[blml] All is illusion. [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

[richard.hills at immi.gov.au]

Jerry Fusselman:

>Grattan, you have a talent for ambiguity.  Though I found the
>reference from Google, I have no idea what you are talking about.
>Have you, like Galileo, recently been forced to make a public
>statement at odds with your true belief?

Grattan Endicott (recent public posting, "But me no buts" thread):

[snip]

>>This is considered to be the dictionary meaning of 'but' and
>>explicit, thus - for the majority of the subcommittee - in no
>>need of further clarification.
>>                                      ~ Grattan ~   +=+

Richard Hills:

Under the Westminster principle of Cabinet Solidarity, all
discussions of the Cabinet are theoretically kept secret for a
long period (in Australia thirty years), and all Ministers of the
Cabinet must publicly support the majority decision of the Cabinet
even if they privately disagreed during the secret debate.

On the issue of "theoretically kept secret", this observation was
made by Sir Humphrey Appleby:

"The ship of state is the only ship which leaks from the top."

:-)


Best wishes

Richard James Hills, amicus curiae
Level 6 Aqua Training Suite, DIAC
02 6225 6776

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