re: "Sleazy WikiLeaks Meets the Digital Ninnies of the State Department"

Roger L. Simon at PajamasMedia doesn't seem to understand why the Department of State writes things down.

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"(T)he State Department or other government nincompoops who authored the leaked documents and emails calling Sarkozy a “naked emperor,” etc., deserve to be terminated for extreme doofuss-ness. These days, a school child knows that what you write digitally is forever indelible.

If you have something nasty to say, do it over the water cooler or at a cocktail party, where you can deny you ever said it. Even write it down, if you must, on the back of a business card or scrap of note paper. They can be burned or flushed down the toilet. But for heaven’s sake don’t type it into a computer. There are no shredders for emails and Word docs. Are these people nitwits or do they have the impulse control of a two year old?"

Ready. Fire. Aim.

I guess the pressure to get out in front and post something on this issue must have pre-empted any urge to ensure that he actually had some understanding of the topic.

"The State Department has a right to be angry, but they should also be furious with themselves. They have indeed been digital ninnies. In an age when some have the smarts to interrupt a nuclear weapons program via computer malware, a mere document dump is less than child’s play — it’s fetus play."

Clever word-tinkery aside (it just doesn't rise to the level of word-smithing), in two updates to this post, Mr. Simon still doesn't get it, or if he does, neglects to re-frame, correct, or retract.

His commenters aren't bad though.