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Politicians take advantage because we are quick to forget their missteps

The rate at which things unfold in this country is dizzying. Scandals break, grip national attention for a few days before something else comes up and we all move on swiftly. No wonder no one cares about being caught misbehaving anymore - it will soon be forgotten anyway!

On a good day, we will be in the throes of discussion, pontificating passionately about changes in fuel prices and other basic commodities or some celebrity drama. Then the court will pronounce itself on some law that raised the cost of living and we will swiftly move on to this hotter issue.

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