Tuesday, October 1, 2013

What else sends some people into fear-based silence?

Answer:
1) Because it involved "Israel", which sends some people into fear-based silence; 2) Because it happened in the middle of Syria, which took up most oxygen; 3) Because the New York Times published nothing about it, for ignominious and self-serving reasons highlighted by its own public editor; and 4) Because there is some NSA fatigue: a sense that nothing that is revealed can surprise any longer."

Question:
Why do you think the leak about forwarding data to Israel received relatively little attention compared to other leaks?

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Why? ... Because Obama

8 comments:

Joe Biden, America's Putin said...

At least Glenn Greenwald is consistent. More than I can say for any of the blind faith adoration hypocrite squads on the left.

Lem the artificially intelligent said...

People feel a strong need to preserve certain traditional principals, certain views that they think are central to holding society together, like the equality of the sexes, racial equality or that there is a God. I mean … we could have different points like that, that people might have this feeling about, all I’m tryng to say is that despite our praise of science our professed devotion to science and to truth as the highest value we do … truth isn’t the highest value, because you run across the places where truth is subordinated to other things...

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edutcher said...

3 is still probably valid.

chickelit said...

MAKE IT STOP, LEM

Lem the artificially intelligent said...

Done.

john said...

...we are farmers.






da di diladi da da, da-da-da.

got to get out of here.

Chip Ahoy said...

I get him mixed up with Lee Iacocca

bagoh20 said...

They really are obsessed with race in all things, so it doesn't surprise me that they would see in racial terms a question like Syria which has nothing to do with race. It's just what they do. It's the basis of their support for the man, well half of him anyway, the other half is a racist.