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Absolutely. Also remember this was a thought experiment, not a conspiracy theory. FYI, not sure why you're using quotes around Character assassination. It is a
by ewindisch 11y ago
Absolutely. Also remember this was a thought experiment, not a conspiracy theory.
FYI, not sure why you're using quotes around Character assassination. It is a fixed expression in English, it's not something I made up:
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Character_assassination https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Character_assassination
2. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/character%20assassination http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/character%20assass...
- NullCharacter 11y agoI used quotes because I don't know if it's actually possible to assassinate the character of a government organization, in the sense that I'm not sure if a government organization has a character to be assassinated per se. Generally I'd save that term for individuals. I wasn't being flippant.
- ewindisch 11y agoSorry, I was speaking of character assassination of Edward Snowden, not of the NSA. I did not intend to insinuate you were being flippant, it was very possible you had not known this turn of phrase (not everyone is a native English speaker).