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A lot of that is because Russia and China don't feel very secure compared to the US for various historical/geopolitical reasons. The US govt is known to act rut
by geowwy 9y ago
A lot of that is because Russia and China don't feel very secure compared to the US for various historical/geopolitical reasons. The US govt is known to act ruthlessly when it feels there's an existential threat.
- rtpg 9y agoFeel like this is moving goalposts, especially given the context of this discussion (IT corps protecting their users from the government). Think about the fact that the FBI had to actually get a warrant to even begin talking to Lavabit. They had to actually go through bureaucracy. It was not instantly handed over to them on request.
- codedokode 9y agoBut they have successfully shut down the Lavabit as a result.
- HalfwayToDice 9y agoArrant nonsense
- dang 9y agoYou've been breaking the HN guidelines by repeatedly posting uncivil and/or unsubstantive comments, and also by using HN for flamewars and ideological battle. We ban such accounts that do these things, so would you please read https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and stop?
- foxhedgehog 9y agoAs a Ukrainian Jew, the idea that Russia doesn't act as, if not more, ruthlessly than the U.S. is pretty laughable.
- AtlasLion 9y agoAs an Arab Muslim, the idea that the US is any better is laughable.
- foxhedgehog 9y agoYou must not live in Afghanistan.
- azureel 9y agoAs a Turkish atheist, I cannot even express my feelings on the Internet.
- Synaesthesia 9y agoThe Soviet Union committed far worse crimes up to the 1950’s. The US did far worse (Vietnam, Iraq, many other wars) since WW2.
- foxhedgehog 9y agoThe Russian government is presently bombing hospitals in Syria.
- Synaesthesia 9y agoSure. So did the US in Mosul.