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If you read the indictment, you'll see that it is very clear that it was not a straightforward or honest mistake. Here's just one small tip, of many: If you'r

If you read the indictment, you'll see that it is very clear that it was not a straightforward or honest mistake. Here's just one small tip, of many: If you're buying antiquities from a war-torn region, and the seller tells you to instead wire the money to eight different people, none of whom is him, it's possible that this transaction is not on the up and up. Oh, and a second tip: if you're legally exporting things you think you bought lawfully, don't disguise them as something else. But yeah... I get it, you're not really interested in the truth of the matter. You're just trying to pretend that you're smart or some crap like that.

Brendinooo 9y ago
> you're not really interested in the truth of the matter This is factually incorrect (though perhaps difficult to prove). I am interested in the truth of the matter. If you are so quickly and incorrectly judging my motives, perhaps it's possible that you are doing the same to the people in this article as well? Do you think this article is on the front page of a bunch of news sites if it's a boring B2B with a boring CEO who bought the same stuff in the same way for her personal collection? I feel pretty confident that if President Obama was buying these (he wouldn't, but let me make the point), the arguments would be the same but the people arguing them would be reversed. And that's my prevailing interest in commenting today. This is the forum where people will give Uber and Tesla every benefit of the doubt, so it was disappointing to click into the comments and see a mostly one-sided pile-on.
- luddit3 9y ago
  Tired of these tribalism arguments from the right. This is not a nuanced position like taxes. The left would not defend Obama if he tried to support terrorist groups by smuggling in stolen artifacts.
dang 9y ago
It looks like you've created several accounts to post this kind of personal attack today. Would you please not do that here? We detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14719496 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14719496 and marked it off-topic.

Brendinooo 9y ago

> you're not really interested in the truth of the matter This is factually incorrect (though perhaps difficult to prove). I am interested in the truth of the matter. If you are so quickly and incorrectly judging my motives, perhaps it's possible that you are doing the same to the people in this article as well? Do you think this article is on the front page of a bunch of news sites if it's a boring B2B with a boring CEO who bought the same stuff in the same way for her personal collection? I feel pretty confident that if President Obama was buying these (he wouldn't, but let me make the point), the arguments would be the same but the people arguing them would be reversed. And that's my prevailing interest in commenting today. This is the forum where people will give Uber and Tesla every benefit of the doubt, so it was disappointing to click into the comments and see a mostly one-sided pile-on.

luddit3 9y ago
Tired of these tribalism arguments from the right. This is not a nuanced position like taxes. The left would not defend Obama if he tried to support terrorist groups by smuggling in stolen artifacts.

dang 9y ago

It looks like you've created several accounts to post this kind of personal attack today. Would you please not do that here? We detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14719496 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14719496 and marked it off-topic.