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I agree with this 100%, if you need them you should take them.
That said, just because you need them at one point in your life doesn't mean you will always need them. I was on various things for around 9 years before making a serious attempt to see if I still needed them. Tapering was a long difficult process, but it's been almost a year now and I'm glad to be off. I'll certainly go back on if I need to, but for now I don't.
How do they monetize the adult dating sites? Sign up fees? I would think there's not a lot of repeat business there, once the users find out it's a scam. Whereas cam sites can milk people forever.
which by the way had indeed done a lot of consulting for the NSA; nice guy, though
Brings up an interesting point. Going forward should it be disqualifying to be currently working for the NSA to be on one of these committees? To have formerly worked for them? To done a lot of consulting? To have done any consulting? To have ever had a security clearance?
Witchhunts have a deservedly negative connotation, but what if you are actually surrounded by witches?