03-08-2015, 05:05 PM
Magda Hassan Wrote:According to Jones, one senior BBC executive stood outside Broadcasting House at the height of the Savile scandal and held forth to colleagues about Jones and MacKean, describing them as "traitors to the BBC".
He says: "It's a small group of people but they are very powerful people who think we betrayed the BBC by not keeping out mouths shut."
The old Queen Mother used to refer to keeping 'schtumm' as keeping "oyster", as it happens. For some, failure is no impediment to success. This is a traditional thing in Blighty; 'Boy' Browning (Dirk Bogard, in the film Bridge too Far) who was part of the planning, got promoted after the Arnhem debacle, whilst Gene Hackman (Stanisław Sosabowski) who complained about the plan beforehand, was sacked (it's on my mind - I've just read the book), but it's fairly standard fare. Funny line from BBC R4 'The Unbelievable Truth' comedy show the other day, on the trope "Don't shoot the messenger", came-up with "Don't shoot the Führer". Same thing... maybe...
Martin Luther King - "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
Albert Camus - "The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion".
Douglas MacArthur — "Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons."
Albert Camus - "Nothing is more despicable than respect based on fear."
Albert Camus - "The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion".
Douglas MacArthur — "Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons."
Albert Camus - "Nothing is more despicable than respect based on fear."