Hey Chillzero,
Do you consider your posting to be "confrontational" or do you consider your posting to be "polite enquiry and honest acceptance"? As I see it, I think your style is confrontational, which is the way I prefer the dialogue to be carried out. My fear, however, is that you are more sensitive to confrontation directed at you than you are to the confrontational aspects of your own posting.
While I have indicated we should "move on" I note, this last time, that you changed something I said and then, in the very same post, asked that what you say not be "twisted." That is a clear indicator that you are more sensitive to something being done to you that you do not like than you are to being aware of doing the same thing, or worse, yourself. This is a "golden rule" issue.
I will respond more fully to your post, above, but in the meantime, the last item first:
Your response does not refute the claim that SAIC controlled security at GZ, imho. I am beginning to gain in confidence in that claim and here restate that I will continue to make it.
The quoted statement is, afterall, attributed to SAIC itself.
I don't think SAIC would want to flat out state that it controlled security at GZ. However, the declaration that it set up the communications mechanism is consistent with control. Afterall, if you control communications, then you control response.
Further, the quoted claim that SAIC "...responded rapidly to assist a number of customers near ground zero..." begs a few questions. First of all, SAIC is first and foremost a governmental contractor in the sensitive areas of weaponry, of spying, of psyops and of security. In which of those areas did SAIC respond rapidly, one might ask?
What customers did it rapidly assist near ground zero and what assistance did it rapidly provide, pray tell?
Your own statement about that, Chillzero, also begs a few questions. You say:
That continues to be a perplexing comment, imho. As you did not say one way or the other as to whether you'd entertain questioning on it, I note that your statement is similar, but not identical, to the SAIC quote I relied on in post # 3.
The differences are important and potentially worthy of confrontational discussion. For instance the comment "[m]y office was involved in discussions with various offices to identify what their requirements might be..." is vague for a number of reasons. For instance, does the phrase "various offices" refer to customers, as in the SAIC statement, or does it refer to other SAIC offices? I don't think your statement is at all clear as to that, Chillzero. Hence, your statement is vague.
Do you consider your posting to be "confrontational" or do you consider your posting to be "polite enquiry and honest acceptance"? As I see it, I think your style is confrontational, which is the way I prefer the dialogue to be carried out. My fear, however, is that you are more sensitive to confrontation directed at you than you are to the confrontational aspects of your own posting.
While I have indicated we should "move on" I note, this last time, that you changed something I said and then, in the very same post, asked that what you say not be "twisted." That is a clear indicator that you are more sensitive to something being done to you that you do not like than you are to being aware of doing the same thing, or worse, yourself. This is a "golden rule" issue.
I will respond more fully to your post, above, but in the meantime, the last item first:
Your response does not refute the claim that SAIC controlled security at GZ, imho. I am beginning to gain in confidence in that claim and here restate that I will continue to make it.
The quoted statement is, afterall, attributed to SAIC itself.
I don't think SAIC would want to flat out state that it controlled security at GZ. However, the declaration that it set up the communications mechanism is consistent with control. Afterall, if you control communications, then you control response.
Further, the quoted claim that SAIC "...responded rapidly to assist a number of customers near ground zero..." begs a few questions. First of all, SAIC is first and foremost a governmental contractor in the sensitive areas of weaponry, of spying, of psyops and of security. In which of those areas did SAIC respond rapidly, one might ask?
What customers did it rapidly assist near ground zero and what assistance did it rapidly provide, pray tell?
Your own statement about that, Chillzero, also begs a few questions. You say:
I was in an SAIC office that day. My office was involved in discussions with various offices to identify what their requirements might be as they tried to help with the unfolding events.
That continues to be a perplexing comment, imho. As you did not say one way or the other as to whether you'd entertain questioning on it, I note that your statement is similar, but not identical, to the SAIC quote I relied on in post # 3.
The differences are important and potentially worthy of confrontational discussion. For instance the comment "[m]y office was involved in discussions with various offices to identify what their requirements might be..." is vague for a number of reasons. For instance, does the phrase "various offices" refer to customers, as in the SAIC statement, or does it refer to other SAIC offices? I don't think your statement is at all clear as to that, Chillzero. Hence, your statement is vague.
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