Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Who should be in charge?

This morning a Radio 4 programme about Byzantium contained an interesting segment about the role of the eunuch, often in positions of considerable power & influence. One of the contributors was the great Judith Herrin

I found myself thinking: Perhaps we need a few eunuchs in the finance industry

I am not saying this to be nasty about bankers. But in the immediate aftermath of the Lehman crash we were treated to several commentators opining along the general lines: We would not be in this mess if there were more women working in the city, if it were not all so macho. Something which I personally doubt

The idea of eunuchs is one to which we, in Western Europe, both now & in the time of the Byzantine Empire, react with an automatic Nooo!

But these are challenging times & challenging thoughts are what we need


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