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You know I read about this story this morning, and it actually contained Mojtaba Ahmadi's official title which I can't remember right now but it certainly wasn'
by mladenkovacevic 13y ago
You know I read about this story this morning, and it actually contained Mojtaba Ahmadi's official title which I can't remember right now but it certainly wasn't "cyberwarfare czar". That makes him sound like some fuckin' cocaine-fueled warlord demanding ransoms out of a cave, and not a government official.
- pekk 13y agoGovernment officials in the US are often called czars. It's not an item of propaganda, it's just an informal way of talking in English.
- mladenkovacevic 13y agoOh ok. Yeah calling him a czar makes him sound super independent and unpredictable. Then again in Canada we have the ombudsmen.
- afarrell 13y agoIsn't ombudsman someone in charge of talking to external stakeholders and dealing with their problems?
- mladenkovacevic 13y agoAn ombudsman, in Canada at least, is an independent official appointed to oversee and investigate the provincial government based on feedback from the public. Every province has their own ombudsman.
- revelation 13y agoYou will be delighted to know theres a "drug czar" in the US. It sounded weird to me, too.
- blah32497 13y agoI think the idea behind the "czar" title is that the official has more authority to change the underlying organization and it lets the government pretend it's not a giant bureaucracy.