Re:Federal agency destroyed computers, keyboards, mice over ...
by coldtea on Friday July 12, 2013 @12:20AM
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>He's basically saying that because there was one CIO somewhere, anywhere, in the Federal government that it's appropriate to tar every military and civil servant with that same 'idiot' brush.
Well, I don't know if he meant it that way. But whether he did not or did, there are two counter-arguments to be made.
First, one has to note that he didn't say that broad a thing as you accuse him of: he merely wrote about "these people", that is "those described in the article". So it could very well be that he did not meant it for everybody.
Second, even if he did intent to talk about all "military and civil servants" ("all" meaning "most", as it mostly does in conversation), why assume he was basing it on this particular case only?
Well, I don't know if he meant it that way. But whether he did not or did, there are two counter-arguments to be made.
First, one has to note that he didn't say that broad a thing as you accuse him of: he merely wrote about "these people", that is "those described in the article". So it could very well be that he did not meant it for everybody.
Second, even if he did intent to talk about all "military and civil servants" ("all" meaning "most", as it mostly does in conversation), why assume he was basing it on this particular case only?