I would have preferred that he use my (even more passive-aggressive) approach, which is to say, “I’m not going to name any names[1]”, and then have a footnote saying “[1] A ‘name’ is an identifier used to reference a proper noun. An example of a name might be ‘Singularity Institute’.”
Get it? You’re not “naming names”, you’re just giving an example of name in the exact neighborhood of the accusation! Tee hee!
(Of course, it’s even better if you actually make the accusation directly, but that’s obviously not an option here.)
I would have preferred that he use my (even more passive-aggressive) approach, which is to say, “I’m not going to name any names[1]”, and then have a footnote saying “[1] A ‘name’ is an identifier used to reference a proper noun. An example of a name might be ‘Singularity Institute’.”
Get it? You’re not “naming names”, you’re just giving an example of name in the exact neighborhood of the accusation! Tee hee!
(Of course, it’s even better if you actually make the accusation directly, but that’s obviously not an option here.)