Victimitis

Posted on September 22, 2007
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"After the dismissals union officials said that the employer had “put temptation in their way” by allowing computer access to external internet sites. They called on all large employers to install a firewall program to prevent staff from being distracted by sites such as eBay, BBC Online and those that provide gambling."

It’s always someone else’s fault, isn’t it? The next time the Neath Port 9 get on eBay they might do a search on "personal responsibility".

The fact that the Neath Port 9 were employed by Labour does explain a lot… the nanny state has few limits.

"Somehow, over the last decade or so, this has become true in so many places, in so many ways. Multinational organisations, governments, public sector companies, the private sector, everywhere. The story is the same. Quango-ed and committee-d to a point of gridlock, decisions are often glaringly visible only in their absence. Accountability becomes a word reserved for matrix charts and consultant-speak. And when something actually happens, almost everyone heads for the hills. A few remain to shoulder the blame and to mop up."

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