While far from ideal, constraints can breed creativity.
Hey, that's right! If the FBI gives you a National Security Letter, make National Security Lemonade!
I think that habitual hinting (which is what "let their audience read between the lines" ultimately comes down to) would lead to destruction of communication. Everybody ends up spending a lot of time on deciding which alternative meaning is merited, which words are code words, and communication ultimately becomes impossible. Take a look at http://www.kcna.kp/kcna.user.home.retrieveHomeInfoList.kcmsf for an example.
I'm the last person to be for surveilance/censorship but in such a situation as I described one would have to become creative or leave the country. That's all I'm saying.
Hey, that's right! If the FBI gives you a National Security Letter, make National Security Lemonade!
I think that habitual hinting (which is what "let their audience read between the lines" ultimately comes down to) would lead to destruction of communication. Everybody ends up spending a lot of time on deciding which alternative meaning is merited, which words are code words, and communication ultimately becomes impossible. Take a look at http://www.kcna.kp/kcna.user.home.retrieveHomeInfoList.kcmsf for an example.