Royalty Free Idea: Civility Bureaucracy

Imagine my surprise at finally spelling at word like that one that begins with a B in the title of this post correctly. This english thing isn't too bad after all. Anyways, as per the current spirit of the age (i.e. demanding apologies from anyone not adhering to the strict moral code everyone else has always adhered to; shouting over those apologies with incredulous calls for clarification and better apologies) it's only a matter of time before someone goes absolutely mental and commits to absolute, crushing, invincible transparency. Everything on the table, all the time, 24-7, and everything appealing to everyone, all of the time, forever. In that way, I feel for the BBC. Essentially, they have to avoid dumbing down, be entirely accessible and appeal to everyone, reach out to the demographics that aren't catered for by the private sector etc etc. It all sounds like the same thing but it's entirely at odds with itself - you can't fall out of bed without coming up with a reactionary argument against the corperation. The BBC feels like someone else's too-reasonable and eternally patient friend/relative who you can see, little by little, being prodded and minutely goaded into oblivion, or militant blandness.

Also, it could go the other way, where the prodded give up trying to explain things to us, and turn into living phD information cannons, blasting anyone showing any kind of interest with raw uncontextualised data. I really don't want someone reminding me that the reason I don't understand complicated things is because I don't understand complicated things. Don't get me wrong, I do believe I have the right to be able to understand the nature and purpose of things I pay for/vote for, but I guess I'm big enough to realise that my input into how the IMF should work would be largely useless, and not really worth considering. I'd love to see an arena battle between two shouty self-important people on a random topic, like the pros and cons of fiscal intervention from the Euro zone (I just lifted that from somewhere). No-one in any of those battles would EVER say "sorry, I don't actually know what that is".