[jMyles]

> If you can't imagine that diplomats can't have private conversations with their counter parts, that bureaucrats can't have private conversations with employees - then I have nothing to say to you.

Just to be clear: I think many people here believe that "diplomats" and "bureaucrats" are subject to deprecation. You are holding on to the notion that the government is going to keep existing (and bungling society, economy, and environment) alongside the internet, but it's perfectly reasonable to surmise that this is not so.

Government has been a necessary evil for a stage of human evolution that is now coming to a close. And it will wither with a whimper, not a bang.

So, per your directive, it may just be that you have nothing to say to us.