Rall is right, but he’s bitterly right in the “I told you so” sense. He doesn’t have the balls to go any further than to bitch and moan. What he COULD do and what he SHOULD do is to say, unequivocally, “this is what’s wrong and the solution is to change this policy or that procedure to X.” Bitching and moaning may scratch Rall’s “I-see-the-truth-and-here-it-is” itch, but it doesn’t remedy the CAUSE of the itch. Rall’s intelligent enough, educated enough, and experienced enough to suggest appropriate and cogent correctives, but he avoids putting himself on the line. Rall seems unwilling to hazard the judgement of his readers by letting them view his suggestions.
Rall is right, but he’s bitterly right in the “I told you so” sense. He doesn’t have the balls to go any further than to bitch and moan. What he COULD do and what he SHOULD do is to say, unequivocally, “this is what’s wrong and the solution is to change this policy or that procedure to X.” Bitching and moaning may scratch Rall’s “I-see-the-truth-and-here-it-is” itch, but it doesn’t remedy the CAUSE of the itch. Rall’s intelligent enough, educated enough, and experienced enough to suggest appropriate and cogent correctives, but he avoids putting himself on the line. Rall seems unwilling to hazard the judgement of his readers by letting them view his suggestions.