Striking the Balance

[Ian G Batten]

On Tue, 29 Oct 2002, Watkin Simon wrote:
> > Exactly.  Or, less emotively, I believe a common reason for people
> > refusing to give evidence is that stating they saw something 
> > in place X
> > would reveal they were in place X, which would in turn reveal 
> > they were
> > having an affair.
> 
> Really?  They could offer information anonymously.  

Yeah, right.  Why not ask your mates in the police force to tell you how
Gillian Taylforth's name was all over the papers within a a few hours of
her arrest?  The police are congenitally incapable of keeping a secret.

> And if they are identified as having been in the area, whether by
> their next door neighbour or by their communications data, that
> doesn't mean their own secret has to be exposed.

Yeah, right.  ``So, why were you at your secretary's house at 10pm?''

> >  The argument has to be extended to the idea that
> > anyone who tells a lie gets what's coming to them,
> 
> Or that anyone who has a secret is fair game for TPTB?  I don't follow that.

They are.  Gillian Taylforth.

ian