Britain knows it’s selling out its national security to Huawei

Re:Britain knows it’s selling out its national security to H... by appleshore on Saturday February 01, 2020 @01:38PM (#22212278)

What about banning them for philosophical principles? Why would I buy anything from someone who denies Enlightenment principles and views human rights as “Western rights”?

On a long enough timeline, authoritarianism always wins.

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Re:Britain knows it’s selling out its national security to H... by codedokode on Saturday February 01, 2020 @08:02PM (#22214411)

You might not like China's internal policy but US foreign policy is not nice too.

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Re:Britain knows it’s selling out its national security to H... by typicalhn on Saturday February 01, 2020 @11:23PM (#22215116)

Related- a friend of mine was joking (and it will offend supporters of both major political parties)- the democrats want to align with Pakistan and Iran, two biggest sponsors of terror after American military.

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Re:Britain knows it’s selling out its national security to H... by rimliu on Sunday February 02, 2020 @05:22AM (#22216239)

Where does that leave SA?

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Re:Britain knows it’s selling out its national security to H... by ksml on Saturday February 01, 2020 @03:13PM (#22212933)

I feel like this is some slippery slope logic. Just because human rights violations exist elsewhere doesn't mean we should ignore human rights violations in one place.

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Re:Britain knows it’s selling out its national security to H... by CamperBob2 on Saturday February 01, 2020 @03:19PM (#22212973)

False equivalence and moral relativism aren't the answers here. In the US, we're at least trying to do better.

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Re:Britain knows it’s selling out its national security to H... by teknologist on Saturday February 01, 2020 @04:23PM (#22213335)

How is this at all relevant to the discussion?

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