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Unfortunately I believe @northernmonkey and all OP's are talking about the "average American" and maybe the "average human". After all, in the US anyway, aren't
by moens 13y ago
Unfortunately I believe @northernmonkey and all OP's are talking about the "average American" and maybe the "average human". After all, in the US anyway, aren't we-the-people the government? That would make the MSM a mouthpiece for... the average American. I believe that is more or less true as sad as it is.
Aware and concerned tech-heads are trying to protect a drunken fool (the public) from a hungry bear (whoever it is that actually runs the intelligence networks). Either one is dangerous enough on its own, trying to save one from the other is like trying to settle a domestic dispute... not sure it can happen.
I don't have an answer, just an analysis.
- rayiner 13y ago> Aware and concerned tech-heads are trying to protect a drunken fool (the public) from a hungry bear (whoever it is that actually runs the intelligence networks). What self-important, self-aggrandizing bullshit.
- sillysaurus 13y agoYour comment leaves much to be desired.
- rayiner 13y agoAnd an attitude of comparing the public to drunken fools doesn't?
- sillysaurus 13y agoNot the point. Idiots will be idiots. It's better to hold yourself to a higher standard.
- rayiner 13y agoThere is something to be desired about an attitude that conflates people having different values and priorities with their being "idiots."
- sillysaurus 13y agoSorry, I miscommunicated. I was saying that the person you responded to was being an idiot by calling the general public drunken fools (true or not) and that it's a bad thing to lower to that level of discourse by retaliating in such a content-free manner because you won't change anybody's mind that way. I.e. your position is good, but it's only through expressing ourselves well that we can have an influence on others. Of course if it was just to feel good about calling out idiocy then it's not necessary to put in much effort countering it.
- tptacek 13y agoJust so you both know, from the outside, you both appear to be on the same page on the decorum issues here.
- moens 13y agoheh... missed this rabbit trail. Forgive me for the offense. s/Drunken fool/uncaringly ignorant/. @all, Thanks for the correction whether harsh or gentle, I don't mind. If its called for, tone is less relevant.