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Re:Hezbollah pager explosions kill several people in Lebanon by tivert on Wednesday September 18, 2024 @10:49AM (#41580401)
> "Thief believes everybody steals"

The correct analogy for espionage isn't crime. But even taking that framing, if everyone actually does steal, it doesn't do you any good to be naive and deny reality.

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Re:Hezbollah pager explosions kill several people in Lebanon by jalk on Thursday September 19, 2024 @12:28AM (#41588496)
It's a proverb, not an analogy (hence the quotes). Read it like "Just because you do X, doesn't mean that everybody else does X too"
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