Quote Originally Posted by lardy View Post
So the government doesn't find it easy to abuse power now because questions are asked on social media and keeps them in check.

Yet in this thread you are criticising people for doing exactly that

"Oh the old, It went on in the past, so it will happen in the future school of thought

I feel safe in the knowledge that Your good self and Lardy wouldnt just stand by and let the Government abuse its power, I can sleep safe in that knowledge

Or we can always look at everything in life with suspicion and mistrust, what a joyful life that must be "

Just for reference, sentence 1 and 3 we not a criticism of people raising question and challenging the governments actions, they were more i did not agree with the statements made

sentence one were purely that i do agree with that statement that just because the government have abused power in the past that they will do it again ( sure they might )

sentence three, i do not agree with that outlook in life, where everything has to be one of suspicion and mistrust, it is hardly balanced, it was in response to your post about me being naive, somewhere between is the balance

sentence two, now this was a bit of a sarcastic backhanded compliment, I do feel that the government will not have free reign in abusing the power they have due to people like you and croesy ( and many others on the net ) which was the whole point of my post, what people can do about it is another matter, but the example above i gave about the ferry fiasco just goes to prove the point, our government no longer have free reign to abuse power

I hope that has cleared up that misunderstanding and any offence it might have caused