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So if blood money is used to invest in tech to clean it, and make them profit it's okay?

malvosenior 9y ago
It’s funny that the people opposed to this keep using the “blood money” talking point. As if anyone knows the root source of the funds. Claiming otherwise is wild speculation.
jgome 9y ago
As opposed to the "blood money" invested by the US govt. in technology companies? Do you also have problems with Twitter, Google and Facebook getting money from the US govt.? Let's not forget, the US govt., both Republicans and Democrats, have directly or indirectly killed millions of people in the last decade... I don't see you complaining about that "blood money" here or anywhere, though.
- oxide 9y ago
  Nice false equivalence argument, but I'm afraid it's going to fall on deaf ears. Funny how many Russian apologists are here all of a sudden.
  - jgome 9y ago
    > Russian apologists Because pointing out the obvious ignorance, hypocrisy and double-speak of US and western people in general is the same as being a "Russian apologist". Were you ever taught logic?
    - dang 9y ago
      Personal attacks aren't allowed on HN. We ban accounts that do that, so please read https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and don't comment like this, regardless of how wrong or illogical someone else may be.
  - dang 9y ago
    > Funny how many Russian apologists This breaks the HN guidelines in two major ways: it's a personal attack and it's an insinuation of astroturfing or shillage without evidence. Those are poison to substantive discussion and we ban accounts that do them, so please follow https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and don't comment like this again. The rest of the internet may be insane right now but that doesn't mean we have to imitate it here.
- jryan49 9y ago
  I'm just asking, I'm not taking sides or anything, cause it kind of is what it comes down to.

It’s funny that the people opposed to this keep using the “blood money” talking point. As if anyone knows the root source of the funds. Claiming otherwise is wild speculation.

jgome 9y ago

As opposed to the "blood money" invested by the US govt. in technology companies? Do you also have problems with Twitter, Google and Facebook getting money from the US govt.? Let's not forget, the US govt., both Republicans and Democrats, have directly or indirectly killed millions of people in the last decade... I don't see you complaining about that "blood money" here or anywhere, though.

oxide 9y ago
Nice false equivalence argument, but I'm afraid it's going to fall on deaf ears. Funny how many Russian apologists are here all of a sudden.
- jgome 9y ago
  > Russian apologists Because pointing out the obvious ignorance, hypocrisy and double-speak of US and western people in general is the same as being a "Russian apologist". Were you ever taught logic?
  - dang 9y ago
    Personal attacks aren't allowed on HN. We ban accounts that do that, so please read https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and don't comment like this, regardless of how wrong or illogical someone else may be.
- dang 9y ago
  > Funny how many Russian apologists This breaks the HN guidelines in two major ways: it's a personal attack and it's an insinuation of astroturfing or shillage without evidence. Those are poison to substantive discussion and we ban accounts that do them, so please follow https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and don't comment like this again. The rest of the internet may be insane right now but that doesn't mean we have to imitate it here.
jryan49 9y ago
I'm just asking, I'm not taking sides or anything, cause it kind of is what it comes down to.