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I am glad there is a way for these things to come out and hopefully Karma catches up to this thug. It didn’t feel right that our country's leadership has set a

I am glad there is a way for these things to come out and hopefully Karma catches up to this thug. It didn’t feel right that our country's leadership has set a price of $450B for our values as a nation. We are better off not taking their money than comprising our values.

thwyagain29384 8y ago
>We are better off not taking their money than comprising our values Nothing will happen. Just look at Kingdom of Saudi Barbaria and their use of petro dollars to lobby American politics and here are the results so far: 1. US-EU is willing to sanction Russia for the killing of an ex-Spy 2. US-EU is willing to sanction North Korea for the chemical assassination of Kim’s half brother 3. US-EU is willing to sanction Turkey for the jailing of a Christian Pastor. 4. US-EU is NOT willing to sanction Kingdom of Saudi Barbaria for the dismemberment and acid-dissolving of a US-based journalist. The US has an obvious obvious obvious set of double standards for policy enforcement when it comes to our oh so sweet ally.
- resters 8y ago
  Yes, and American exceptionalism is the backward religion that fuels it. Comments like this get downvoted because people don’t like to have their religion insulted.
  - dang 8y ago
    Please don't take HN threads further into flamewar, regardless of how wrong someone is or you think they are. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
    - resters 8y ago
      Please define a flame war
      - dang 8y ago
        Defining such things is usually a misstep, because it invites people to find loopholes. But as of this moment it appears to me thus: using language aggressively to defeat an enemy rather than create connection.
        resters 8y ago
        Makes sense. Ok I’ll be careful.
- dang 8y ago
  Please don't create accounts to break the site guidelines with, such as for political or national flamewar. We've banned this one and another, but continuing like this will eventually get your main account banned as well. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
qaq 8y ago
He is a ruler of absolute monarchy with enormous wealth Karma has a long and tough road ahead
- perseusprime11 8y ago
  You mean like Gaddafi?
  - qaq 8y ago
    Saudi royal family is deeply integrated with US and EU power structures outside of Gadaffi corrupting a bunch of politicians in EU the scale is hard to compare.
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thwyagain29384 8y ago

>We are better off not taking their money than comprising our values Nothing will happen. Just look at Kingdom of Saudi Barbaria and their use of petro dollars to lobby American politics and here are the results so far: 1. US-EU is willing to sanction Russia for the killing of an ex-Spy 2. US-EU is willing to sanction North Korea for the chemical assassination of Kim’s half brother 3. US-EU is willing to sanction Turkey for the jailing of a Christian Pastor. 4. US-EU is NOT willing to sanction Kingdom of Saudi Barbaria for the dismemberment and acid-dissolving of a US-based journalist. The US has an obvious obvious obvious set of double standards for policy enforcement when it comes to our oh so sweet ally.

resters 8y ago
Yes, and American exceptionalism is the backward religion that fuels it. Comments like this get downvoted because people don’t like to have their religion insulted.
- dang 8y ago
  Please don't take HN threads further into flamewar, regardless of how wrong someone is or you think they are. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
  - resters 8y ago
    Please define a flame war
    - dang 8y ago
      Defining such things is usually a misstep, because it invites people to find loopholes. But as of this moment it appears to me thus: using language aggressively to defeat an enemy rather than create connection.
      - resters 8y ago
        Makes sense. Ok I’ll be careful.
dang 8y ago
Please don't create accounts to break the site guidelines with, such as for political or national flamewar. We've banned this one and another, but continuing like this will eventually get your main account banned as well. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

qaq 8y ago

He is a ruler of absolute monarchy with enormous wealth Karma has a long and tough road ahead

perseusprime11 8y ago
You mean like Gaddafi?
- qaq 8y ago
  Saudi royal family is deeply integrated with US and EU power structures outside of Gadaffi corrupting a bunch of politicians in EU the scale is hard to compare.

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