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Good. Injustice should be really, really expensive in the 21st century. I hope the bill just keeps getting bigger for them.
Nah - They're only putting money into their own pockets by doing this. Look at it this way - you own 75% (a guess - but prob not far off) of a couple $trillion market. If you take some of your idle cash ($1billions) to pump the stock up - even if you "lose" that cash - but manage to stabilize the market - you're still doing pretty well for yourself...
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I don't understand why Kashoggi is brought up so much more frequently compared to what Saudi Arabia is doing in Yemen.
A NY Times journalist explains why some wars are less covered in the US (by comparing Syria coverage to Yemen coverage in the US): "Conflicts gain sustained American attention only when they provide a compelling story line that appeals to both the public and political actors, and for reasons beyond the human toll. That often requires some combination of immediate relevance to American interests, resonance with Americ…
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Exactly. The fact that 1) he has a face we can identify with, and 2) they lured him into an official establishment of their government and then killed him in cold blood. A place where you might otherwise expect the rule of law to prevail.
Saudi laws aren't even codified. There isn't really a rule of law there. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_system_of_Saudi_Arabia
> We need to highlight to the world that Saudi investment is good That is, of course, if you're ok with some people being lured into an embassy and cut up into little pieces.
I don't understand why Kashoggi is brought up so much more frequently compared to what Saudi Arabia is doing in Yemen.
I have no problem paying for good journalism, but it's the equivalent of posting a link to a book or a paywalled research article on HN. Useless to anyone that doesn't buy it or have a subscription.
> We need to highlight to the world that Saudi investment is good That is, of course, if you're ok with some people being lured into an embassy and cut up into little pieces.
Should US companies refuse Chinese investment? Should we stop buying oil from Venezuela? Are you for the Cuban embargo (Cuban intelligence agencies have propped up repressive regimes, like Venezuela, throughout Latin America)? Should Apple stop doing business with Chinese suppliers? What Saudi Arabia did is BAD. Very bad. But I don't understand the singular obsession with it as a call to action, compared to the above…
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Oh come on. When does circumventing of paywall become stealing?
Reading proprietary content behind a paywall for free isn't stealing? What else could it possibly be? How about "circumventing" the ticket window at your local movie theater by walking in the exit door. I mean, they are showing the movie anyway, and there are empty seats...
So using 3rd-party website to access their content is not any different that accessing the site through Facebook redirect for instance since in both cases you get content for free.