Not only that, but many of them probably tweak their websites after their proposals reveal things they didn't want revealed.
Consider this episode: Obama (briefly) proposed requiring people to perform unpaid labor [1]. When the blogosphere caught on, the language was immediately changed to obscure the proposal ("set a goal", not "required").
Perpetually can help the world learn about stuff like this.
[1] Not interested in discussing the actual policy - only the nature of the website tweaking is relevant for this conversation. This thread is about perpetually.com.
[edit: as suggested by jamesaguilar, tweaked language to focus on the part relevant to this discussion, rather than language used back in 2008. I put the footnote in because the last time I pointed out this example, people accused me of comparing Obama to Stalin.]
Seems like if you want the thread to be about perpetually.com it might be best to avoid language so loaded that it requires a footnote. You could just say "required community service" before [1] and eliminate any confusion. What you wrote basically invites a political response rather than one that's about the service under discussion.
Consider this episode: Obama (briefly) proposed requiring people to perform unpaid labor [1]. When the blogosphere caught on, the language was immediately changed to obscure the proposal ("set a goal", not "required").
This link includes a screenshot before, and the full text after: http://overlawyered.com/2008/11/community-service-yep-mandat...
Perpetually can help the world learn about stuff like this.
[1] Not interested in discussing the actual policy - only the nature of the website tweaking is relevant for this conversation. This thread is about perpetually.com.
[edit: as suggested by jamesaguilar, tweaked language to focus on the part relevant to this discussion, rather than language used back in 2008. I put the footnote in because the last time I pointed out this example, people accused me of comparing Obama to Stalin.]