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[PEN-L:28658] Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Drudgery



Justin Schwartz wrote:
 > In my typical, class-blinkered, petty bourgeois manner, I am a real fan
of
> expertise. Democracy has its place, but not in micro-managing the use of
> real expertise by real experts. There are skills that require long study
and
> constant application to master, and where the opinion of the populace has
no
> damn role, except indirectly in setting general ethical standards and
rules
> and regulations embodied in law. Don't tell me how to manage my shop.

I agree, but then who judges accountants like Andersens? Other accountants?
Does any profession ever pass adverse verdict on the leading lights of that
profession?

Ulhas




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