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Re:Whistleblowers are the conscience of society, yet suffer ... by bombolo on Sunday April 30, 2023 @02:23PM (#35765205)
> I don't understand why people who make this argument think it's OK for the US government to spy on the private communications of all Chinese citizens but not for it to spy on those of American citizens. Is it OK for China to spy on American citizen's private communications, then?

Because USA is good, so if they are the ones doing the spying, it's just for pretty legit reasons, while chinese people don't speak english so they clearly are up to no good /s

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Re:Whistleblowers are the conscience of society, yet suffer ... by kelnos on Sunday April 30, 2023 @08:11PM (#35767749)
You're being sarcastic, but in a generalized sense that's exactly what it is: of course spying is ok/good when it's your country doing it to someone else! Obviously that spying will enrich your country, and might even make you safer.

But duh, of course it's bad when someone else spies on you! That can only make you less safe.

It's not about "ok", it's about winning the "war".

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Re:Whistleblowers are the conscience of society, yet suffer ... by bombolo on Monday May 01, 2023 @03:26AM (#35769988)
But I'm not in USA, I'm in sweden.

For me, USA is the more imminent danger, so I don't understand why people aren't equally appalled.

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Re:Whistleblowers are the conscience of society, yet suffer ... by ImPostingOnHN on Monday May 01, 2023 @04:07AM (#35770220)
> so I don't understand why people aren't equally appalled

the answer here is the difference between "me" and "people"

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Re:Whistleblowers are the conscience of society, yet suffer ... by bombolo on Monday May 01, 2023 @05:51AM (#35770773)
"people in the same country as me, who are in the same set of risks as me". Don't pretend you didn't understand just to comment pointless nitpicking.
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Re:Whistleblowers are the conscience of society, yet suffer ... by ImPostingOnHN on Monday May 01, 2023 @10:45AM (#35773474)
what makes you think they view things that way, rather than just you viewing things that way?

after all, humans have a tendency to think other people think the same way they do

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Re:Whistleblowers are the conscience of society, yet suffer ... by bombolo on Monday May 01, 2023 @11:16AM (#35773982)
It must be so tiresome to try so hard to sound clever all the time.
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