The Fog

It is happening so frequently and so many times but once it has surfaced the leader's re-action is so predictable! They prefer a quick 'fix' to our scandals rather than a thorough cleansing of our political system. Many of the leading figures prefer to deal with the 'person' rather than dealing with the root of the problem.

Εξωστρακισμός! (Ostracism): (Greek: έξω-οστρακισμός - exo (out)-ostrakismos). The Ancient Greeks and the Athenians specifically introduced it to deal with a person that thought to be a threat to the state. There was no opportunity for defence and it was simply a command that the person be gone for about 10 years. Everyone used to dissasociate himself from that person.  The interesting thing about ostracism was that once it happened it pacified the tremour and peace returned to troubled water.

Is it all Greek or does it sound familiar to you?

It seems that our leaders are not in favour of uprooting the cause of the problem but they prefer ostracism of the individual instead. Lets get rid of him for a while and he could always come back in the near future....
The Lib Dem leader said recently about David Laws: "I very much hope that when those questions are answered there will be an opportunity for him to rejoin the government......."

I don't know about you but it is all Greek to me!