Why not eval() JSON?

Question

As far as I know it is considered bad practice to eval() JSON objects in JavaScript, because of security. I can understand this concern if the JSON comes from a

Answer 1

Seriously? Some of the guys here are paranoid. If you're delivering the JSON and you know it's safe, it's ok to fallback(*) to eval(); instead of a js lib for IE. After all, IE users have much more to worry about.

And the man-in-the-middle argument is bullsh*t.

(*) the words fallback and safe are in bold because some people here didn't see them.