Conspiratorial minds

[bunn]

I heard a trailer for some event where John le Carré was speaking, in which he said that one of the odd things about Britain is that the majority of people, if they are asked by British Intelligence 'can we come in and use your upstairs, we can't tell you anything about it' will, if reassured the request is genuinely from British Intelligence, say 'yes'.

He felt this demonstrated a national temperamental bias towards the conspiratorial, and towards the patriotic.

[Poll #1934265][Poll #1934265]

Oh drat, I meant to ask if you thought it was odd to say 'yes'. 

Comments

[smirnoffmule.livejournal.com]

I'm not surprised most people most people would say yes, but I don't think it's an example of normal British patriotism so much as an example of the normal British reaction to situations where it would be a bit embarrassing and awkward to say no.

I'd probably say yes out of sheer fascination, because the only reason I can think of to use my upstairs is to spy on opposite neighbour, and I'm dying to know what lovely Angi with her five cats who works at Sainsbury's has really been up to.