I would have said "The lack of regulation and the political culture which allowed it."emordnilap wrote:As our own Fintan O'Toole put it, "the problem was not the lack of regulation but political culture which allowed it."
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It's a bit misremembered, sorry! The point still stands - regulation, or the lack of it, or the lack of enforcement, is not really the problem. The people who allow it are.kenneal - lagger wrote:I would have said "The lack of regulation and the political culture which allowed it."emordnilap wrote:As our own Fintan O'Toole put it, "the problem was not the lack of regulation but political culture which allowed it."
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