The Year of the Bully: Truth Overboard & Try not to mention the War...
G'Day. I have had a number of rather strange experiences with my computer lately. (smile) However, according to another antibully blogger...I am not alone.
Like many characters who disliked how the unaccountable communism made some people to behave like beasts, I am finding that unczeched culture of contracts for the boys creates bullies who seem to bloom in Parliaments, large corporations and sadly even in many law enforcement agencies...
Indeed, 2003 is shaping out as the year of the Bully. Bullies come in different shapes, ages, nationalities and sizes, but they have one thing in common they are all obsessed with power. Most bullies lean towards a mentality of whatever it takes in order to sieze any leadership positions. In Czechoslovakia Havel spoke for the majority of the taxpayers who unwillingly kept the corrupt government in power, while Down Under Sir William Dean seems to be the answer to the taxpayers' ; yearning for a voice above politics!

Kingston Muddying the waters between guardians and traders

There is indeed a case to be made that the water has been muddied somewhere between the realms of the public and the private and that the central problem is the confusion of value sets. The businessman who aggrandises public responsibility to himself is likely to offend the ordinary person eventually, as will the public servant who wishes to play businessman. Perhaps the core problem is that all the developments described above have been driven by self-serving top dogs - those who have ascended to the commanding heights of both the public and the private sectors and who may now enjoy an unconsciously collusive relationship. In the end, it is always the ordinary person, and that includes the taxpayer, who foots the bill - and smells a rat.
· Webdiary of Modern Bullies [Sydney Morning Herald]