"It isdifficulttoaccept a reform proposal which focuses on pay and workforce modernisation without having assessed what is actually expected from the police service, " she says.
As markets tumble and commentators tear their hair, itisdifficulttoaccept that Japan's recession may have useful side-effects of this kind but that makes it no less true.
All this may be true, but what is equally true is we never acknowledge how difficultitistoaccept our children as possible perpetrators of abuse or bystanders who will "let" it happen and then refuse to come forward after the fact (as in Steubenville).
But when investors demand a certain level of payment for the risks of lending to a country like Italy, history shows itis incredibly difficultto persuade them toaccept a lower rate of interest.