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2005-01-12 Britain

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Posted by Howard UK 2005-01-12 4:45:45 AM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Britain and the US have simultaneously reached the conclusion that "schoolboys" have no place in their intelligence service. Be they from Eton and Cambridge, or Yale and Harvard, over time they just go rotten. Not only are their educations *inferior* to those of generic state universities, but they lack the initiative, innovation, creativity, and insights found outside of the ivory towers. Their archaic institutions are much like the service academies are to the military: productive of either rigid and ambitious authoritarians, or undisciplined and feckless slackers.

Posted by Anonymoose 2005-01-12 9:42:54 AM|| 2005-01-12 9:42:54 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 hhmm all sounds like budget saving exercise to me aka streamlining . I think I'll pass judgement until I see something of note .

Posted by MacNails 2005-01-12 12:26:14 PM|| 2005-01-12 12:26:14 PM|| Front Page Top

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