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Re:Belarus 'diverts Ryanair flight to arrest journalist', op... by dzhiurgis on Sunday May 23, 2021 @09:05PM (#27260164)
But that's the key difference between west and Russians. One wouldn't blink an eye to kill one of their own people to advance, while other tries to protect their citizens at almost any cost...
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Re:Belarus 'diverts Ryanair flight to arrest journalist', op... by Dah00n on Sunday May 23, 2021 @09:41PM (#27260353)
Which is which?
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Re:Belarus 'diverts Ryanair flight to arrest journalist', op... by postsantum on Sunday May 23, 2021 @09:47PM (#27260385)
That's not always obvious. Luckily, we have a lot of movies showing us the difference between goodies and baddies
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Re:Belarus 'diverts Ryanair flight to arrest journalist', op... by itsyaboi on Monday May 24, 2021 @12:02AM (#27260994)
It's a good thing we have Hollywood to help us calibrate our moral compasses!
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Re:Belarus 'diverts Ryanair flight to arrest journalist', op... by ajnin on Monday May 24, 2021 @10:44AM (#27264929)
You're getting downvoted but the producer of the show "24" has stated that it was a "patriotic" show and it's at least in part responsible for the acceptance in the American public opinion of the torture inflicted upon terrorism suspects post-9/11. TV/movies are not mere entertainment, they often carry a message.
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Re:Belarus 'diverts Ryanair flight to arrest journalist', op... by postsantum on Monday May 24, 2021 @09:14PM (#27271643)
It's an open secret that US military influences movies to whitewash themselves. The message is that regardless of some dark pages of history, military and CIA are fundamentally the Good Guys(tm)

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/27/nsec-f27.html

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Re:Belarus 'diverts Ryanair flight to arrest journalist', op... by Dah00n on Monday May 24, 2021 @05:53AM (#27262583)
Yeah, look at Hollywood and calibrate to the opposite!
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