...Sackers - the bureaucrats see a number of competing risks from the sound of it. Buridan's ass.<br /><br />Paddington - it's as if civilisations need risk. If a taste for risk is diverted into other channels they fail. <br /><br />A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-9068223592644338922014-10-21T16:33:01.026+01:002014-10-21T16:33:01.026+01:00Please don't badmouth parrots. They are highly...Please don't badmouth parrots. They are highly intelligent, problem-solving animals. As for the real objects of your ire, I couldn't agree more. They are reducing risk to the point that we stall progress.<br /><br />We also have the associated stupidity that too many people in the US now assume that we can eliminate all risk.Paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07952088638231881617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-28817493812366292572014-10-21T16:30:47.341+01:002014-10-21T16:30:47.341+01:00Hmm, shouldn't like to say...
Or as a some da...Hmm, shouldn't like to say...<br /><br />Or as a some dam' lawyer said when we wanted the Council to prohibit knife-carrying Rastas from wandering into our school ("public property", he said), "Yes, well... that IS a point of view..." while avoiding eye contact and stirring some papers in front of him with a forefinger.Sackersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17284329249862764601noreply@blogger.com