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He made us waste so much money, lets waste even more money. If that were the reason for this whole thing than its kindergartner level of spite.

duncan_bayne 6y ago
... and? I've seen similar, in all walks of life. Politicians and civil servants are by no means immune to pettiness. Especially when setting an example might spare them work and money in the future.
- mothsonasloth 6y ago
  Civil servants in the UK are renowned for being inherently lazy, incompetent and devious. Its no wonder when you have to interact with politicians on a day to day basis that the cultures should mirror each other. I would much prefer Microsoft Civil Servant sp4 or an IBM Civil Servant AI powered by Big Blue.
  - BusTrainBus 6y ago
    “Civil servants in the UK are renowned for being inherently lazy, incompetent and devious.” Depressing to see such low-quality nonsense on HackerNews.
    - mothsonasloth 6y ago
      Likewise with your comment mate https://www.clivebates.com/documents/lazycivilservant.pdf https://www.clivebates.com/documents/lazycivilservant.pdf
      - CraigJPerry 6y ago
        I’m not sure that an amusing leaflet, ostensibly about civil servants but equally humorous to anyone in a large private enterprise, refutes the parent’s point.
    - DyslexicAtheist 6y ago
      there are several brilliant documentaries[⁰][¹] about the inner political circles in Britain which make exactly the point GP is alluding to: [⁰] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thick_of_It https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thick_of_It [¹] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yes_Minister https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yes_Minister
  - mhh__ 6y ago
    Civil servants are not "known" for anything. The civil service is a lumbering giant but you can't characterise it in such terms. You can try but you'd need to drive to a castle to get your eyes tested first
  - bzb5 6y ago
    Civil servants are renowned for those things in every country.
pydry 6y ago
I'm pretty sure they were more pissed off with the perception of wasted money on guarding the embassy than the actual money itself.
Chris2048 6y ago
How did he make them waste money?
- Chris2048 6y ago
  Downvoted.. so let me assume "by being chased all over the world in an attempt to make a shady extradition to the US". It's like being rear-ended, and when you claim on your insurance, the other party says you cost them money. Except you didn't - they where to blame.
LogsforTwo 6y ago
I don't think you quite appreciate that the types of people that are running this do not think of money the way you may think of it. To them, money is not a thing that is wasted or conserved, it is a means to an end, it is close to raw power. The end effect is that they will "waste" any amount of money necessary to achieve their goals, bounded by other limitations and their own priorities. The ironic thing is that you are right, it is "kindergarten level spite" that is a common characteristic of the psychopathic types that combine high functioning intellect with the moral construct of a feral juvenile, which our governments, all our governments naturally select for.

duncan_bayne 6y ago

... and? I've seen similar, in all walks of life. Politicians and civil servants are by no means immune to pettiness. Especially when setting an example might spare them work and money in the future.

mothsonasloth 6y ago
Civil servants in the UK are renowned for being inherently lazy, incompetent and devious. Its no wonder when you have to interact with politicians on a day to day basis that the cultures should mirror each other. I would much prefer Microsoft Civil Servant sp4 or an IBM Civil Servant AI powered by Big Blue.
- BusTrainBus 6y ago
  “Civil servants in the UK are renowned for being inherently lazy, incompetent and devious.” Depressing to see such low-quality nonsense on HackerNews.
  - mothsonasloth 6y ago
    Likewise with your comment mate https://www.clivebates.com/documents/lazycivilservant.pdf https://www.clivebates.com/documents/lazycivilservant.pdf
    - CraigJPerry 6y ago
      I’m not sure that an amusing leaflet, ostensibly about civil servants but equally humorous to anyone in a large private enterprise, refutes the parent’s point.
  - DyslexicAtheist 6y ago
    there are several brilliant documentaries[⁰][¹] about the inner political circles in Britain which make exactly the point GP is alluding to: [⁰] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thick_of_It https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thick_of_It [¹] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yes_Minister https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yes_Minister
- mhh__ 6y ago
  Civil servants are not "known" for anything. The civil service is a lumbering giant but you can't characterise it in such terms. You can try but you'd need to drive to a castle to get your eyes tested first
- bzb5 6y ago
  Civil servants are renowned for those things in every country.

pydry 6y ago

I'm pretty sure they were more pissed off with the perception of wasted money on guarding the embassy than the actual money itself.

Chris2048 6y ago

How did he make them waste money?

Chris2048 6y ago
Downvoted.. so let me assume "by being chased all over the world in an attempt to make a shady extradition to the US". It's like being rear-ended, and when you claim on your insurance, the other party says you cost them money. Except you didn't - they where to blame.

LogsforTwo 6y ago

I don't think you quite appreciate that the types of people that are running this do not think of money the way you may think of it. To them, money is not a thing that is wasted or conserved, it is a means to an end, it is close to raw power. The end effect is that they will "waste" any amount of money necessary to achieve their goals, bounded by other limitations and their own priorities. The ironic thing is that you are right, it is "kindergarten level spite" that is a common characteristic of the psychopathic types that combine high functioning intellect with the moral construct of a feral juvenile, which our governments, all our governments naturally select for.