How to tell a story

How to tell a story

Friday, March 7, 2014

Snowden

I'm not a fan of Snowden, the darling of the left. I don't like the way he revealed what he found without making distinctions between kinds of information, and I don't like the fact that he abandoned the moral high ground by fleeing. In my book he is not a hero. Nor is he a traitor. I think he is a naive do-gooder. I think naive do-gooders are dangerous.

I served three years in the Army Security Agency with a top secret codeword clearance, which is a significant one. I understand the use and abuse of secrets. How nice if we had open societies everywhere. We never have and never will.

Naive do-gooders will not lead us to a more progressive society. You have to understand the world before you can change it.