Mangled Thoughts

Posted by D
As terrible as the suicide of Dr. David Kelly was and the anguish which his family must now bear, the family is amiss on their wistful demand the govt. should act to ensure the same thing doesn’t happen again.

Dr.Kelly could not have been oblivious to the possible uses Gilligan and the BBC would make of what he related to Gilligan. Nor oblivious to the ideological beliefs to which the BBC is transparently committed. It stands, therefore,though Blair and the govt. are socialists, it stretches credulity Kelly was naive in not allowing for, the BBC could and most likely would , as they did , drag him into a remorselessly trying scandal .

One need only compare the ABC and the frequency with which the ABC tries to generate scandals precisely to attack not only ministers of govt. and policies of the wrong ideological hue for ABC’s tastes, but anyone outside of govt. who represents a juicy target. Concoction of evidence, hearsay, assertion by innuendo have dominated ABC’s tactics to mount witchunts which lack a shred of substance but are full of the shit ABC purveys.

Kelly lacked the uncomplicated breezey naivety of a child. Neither, was he, a scientist engaged in the intelligence services, some regular everday chap off the street who is clueless in such matters as the BBC-Gilligan affair. Moreover, employed in the services secret, he was sworn to secrecy.

That Gilligan and the BBC, given the weight of such a `witness’, didn’t bother to examine what Dr.Kelly had said, test rigourously each claim, follows from the above summary of ABC’s tactics.Tactics which BBC is also noted for.For the BBC, however, this time, in their eagerness to see Blair replaced by someone with better politically correct credentials - fighting Saddam being Blair’s evil offence, they believed they had wielded dynamite. Well, yes, like the occasional terrorist crossing into Israel and blowing up earlier than expected and in the wrong place.Like those terrorists, BBC has succeeded in disembowelling itself of some of its stinking guts.

Even so, the possible actions of BBC and confirmed are independent of what Kelly did. On this, the family are wrong. Reason, like a gentleman, withdraws when grief overwhelms.