Re: Well Ahead of Red Hat
"A point made by one person is just as valid as one made by a million."
That's the scientific approach.
In government (I am in the UK so looking from outside a US perspective / knowledge), the fact there has been "so much feedback, most of it supporting our plans" is ideal for the body to use when responding to criticism or interviews by the media.
The media will perhaps still criticise but the general public, who will mostly remain ignorant of how fake support has been bought, might then be persuaded that the policy is an acceptable one, because the body, and many "interested parties" think it is a "good idea", even when we know it is complete garbage, and the "interested parties" are spoofed.
The public think of this as a vote "for" the proposition and if "public comment" is overwhelmingly supportive, then the policy (however good or bad - for them it was TL;DR) is "OK".
Biting the hand that feeds IT
