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Hard to imagine cheering something the Russian government does yet here we are. Would you trust your life to them?
by coldcode 13y ago
Hard to imagine cheering something the Russian government does yet here we are. Would you trust your life to them?
- ne0phyte 13y agoWould you rather trust your life to the US government?
- sillysaurus 13y agoYes. Let's not forget that it's Russia. Still, Snowden can't afford to trust the US, so that leaves Russia as an alternative. But that's just a special case for this particular situation.
- coldtea 13y ago>Yes. Let's not forget that it's Russia. So? Russia has been a much more malevolent world player than the US.
- SecretofMana 13y agoI think you misread their comment. They were saying that they would rather trust the US government with their life over the Russian government.
- Daishiman 13y agoThere's a few hundred million people in Latin America who would disagree with that.
- speeder 13y agoI am from Brazil. Although I am not much for left-wing politics, I really wish that Russia had more influence here than the US. And I still keep meeting people that are still looking for people that got "disappeared" by CIA.
- coldtea 13y agoReally? Have you read the history of US/CIA involvment in Latin America? From embracing "death squads" to endorsing Pinochet and tons of other dictators, to war with Panama, to meddling with Venezuela, Columbia, Peru, Brasil, Argentina, Mexico etc politics, heck almost everywhere. Do you know how the very term "Banana Republic" came to be?
- Daishiman 13y agoI think you misunderstood; I'm saying that a substantial, if not most, people in Latin America consider American influence as the worst of the worst.
- mladenkovacevic 13y agoDo you REALLY want to do a body count from the last few decades?
- coldtea 13y agoYes, oblige us. And compare with the other party too, direct AND indirect deaths (e.g due to the Iraq embargo).
- nawitus 13y ago>Yes. > Let's not forget that it's Russia. USA has death penalty, Russia hasn't had it for about two decades.
- flyinRyan 13y agoWell, they don't need if they're willing to simply kill prisoners.
- ambientwhsiper 13y agoRussia doesn't need death penalty. It's a lot more efficient to make someone disappear without the circus of judicial process.
- mladenkovacevic 13y agoReally? Your entire argument is "..because Russia. Who's with me?"
- CrazedGeek 13y agoAs a bisexual man, no.
- mythealias 13y agoBetter yet: Would you trust your life to them is US government wants you "dead"?
- tsahyt 13y agoNo but neither would I trust my life to the US government.
- peterkelly 13y agoThis whole episode has really shown the fallacy of US = Good, {Russia, China} = Bad. If you're an American, this might be a bit hard to understand. But for those who don't hail from any of the above-mentioned countries, it's easier to take a more balanced perspective of each. I don't think we can really look at any country in specific good/bad terms. I personally applaud Russia's actions on this matter.
- toomuchtodo 13y agoThere are no good/bad people, good/bad countries, etc. Just people who do good or bad things.