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Excellent observation. Let's dissect it. Here is the classic problem with trial by Google - we cannot verify exactly what you have typed into Google but let u
by ZenPro 12y ago
Excellent observation. Let's dissect it.
Here is the classic problem with trial by Google - we cannot verify exactly what you have typed into Google but let us take you at face value and say you cannot find a match.
It is reasonable to assume I have a credible source - after all I have mentioned it alongside a reference several times. You surface skimmed the referenced article and cherry picked the data that you needed without observing the fact the article is based upon a video of the hearing involving the Guardian. They are literally writing up the events of the video which is embedded in the article itself.
Whereby the comment, which you claim exists nowhere on the "entire internet" is contained. It is spoken directly to the Chair of the Hearing in response to the question "Was it a PR move?".
Funny the Guardian failed to write up that little exchange...
- mikeash 12y ago"Trial by Google"? What the hell are you talking about? I merely asked where the quote came from, and observed that I first made an attempt to locate it on my own.
- ZenPro 12y agoI take it you have now watched the video and concede that you are wrong. I don't mean "it's open to interpretation" but I mean flat out wrong. The Guardian admitted it was not a PR stunt. I accept your concession.
- mikeash 12y agoWell no, those are clearly the words of somebody who thinks to himself, "shit, did I just say that? Better deny it." Let's be honest for a second: are you actually trying to discredit the NSA and GCHQ? Because behaving like a complete ass while defending them is a great way to do that.
- ZenPro 12y agoYou still think that they give a fuck? I take your accusation of being an ass to mean "ZenPro is right, I cannot disprove him so I will now result to insults and ad-hominems." Bore off.
- mikeash 12y agoI adore the common double standard, wherein making a statement like "I accept your concession" when both parties know that wasn't the intent is considered OK, but calling out that behavior is not.