Reverse Gear [Was [LINK] Clarkson stung after bank prank]

[Roger Clarke]

At 13:34 +1100 8/1/08, Adam Todd wrote:
>Roger, the bank is Barclays :)
>5th Paragraph :)

Old advocate (and consultant) trick.

Be vague, in order to ...
Avoid being seen to skewer a specific organisation.
Succeed in skewering a class of organisations.

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