"[The Hemeneutic of Continuity can be used as] a crutch in that the hierarchy of the Church no longer feels obligated to clarity in its communications, but regularly unitizes and embraces ambiguity out of laziness or even possibly sometimes with more nefarious motives."
True. And that is about the polar opposite of what Benedict meant when he coined this phrase. But the abuse of a principle does not mean that the principle itself is wrong.