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Isn't it hypocritical to see the Soviet Union as bad for executing a spy when this guy's [1] been imprisoned by the US for nearly half his life for the same thi
by Asbostos 11y ago
Isn't it hypocritical to see the Soviet Union as bad for executing a spy when this guy's [1] been imprisoned by the US for nearly half his life for the same thing?
If spying is good, it doesn't matter who's side you're on. It's still good. Unless there's some sort of neutral decider about which countries it's "noble" to spy on and which it's bad.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Pelton https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Pelton
- joshuapants 11y agoThere's a difference between someone dying of a 9mm cerebral hemorrhage in Lubyanka after being disappeared and someone getting a fair trial and sentence in a Western Democracy. > If spying is good, it doesn't matter who's side you're on I think you're being purposefully obtuse here.