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Not cunning; it's a low effort hand wave. The rest is true.
by edoceo 7y ago
Not cunning; it's a low effort hand wave. The rest is true.
- EForEndeavour 7y agoIf a team of career PR folks meticulously iterating on the precise wording of this message to frame the narrative in their favour doesn't count as "cunning" to you, I don't know what would.
- NateEag 7y agoI believe "cunning" is not about intent, but the action's effectiveness. As an attempt to mislead or imply that there are no problems here, this is pretty much a failure, and thus not at all cunning.
- EForEndeavour 7y agoThat feels backwards. One can certainly intend to be cunning!
- NateEag 7y agoIf you can intend and fail to be cunning, then the word's meaning must not be defined by the subject's intent.