Would they tell us?

[Scythe13]

For the newer members, here is my answer.

The government (of which I am neutral towards.....for legal reasons haha) have often been caught out. Whether in our country, or another one; governments are never perfect. On the date of 9/11 a member of our government's press committee said it would be a good day to release bad news. Not as a joke, but as a genuine suggestion, because it wouldn't be remembered in light of the other events. Oh, and the American Gov had a heads up about 9/11 from a respected resource (apparently).

I'm not knocking our government, or that of the US. What I'm saying, is that they were sitting on bad news, and it wasn't released when it was found out (the bad news the committee guy recommended releasing). The guy that said "Today is a great day to spill bad news" was then a headline after 9/11 stopped the front page, and....as far as I know....the bad news just vanished. Same as with the 7/7 bombings in London. Same situation, different disaster. One thing has to be news (the attacks) but the other 'bad news' just didn't get noticed, or released....even though suggested.

Put succinctly, we are not given all the news. Why did the government expenses scandal get hidden for so long, for example.

Would we be given all the news....I doubt it. Would be shocked if we got all the news all at once. The biggest problem is, it's not the government's job to tell the news. They have no technical obligation to tell us everything. That's what the media is there to do, and they still have no obligation to tell us everything. Infact, there are laws stopping the media from doing whatever investigating they want to do! So much for freedom of the press!

Will there be things that could effect us? Yes! Will we be told of them all? No. Will they all effect us? No!

The thing is....climate change and the alike, is not the job of the government to report. It's the job of scientists and the media. Will/could the government effect what they report? Of course they could. Do they? I don't know.

The government doesn't need to tell us everything. We could be near the end of the world, and not be told. Why? Because although we might be there, we might not be. The world has been ending so many times, but it's never truly ended, has it. The levels of panic, coupled with the quality of lifestyle and grinding halt of society and ROL (Rule of Law) would be so much to deal with, that even the best intentioned people could see the benefits of not telling us.

Back in the 60's, when my parents were kids, they were being told we were heading into an ice age. Sputnik ground a country to halt. The End Was Nigh, on the threat of nuclear war, the cold war, and that kind of thing. Did it come to an end? No. Was the panic justified........well.....no, not really. Nothing came of it. If something did come of it, then there would have been a huge problem with not being told. However, if the government causes people to panic, they cause themselves more problems....especially when experience says nothing much will come of it. This is exactly why we are told things at the last minute. Because of the outrage WE (the people of the country) show, when the government warns us of something, and it comes to nothing.

If the country could rationally act on such news, I truly believe we would be better informed. Not necessarily 100% up to date. But Better than we currently are.