In yesterday's Guardian newspaper John Naughton writes, "Western political elites obfuscate, lie and bluster - and when the veil of secrecy is lifted, they try to kill the messenger."
The article deals with the WikiLeaks controversy. He concludes, " Our rulers have a choice to make: whether they learn to lives in a WikiLeakable world, with all that implies in terms of their future behaviour; or they shut down the internet. Over to them.
This is a fascinating controversy and it gets to the centre of so much nonsense that is touted about re confidentiality.
It certainly is a controversy that anyone who is serious about preaching the Gospel has to be aware of and have an opinion on.
The opening quote from Naughton applies so perfectly to so many organisations in different forms and shapes. Of course I am thinking of the hierarchical church and its total brilliance at obfuscation among the so-called 'elites'.
Wikileaks is an amazing paradigm of and for our times.
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