On Wed, 30 Nov 2005 11:27:11 +0000, David Hansen
wrote:

On Wed, 30 Nov 2005 09:59:37 +0000 someone who may be Peter Parry
wrote this:-

More than a half of them are members of one or more of the Labour
Party,

Is that a crime now?

Hardly, although they may be working on making not being a member of
it a crime to go with the crime they have invented of fitting a
telephone extension in your kitchen. The pork barrel politics don't
do much for the claim of "impartiality" though.

the Green Party, Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth and other
groups with vested interests.

What vested interests to Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth have?

Promoting their own narrow agenda. Greenpeace in particular have a
long history of dishonesty and trying to suppress and sabotage work
and studies which may reach conclusions that don't suit them.

Is being a member of either a crime now?

Now making that so is quite tempting. Making deliberately publishing
misinformation a crime would certainly get rid of both of them pretty
quickly. It would get rid of all politicians as well so
unfortunately it's never going to happen.

More than a quarter run companies
selling the services or products they are promoting.

So, even if these were all involved just to promote their services
or products they would not have an overriding influence.

Oh I think they could rely upon their like minded mates to help :-).

How does this motley collection of unqualified political placemen and
serial part time committee sitters count as impartial? Or has
impartial been redefined as not allowing preconceptions to be
affected by facts? This group of entertainers may not be faced with
that problem of course as they assiduously avoid anything factual.


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Peter Parry.
http://www.wpp.ltd.uk/