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> At this stage we really should think of it more in terms of documenting corruption rather than stopping corruption.

This is a very good point; often I see people block this sort of discussion by asking "Well, what are you gonna do about it??" Taking this point of view sidesteps that question.

[NhanH]

Tell them that documenting will allow better history be recorded. Then you can redirect the argument of "is history as a subject any useful" to external endpoint.