&gt; You can&#x27;t possibly know that.<p>It&#x27;s funny, dang. You don&#x27;t seem to ask all the haters to justify their opinions regarding the NSA. Even though by definition, no commenter could &quot;possibly know&quot; the extent of a surveillance program that is top secret. And let&#x27;s not touch on &#x27;ranting&#x27;; NSA threads are full of those.<p>In fact, affirmative action is the only topic where <i>you</i> demand ideologic lock-step. If you disagree with my assessment please shut me up: point to <i>1</i> comment you have made critcizing a pro-AA position. Because I could go through the threads and produce hundreds of tsk tsk&#x27;s for anyone who voices anti-AA views. If you can provide me with this one example of being a fair to both sides (and thus worthy of being a moderator) I will officially apologize.