The death recently of Warwick Rodger, the former editor
of Metro magazine during a time when his magazine featured exclusive coverage
of what became known as " The unfortunate experiment" is a timely
reminder of what can happen when people in authority abuse their position in
order to justify an unproven theory.
While this country is indebted to Warwick
Rodger, Sandra Coney and others for exposing this rotten episode in our
nation's history, it is worth reflecting on whether we have actually learned
much from the experience.
Given the freedom given to the Greens as part of an
agreement to ensure the Government survives, it would appear that from a
political perspective at least, the trifling with people's lives that
chacterised Hubert Green's activities is no longer the sea anchor halting any
further abuse that we had hoped for.
