http://techliberation.com/2009/09/29/bogus-arguments-against-transparency/ Keeping politicians' hands off the Net & everything else related to technology Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:51:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://techliberation.com/2009/09/29/bogus-arguments-against-transparency/comment-page-1/#comment-67004 Senator Bennett, Rubbing His Temples Over, and Over, and Over, and Over Again | Think Tank West Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:47:11 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=22089#comment-67004 <p>[...] on the TechLiberationFront blog, I expressed my dismay with industry association “TechAmerica” dragging its heels on transparency in [...]</p> [...] on the TechLiberationFront blog, I expressed my dismay with industry association “TechAmerica” dragging its heels on transparency in [...]

]]> http://techliberation.com/2009/09/29/bogus-arguments-against-transparency/comment-page-1/#comment-65091 mwendy Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:42:34 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=22089#comment-65091 <p>We compete with TechAmerica, but I do not see their arguments as so far fetched. Sorry, Jim. While I greatly respect your work, "balderdash" and "crock" are not learned arguments. Ad hominem, yes. Arguments, no.<br><br>Transparency has a place. And, sometimes it doesn't. In the homeland security space, there should be some "weighting" of interests to properly balance the needs of transparency v. the need for us to remain secure as a result of the contract.</p> We compete with TechAmerica, but I do not see their arguments as so far fetched. Sorry, Jim. While I greatly respect your work, “balderdash” and “crock” are not learned arguments. Ad hominem, yes. Arguments, no.

Transparency has a place. And, sometimes it doesn't. In the homeland security space, there should be some “weighting” of interests to properly balance the needs of transparency v. the need for us to remain secure as a result of the contract.

]]> http://techliberation.com/2009/09/29/bogus-arguments-against-transparency/comment-page-1/#comment-62606 mwendy Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:42:34 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=22089#comment-62606 <p>We compete with TechAmerica, but I do not see their arguments as so far fetched. Sorry, Jim. While I greatly respect your work, "balderdash" and "crock" are not learned arguments. Ad hominem, yes. Arguments, no.<br><br>Transparency has a place. And, sometimes it doesn't. In the homeland security space, there should be some "weighting" of interests to properly balance the needs of transparency v. the need for us to remain secure as a result of the contract.</p> We compete with TechAmerica, but I do not see their arguments as so far fetched. Sorry, Jim. While I greatly respect your work, “balderdash” and “crock” are not learned arguments. Ad hominem, yes. Arguments, no.

Transparency has a place. And, sometimes it doesn't. In the homeland security space, there should be some “weighting” of interests to properly balance the needs of transparency v. the need for us to remain secure as a result of the contract.

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