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> But we all know essentially how this will end: Prism isn't going away and Edward Snowden's fate is grim. That's a very defeatist attitude. I'm sure that ther
by rednukleus 13y ago
> But we all know essentially how this will end: Prism isn't going away and Edward Snowden's fate is grim.
That's a very defeatist attitude. I'm sure that there are better arguments for upvoting or not upvoting these articles than saying "this story is not worth paying attention to because we are completely helpless, let's go back to talking about app store metrics".
- w_t_payne 13y agoWell, I frequently feel very very helpless indeed. I am not a brave person.
- joezydeco 13y agoAgree. Maybe his fate won't be as "grim" if the world continues to pay attention and understand what is happening to him.
- platz 13y agoIt's also fatalistic, I might add.
- tomjen3 13y ago>The word "defeatist", for example, has no particular political connotations now. But in Germany in 1917 it was a weapon, used by Ludendorff in a purge of those who favored a negotiated peace. At the start of World War II it was used extensively by Churchill and his supporters to silence their opponents. In 1940, any argument against Churchill's aggressive policy was "defeatist". Was it right or wrong? Ideally, no one got far enough to ask that. Paul Graham, What you can't say. http://www.paulgraham.com/say.html http://www.paulgraham.com/say.html Please don't go and use words designed to shot down the debate.
- toufka 13y agoeh? From your own quote: >>The word "defeatist", for example, has no particular political connotations now. "Defeatist" has nothing to do with no one 'getting to ask' a question.