<i>...they go off half-cocked too often.</i><p>Playing defense is hard. You&#x27;re reactionary. You have to cover every base. You have to take every utterance of your opponent seriously. It&#x27;s easy to get duped. Etc.<p>I won&#x27;t do it any more.<p>I&#x27;ve spent a lot of time fact checking, refuting, explaining. It&#x27;s a sucker&#x27;s game (you can&#x27;t win).<p>&quot;A lie can travel halfway round the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.&quot;<p>-- Mark Twain (maybe)<p>&quot;If you&#x27;re explaining, you&#x27;re losing.&quot;<p>-- Lee Atwater<p>I encourage all activists (organizations) to have an affirmative agenda. Tell me what you&#x27;re for, not what you&#x27;re against. Policy groups like EFF need to learn how to seize the initiative.<p>There is value in deep diving into policy issues. That&#x27;s what think tanks are for.