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Re: NSA spying row: Denmark helped US gather data on European officials, says report

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That has to be the worst most intellectually vacuous justification I can imagine. Barring the possibility that it is sarcasm or satire, in which case I apologize and note the difficulty of of discerning that tone online. If not though, this is the most facile definition of good and bad imaginable, echoing back to the history of might makes right and what I want is good and all who appose me are bad.

If you found this post by reading the related thread, the sarcasm is fairly obvious.

Thanks for the note; usually I'm pretty good at identifying internet sarcasm, but in this case posting a comment at 4:30 am when I haven't slept appears not to be a great time for identifying such nuances.

Re: NSA spying row: Denmark helped US gather data on European officials, says report

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I'm so glad your government is helping to keep us safe! To express my gratitude I'll help boost your economy with some ad revenue today and aid the good fight. The profits should trickle down to you eventually. On a more serious note, I think (possibly in my naive ignorance) the geopolitical implications are quite different. I have the impression that American cultural influence has become increasingly prevalent thro…

"I have the impression that American cultural influence has become increasingly prevalent throughout Europe" I am failing to see the relevance of this - shared culture does not mean shared interests or shared benefits, the world is full of conflicts between states with shared culture, see Russia and Ukraine.

Yes. I don't think it is significantly relevant either in hindsight.
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