In deze column reageert de auteur op de WODC-affaire: de conclusies van een onderzoek van het Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek- en Documentatiecentrum (WODC) van het ministerie van (toen nog) Veiligheid en Justitie naar de overlast van coffeeshops zouden op verzoek van beleidsambtenaren in de politiek gewenste richting zijn omgebogen. Dekker gaat na wat de aandacht voor dit voorval kan betekenen voor de relatie tussen opdrachtgever en opdrachtnemer.

The most relevant part of a discussion is not what is discussed but what cannot be spoken of. The real taboos are those for which it is taboo to call them taboos. The status quo defines itself as non-ideological while denouncing any challenge to itself as radical. Therefore the column ‘De Blinde Vlek’ frames the framers, politicizes the status quo and articulates what is not heard of.

The most relevant part of a discussion is not what is discussed but what cannot be spoken of. The real taboos are those for which it is taboo to call them taboos. The status quo defines itself as non-ideological while denouncing any challenge to itself as radical. Therefore the column “De Blinde Vlek” frames the framers, politicizes the status quo and articulates what is not heard of.

The most relevant part of a discussion is not what is discussed but what cannot be spoken of. The real taboos are those for which it is taboo to call them taboos. The status quo defines itself as non-ideological while denouncing any challenge to itself as radical. Therefore the column ‘De Blinde Vlek’ frames the framers, politicizes the status quo and articulates what is not heard of.