Comments | asimplechord: don't call me Shirley

asimplechord

don't call me Shirley

Nov 29, 2010 09:40

:( Dropped J at the airport on my way to work. We were unable to cling as desired b/c a stern member of the security force was directing people to parking spots and ordering them on as fast as possible ( Read more... )

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byandby November 30 2010, 02:12:43 UTC

Anyone else paging through the WikiLeaks cables? I guess I'm just a cynic, but I assumed that diplomats were collecting intelligence anyway, as a part of their job? Maybe not to the extent that these documents reveal, but at least superficially.

That were my thoughts as well. I thought that this was typical...it was the elephant in the room - you knew it was there but you didn't talk about it.

asimplechord November 30 2010, 02:14:38 UTC

Purely as a matter of state-craft, haven't countries always spied on each other? I guess it's just the scale of it - DNA samples and such? - that's a surprise to me.

escherzo November 30 2010, 03:30:36 UTC

Yeah, with some of what's been leaked it amazes me that they're going "THIS ORGANIZATION IS TERRORIST-ISH FOR RELEASING THESE" (apparently there's someone in the govt trying to get them declared as foreign terrorists) despite the fact that it wouldn't be a problem if they hadn't done fucked up things to begin with.

asimplechord November 30 2010, 03:50:35 UTC

Do as the govt *says*, not as it *does*, I guess. Mostly I'm wondering if this will make any difference whatsoever other than make some countries (like Yemen and Saudi Arabia, most prominently) own their hypocrisy. I sincerely doubt it.

escherzo November 30 2010, 04:22:20 UTC

I'm thinking no. Government is definitely playing it up to be a terrible and horrible thing this time around (as per usual) but honestly I haven't seen anything too shocking yet.