Bente (hallo) reminded me of a relevant bit of Marx Brothers.

   Groucho as new President (?) of Fredonia: We'll start with old business.

   member of Cabinet: What about the old taxes?

   G.:             That's new business.
No old business? Right,we'll move on to new business.

   m.o.c. again.   Now about those taxes.

   G:             Sorry,that's old business.




   The answer to not taking any responsibility isn't to get on with your job;it's to take your resposibility. Which people are not usually willing to do.

   That's because people confuse taking their responsibility with taking all responsibility - not the same thing.

   They also confuse taking any responsibility with being blamed - also not the same thing.

   Businesses and companies make the same mistakes,and are as much (if not more) into shifting responsibility elsewhere as anyone.

   journalists help in this process by having the question "So who's to blame?" to hand for every problem,thereby supporting that move by individuals.


   Zero MOstel satirised this when investigating the causes of World War 2,climaxing with the question,

   "And what was Pearl Harbour doing in the Pacific in the first place?"






       Ivor






      Ivor