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Currently in my country (Austria) there is a court process against an official who made register look-ups of critical journalists who live here and handed the a

• ljsprague 9mo ago
  Do we believe some countries' spy agencies are scrupulous?
  • lazide 9mo ago
    Maybe one of the nearly powerless ones? Australia? Hmm, nope.
  • preisschild 9mo ago
    Which spy agencies go after journalists?
    • pydry 9mo ago
      70% of the journalists murdered last year were murdered by the US's closest ally. It was the worst year for journalist killings in a long time.
  • cestith 9mo ago
    I think people tend to have a range of scruples they expect. How someone is targeted is often far more lax on standards than who is targeted and for what reasons.
• joe_mamba 9mo ago
  > The ruzzians are completely unscrupulous. Wait a sec, isn't the Austrian intelligence officer to blame here for doing the spying on Russia's behalf? And Austrian politics in general have historically been very pro-Russia since the cold war, with Putin visiting the wedding of Austrian officials, and Austrian politicians getting jobs at Russian oil and gas companies after the end of their mandates. Also, Austrian Raiffeisen bank still has operations in Russia. So maybe Austria could have some introspection and drain the swamp of Russian assets instead of throwing all the blame on Russia as it has no agency in its internal politics and business tie with Russia.
  • lazide 9mo ago
    To be fair, if you want a boogie man which won’t even mind being used as one - Russia is a great option.
  • preisschild 9mo ago
    > Wait a sec, isn't the Austrian intelligence officer to blame here for doing the spying on Russia's behalf? Of course, but I'd argue russia trying to break into apartments of journalists and even planning to obduct/kill them is also morally not great
  • pbhjpbhj 9mo ago
    There's plenty of blame to go around!
• SanjayMehta 9mo ago
  In which language is "ruzzians" a valid spelling?
  • deleted 9mo ago
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  • throw20251220 9mo ago
    In a Cold Warrior language. Very often found in Southern US states (rednecks).
  • jimbohn 9mo ago
    Became used in some circles due to russians using the symbol "Z" for their new great patriotic war. It can be seen as an attempt not to lump all russians together, but instead to distinguish the pro-war group (which, if you like limits, tends toward 1).
  • cpursley 9mo ago
    This is why I always flag these types of posts that are political and not tech related, they quickly devolve to Reddit-style racial / ethnic hatred if conversations about geopolitical rivals or regional hatred and name calling if domestic politics. There's other platforms for all that.
  • preisschild 9mo ago
    [flagged]
    • SanjayMehta 9mo ago
      Ah so. And by swastika if you're referring to your infamous painter's symbol, it was actually a Hakenkreuz which that fellow saw in the Lambach Abbey. Nothing to do with Hindus or Buddhists.
      • preisschild 9mo ago
        Hence why i compared it to the letter "Z". Both are harmless without context