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Maybe, but "father of a PM" is not even close to the same thing as "PM". If Cameron's father has done something wrong, that doesn't (shouldn't) affect perceptio

Maybe, but "father of a PM" is not even close to the same thing as "PM". If Cameron's father has done something wrong, that doesn't (shouldn't) affect perceptions of his son. The days of punishing children for the crimes of their parents are long in the past. Assuming the guy did anything wrong, of course. As these articles note, off shore companies are not illegal.

mladenkovacevic 11y ago
A father is certainly a closer connection than childhood friend or "close associate" whatever that means.
usaphp 11y ago
Ok so they can talk about Putin's childhood friend, but not about Cameron's father?
- justin66 11y ago
  The implication was that Putin's childhood friend is running a scheme that Putin is taking part in.
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  - chris11 11y ago
    But Cameron directly benefited from his father's tax avoidance. He received several hundred thousand pounds as an inheritance from his father's estate. I'm sure he would have received less if his father had not saved money by avoiding taxes. He wasn't running the scheme, but he did directly benefit from it.
    - grey-area 11y ago
      A child has no control over their parent's financial affairs when they were a minor. If they are involved after they reach majority that's very different.
    - nommm-nommm 11y ago
      I have no control or knowledge where my parents keep their money or if they cheat on their taxes or not.
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- sievebrain 11y ago
  No, I thought that was kind of dumb too, but I've got used to western media constantly dumping on Putin regardless of the merits of the case so I just ignore it now. Like, I just skip any part of the Economist that talks about Russia because their coverage of the topic is so hilariously unbalanced.
  - mlvljr 11y ago
    Highfiving you from Russia :)
mercurial 11y ago
> Maybe, but "father of a PM" is not even close to the same thing as "PM". If Cameron's father has done something wrong, that doesn't (shouldn't) affect perceptions of his son. The days of punishing children for the crimes of their parents are long in the past. That's still in the public's interest to know about this kind of thing, assuming it is actually illegal.
venomsnake 11y ago
Yeah Margaret Thatcher had no idea whatsoever about her son involvment in the Saudi arms deal.
cb18 11y ago
>The days of punishing children for the crimes of their parents are long in the past. Except if the victims are white. Then so many people like to play the game of attempting to justify contemporary offence/injustice X, with historical event Y.

mladenkovacevic 11y ago

A father is certainly a closer connection than childhood friend or "close associate" whatever that means.

usaphp 11y ago

Ok so they can talk about Putin's childhood friend, but not about Cameron's father?

justin66 11y ago
The implication was that Putin's childhood friend is running a scheme that Putin is taking part in.
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- chris11 11y ago
  But Cameron directly benefited from his father's tax avoidance. He received several hundred thousand pounds as an inheritance from his father's estate. I'm sure he would have received less if his father had not saved money by avoiding taxes. He wasn't running the scheme, but he did directly benefit from it.
  - grey-area 11y ago
    A child has no control over their parent's financial affairs when they were a minor. If they are involved after they reach majority that's very different.
  - nommm-nommm 11y ago
    I have no control or knowledge where my parents keep their money or if they cheat on their taxes or not.
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sievebrain 11y ago
No, I thought that was kind of dumb too, but I've got used to western media constantly dumping on Putin regardless of the merits of the case so I just ignore it now. Like, I just skip any part of the Economist that talks about Russia because their coverage of the topic is so hilariously unbalanced.
- mlvljr 11y ago
  Highfiving you from Russia :)

mercurial 11y ago

> Maybe, but "father of a PM" is not even close to the same thing as "PM". If Cameron's father has done something wrong, that doesn't (shouldn't) affect perceptions of his son. The days of punishing children for the crimes of their parents are long in the past. That's still in the public's interest to know about this kind of thing, assuming it is actually illegal.

venomsnake 11y ago

Yeah Margaret Thatcher had no idea whatsoever about her son involvment in the Saudi arms deal.

cb18 11y ago

>The days of punishing children for the crimes of their parents are long in the past. Except if the victims are white. Then so many people like to play the game of attempting to justify contemporary offence/injustice X, with historical event Y.