Talk:Red tape
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The productivity of all government staff will improve if their performance is reviewed by a committee consisting of a farmer,trade union member,industrialist,teacher,and a senior government official. Because their assessment will be objective and in accordance with the aspirations of majority of people. Unsolicited 04:28, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
Someone told me that reqphoto templates go to the talk pages, so here we are! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Shultz III (talk • contribs).
- As I noted before, "red tape" isn't a physical thing. What sort of photo do you envision here? I'll likely remove this from the backlog of reqphoto'd pages in a few days otherwise. — Lomn Talk 19:48, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
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- Of course "red tape" is a physical thing. I have a jar of it next to my desk which I use to tie up my briefs. Francis Davey 18:03, 25 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Spectrum
Can someone clarify the meaning of 'spectrum' as in 'The "cutting of red tape" is a popular promise of politicians, especially spectrum'? Pt1234 10:52, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
- I've removed that phrase for now (diff here) but someone is more than welcome to re-add it with appropriate context. — Lomn Talk 19:48, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Is there a point here?
Although grief over red tape is often seen as a right-wing conviction, Karl Marx wrote about the phenomenon of changing from one person in control of a complete task, to having multiple people each with specialties in specific tasks. He saw this occurring as society shifts from a Seigneurial system to a capitalist system. Although Marx drew different conclusions about this trend, it is often this abstraction among workers that is the source of red tape. This interpretation would explain why it is often perceived that the presence of red tape is increasing.
The point being made in the above paragraph is unclear. The use of "although" at the beginning implies that leftists grieve over red tape as much as right-wingers do, but the rest of the paragraph seems to argue that Marxist perspectives (which are leftist) cause an increase in red tape. The last sentence doesn't make any sense at all in the context of the rest of the paragraph. Obviously, something here needs to be clarified. Someone with knowledge of Marxism needs to decide whether it increases or decreases red tape, and then the wording needs to be adjusted to make the intent clear. --Barefootmatt 17:07, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Question
I added a link to the new red-tape blog (red-tape.co.uk) - just wondering why that was removed? Is there a rule in Wikipedia that links to blogs are not allowed?
