Strategic Vagueness

is the modus operandi of modern management
when they need to be seen to be doing something
whilst making sure that they keep the credit
for what they have made somebody else do.

Never is this made more clear than in laws
passed by parliaments that ban this and that
and set severe penalties for the ownership
of what is banned, but then they don't allow
a budget for the policing or inspections
of what they have banned, and still
spokesmen state 'job done', until they
unapologetically admit in interviews
'Oops, we still have more to do.'.

Everyone who hears this
is too jaded and tired
to even raise their eyebrows.   

Great Turn Offs Of Our Time (29)

Whenever I hear the phrase 'A lazer-like focus'
to describe how a particular government policy
has targets that the government wants the public
to know they know about, and are going to hit,
then I know that the real policy is distraction,
and the more the target is discussed, and missed,
the better it distracts from the real subject,
so far unmentioned, that the government seek to avoid.

Oh for the lazer-like avoidance of hope being achieved!