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Thread #67458   Message #1129837
Posted By: Ellenpoly
05-Mar-04 - 12:15 PM
Thread Name: BS: Should a Minister keep a secret?
Subject: RE: BS: Should a Minister keep a secret?
We live in dangerous times, and I'm not referring to terrorist threats, but from our own governments. This not only reminds me of Watergate, but of every time in our history where someone has had to say "ENOUGH". Whether or not Claire Short had other motives, she did not start this thing..it began with another young woman who was not in the public eye, and simply thought that she had a higher duty morally than the one in which she signed the official secrets act to protect. Not too soon, more of us may be facing a time when we are asking the same questions of ourselves...do we name names? Are we willing to take the flack? When do we put our beliefs on the line, and how long can we stay silent in the face of such hypocrisy?