20-08-2009, 01:06 PM
Yes, most FOI is a well kept secret least people actually find out about it and, god forbid, use it. When it is not the possessive pedantic bureaucrats resentful of an outsider coming in to their territory it is the extortionate fees in some places which make it very expensive to actually exercise the right to this information. It is perhaps better called 'Freedom From Information'. I do wish there were much more openness and transparency in all parts of public life and business life.
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"He would, wouldn't he?" Mandy Rice-Davies. When asked in court whether she knew that Lord Astor had denied having sex with her.
“I think it would be a good idea” Ghandi, when asked about Western Civilisation.