i think you're right to raise the issue of transparency. see, for example, the article here on how snow falls can no longer be so easily mis-reported - information is becoming more freely available, and the costs of being contradictory are probably going to rise.

[seems we're back at the "voting stuff down i don't agree with" rather than "voting stuff down that's not good conversation". i think you made a good point, so i've voted you back up to unity.]