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It strikes me that there is a fundamental aspect of PA that often gets missed in the are they or aren't they to blame (they being PA authors).
PA lies. They lie on their website, in their contract, on the message boards, in the e-mails. Some people use the term "weasel wording" when discussing this, and I think that tends to give the impression that if PA authors just educated themselves they would have known the secret formula used to decipher the code.
Instead, until one compares the contract to what actually happens, there's no way to know that PA is lying. By then it's too late.
One might--might--be able to make the case that those who sign with PA now should have done a routine check and found this site and known better. To do so, however, requires that all humanity become less trusting than it is right now, and I'm not so sure that would be an improvement.
PA lies. They lie on their website, in their contract, on the message boards, in the e-mails. Some people use the term "weasel wording" when discussing this, and I think that tends to give the impression that if PA authors just educated themselves they would have known the secret formula used to decipher the code.
Instead, until one compares the contract to what actually happens, there's no way to know that PA is lying. By then it's too late.
One might--might--be able to make the case that those who sign with PA now should have done a routine check and found this site and known better. To do so, however, requires that all humanity become less trusting than it is right now, and I'm not so sure that would be an improvement.