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PUTIN: These guys were on a holiday there THE WORLD: gasps UK: These guys were on a holiday there THE WORLD: claps Or as the saying goes "Rules for thee and

PUTIN: These guys were on a holiday there THE WORLD: gasps UK: These guys were on a holiday there THE WORLD: claps Or as the saying goes "Rules for thee and not for me". [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30488680 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30488680

Borrible 5y ago
Absolutely right you are, sir. We all have to thank the Russians to have shown the world in 2014 how to do it. And before that. And also to give us a great opportunity for Whataboutism. Sigh, I probably still have those Bezmenov brochures from the early eighties lying around somewhere.
- justsomehnguy 5y ago
  It is always funny how people can legitimize anything if it is used against the people they don't like. "Bombing civilians" is unacceptable if they are from "Europe" like Ukraine. "Bombing civilians" is fine if they are savages from Middle East, Africa or "not-Europe", like Russia.
  - Borrible 5y ago
    Wow, an early deployment of the Racism card. Bold move, congratulation. But then again, do you really think anybody is still reading this deep in the thread? They're already bored, no shiny tech, just endless babble. But okay, your next move, Godwin’s law. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin%E2%80%99s_law https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin%E2%80%99s_law Game over.
    - justsomehnguy 5y ago
      > still reading this deep in the thread Yet here you are. > your next move But.. you invoked it yourself. "Game over"
CRConrad 5y ago
Ah, good that you re-posted it; your [0] is too old to respond to. Here, let me fix that for you: PUTIN: These guys were on a holiday there (but actually conducting a war of aggression). THE WORLD: Gasps in righteous indignation. UK: These guys were on a holiday there (but actually defending against a war of aggression). THE WORLD: Claps at the brave defenders. Or as the saying goes, "Don't sell me a turd in a bun as a hot dog, I ain't buying it". There, fixed that for you. (OK, except for the "saying"; I just made that up. But, something along those lines. As is, it seems to fit both Putler's blatant immoral lies, the West's equally blatant but morally defensible ones, and your whataboutish equivalizing of the two.)

Borrible 5y ago

Absolutely right you are, sir. We all have to thank the Russians to have shown the world in 2014 how to do it. And before that. And also to give us a great opportunity for Whataboutism. Sigh, I probably still have those Bezmenov brochures from the early eighties lying around somewhere.

justsomehnguy 5y ago
It is always funny how people can legitimize anything if it is used against the people they don't like. "Bombing civilians" is unacceptable if they are from "Europe" like Ukraine. "Bombing civilians" is fine if they are savages from Middle East, Africa or "not-Europe", like Russia.
- Borrible 5y ago
  Wow, an early deployment of the Racism card. Bold move, congratulation. But then again, do you really think anybody is still reading this deep in the thread? They're already bored, no shiny tech, just endless babble. But okay, your next move, Godwin’s law. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin%E2%80%99s_law https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin%E2%80%99s_law Game over.
  - justsomehnguy 5y ago
    > still reading this deep in the thread Yet here you are. > your next move But.. you invoked it yourself. "Game over"

CRConrad 5y ago

Ah, good that you re-posted it; your [0] is too old to respond to. Here, let me fix that for you: PUTIN: These guys were on a holiday there (but actually conducting a war of aggression). THE WORLD: Gasps in righteous indignation. UK: These guys were on a holiday there (but actually defending against a war of aggression). THE WORLD: Claps at the brave defenders. Or as the saying goes, "Don't sell me a turd in a bun as a hot dog, I ain't buying it". There, fixed that for you. (OK, except for the "saying"; I just made that up. But, something along those lines. As is, it seems to fit both Putler's blatant immoral lies, the West's equally blatant but morally defensible ones, and your whataboutish equivalizing of the two.)