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A note to those reading this exchange: sounds is using the tactic of replying with a list of tangentially-related, denotationally true but connotationally not-s
by ggreer 12y ago
A note to those reading this exchange: sounds is using the tactic of replying with a list of tangentially-related, denotationally true but connotationally not-so-accurate points. If I don't spend an inordinate amount of time responding to every one of them, he can say, "Ah-ha, but you didn't address points 2, 4 and 5."
I don't like taking things meta, but it's impossible to engage in a debate when confronted with such a mess. The sad thing is unless you've been on the receiving end of this tactic before, it usually works.
Yes, all kinds of bad things have been done by the NSA, CIA, and GCHQ. But I (and the article) was talking about one man: James Comey, and one organization: the FBI. I don't see either mentioned in your reply.
- xnull2guest 12y agoI think maybe you are both right. You can have individuals who think they are doing good working within the confines of a body that is sometimes and in some capacity malignant. Law enforcement as a practice is ultimately the act of treating your own citizens as enemies. I think for the most part we have extremely well intentioned people in those roles. I don't think Hoover had outwardly malicious intentions - for example - but I do think an agency with an agenda to disrupt civilians that have political ideas that run contrary to policy goals or administrative priorities, even if its composed of nuns, will inevitably be malicious.