Quote Originally Posted by Wheeze View Post
Phew, where to start?
The problem DM is it depends who you ask. Just as in any group there will be mixture of people and opinions ranging from swivel-eyed loonies to rational, thoughtful types. Its much more difficult to concisely say why something should change instead of staying put with the status quo. And if life teaches you anything, it is that people are naturally risk averse. Gurus make a very good living out of teaching change management.
So, I could, if inclined, go over once more why I made what was, to me, a rational thoughtful choice when I put my vote on that bit of paper. But it probably would be pretty meaningless to you because your viewpoint/environment/personal persuasions may be very different to mine.
So, in the end, individuals batting their own personal viewpoints around doesn't really help anyone. Its only when you take a significant overview like, say, a referendum that you can get an averaged opinion. The averaged opinion for this question was out...but by a tiny majority. In my view that majority is too small to be relevant. But the people asking the question did not think to set a meaningful majority!
.... nor to ask a specific enough question. As to the general ignorance on the issue - this applies to the public and the politicians - and all the lies that were told - but the general feeling seems to be it is too late to start again. Yet it is the only real answer to the potential problems we face. This constant " the public just wants us to get on with it ...." - how do you know - have you asked them? Sure, the public is sick to death of it, but that might mean they want it stopped altogether rather than proceeded with.