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In reply to the discussion: Holy Fuck Me Harder! [View all]Democracyinkind
(4,015 posts)But I'm not sure if it's Greenwald's fault. Being familiar with historical works about intel and espionage, this is a problem that the whole discipline faces. Maybe it's in the nature of the subject rather than in the competence of researchers. Then again, Greenwald is a journalist, not an academic, so I'm not that big on him.
I think that the thing that bugged me about your post was that I have pretty much the same attitude toward people that I consider less knowledgeable on the subject or toward the all-hype-no-content-stories that often ger posted here. So, sorry for being an ass. What you wrote is actually true, and I mistook you for someone who simply wants to dismiss the subject. Now I see that you're actually just venting your frustration over the intangibleness of the subject. A frustration that I share.