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Re: Spy Kids

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Post by chayesfss »

codetrotter wrote: post #7
ano88888 wrote: post #4

As a country, it is important that you have smart spies and the way to recruit is to identify potential candidates when they are young and nurture them. But as a parent, it will be your most important responsibility to prevent your kids from falling into this seemingly cool traps and become a spy which will not be a good life for your kids.

That’s ok. If you don’t want your kids to be spies in the future, just say some stuff online that the agencies will dislike but which is not illegal to say. Hopefully that will discourage them from recruiting your children in the future. After all, who would want to hire the sons and daughters of a person who raised them with views that run so obviously counter to the opinions of the agencies. Edward Snowden is a hum…

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Re: Spy Kids

#52

Post by samplatt »

pavel_lishin wrote: post #3

This reminds me a bit of the Wolf Orchestra, from Charles Stross's "Merchant Princes" series.

My first thought, too. Fuck that was an amazing piece of worldbuilding. Really allowed me to recognise the sorts of shell-games people play everywhere in everyday life: the more "strategic" social butterflies, the corporate power plays.

Re: Spy Kids

#53

Post by harry8 »

keepamovin wrote: post #26
harry8 wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Interesting how hypothetical we have to be for snowden to not be a hero and equally hypothetical in degree for the CIA,NSA,FBI to be "actually no longer the bad guys we know they were despite zero accountability for it" Each of those things isn't impossible, right? It'd be nice if the latter could be made true because accountability actually existed for brazen criminality.

I don't think it's a huge "hypothetical" distance to cover for an intelligence organization, perceiving itself to be existentially threatened, to resort to the types of operations it is known for in order to protect itself. Your second point tho I don't understand, 'hypothetical in degree for the CIA,NSA,FBI to be "actually no longer the bad guys we know they were despite zero accountability for it" Each of those thi…

It's a huge hypothetical when you imagine the possibility of something that has zero evidence and in truth seems pretty unlikely.

Snowdon not a hero. Whatever your prior, it has been updated with a lot of data none yet pointing that direction.

CIA,NSA,FBI the good guys now. Left as an exercise as to what should be necessary to update a view based on the clear evidence we actually have about those institutions, however long it took to come out.

Re: Spy Kids

#54

Post by keepamovin »

harry8 wrote: post #53
keepamovin wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't think it's a huge "hypothetical" distance to cover for an intelligence organization, perceiving itself to be existentially threatened, to resort to the types of operations it is known for in order to protect itself. Your second point tho I don't understand, 'hypothetical in degree for the CIA,NSA,FBI to be "actually no longer the bad guys we know they were despite zero accountability for it" Each of those thi…

It's a huge hypothetical when you imagine the possibility of something that has zero evidence and in truth seems pretty unlikely. Snowdon not a hero. Whatever your prior, it has been updated with a lot of data none yet pointing that direction. CIA,NSA,FBI the good guys now. Left as an exercise as to what should be necessary to update a view based on the clear evidence we actually have about those institutions, howeve…

I’m sorry, I can’t understand your English. Would it be a terrible idea if you really spelled it out for me what you’re saying or used your native language and I’ll Google Translate it. Thanks! :)

Re: Spy Kids

#55

Post by harry8 »

keepamovin wrote: post #54
harry8 wrote: post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's a huge hypothetical when you imagine the possibility of something that has zero evidence and in truth seems pretty unlikely. Snowdon not a hero. Whatever your prior, it has been updated with a lot of data none yet pointing that direction. CIA,NSA,FBI the good guys now. Left as an exercise as to what should be necessary to update a view based on the clear evidence we actually have about those institutions, howeve…

I’m sorry, I can’t understand your English. Would it be a terrible idea if you really spelled it out for me what you’re saying or used your native language and I’ll Google Translate it. Thanks! :)

I think it's your english that is at issue here today. Try a little harder. :)

Re: Spy Kids

#56

Post by reustle »

Uehreka wrote: post #24
boomboomsubban wrote: post #6

"Spy Kids" has a trademark and sells video games, I don't see why this isn't trademark infringement. Surely the CIA would be aware, could Disney have approved it? Wouldn't there be notice at the bottom then?

If this site was made recently, it’s possible that it was released with that title and slipped through without oversight (I would guess that this page is the CIA’s millionth priority). Perhaps the page getting attention will cause them to take a closer look and change it.

Archive.org first saw it Jan 4, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210101000000*/https://www.cia....

Re: Spy Kids

#57

Post by MagicMoonlight »

rdtsc wrote: post #36

Those look like fun activities. The list can be expanded and made a lot more fun: * See if you can make your sibling confess to eating an extra scoop of ice-cream: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senate_Intelligence_Committee_... * Slip some substances in your parents drinks and see if they'll tell you the password to the bank account so you can buy whatever you want: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MKUltra * Jealous how…

I mean if you know your sibling has just placed bombs on 42 ice cream trucks in order to shut down nationwide ice cream distribution (they don’t want you to have any) then I think it would be reasonable to use enhanced investigation

Re: Spy Kids

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Post by FirmwareBurner »

Uehreka wrote: post #24
boomboomsubban wrote: post #6

"Spy Kids" has a trademark and sells video games, I don't see why this isn't trademark infringement. Surely the CIA would be aware, could Disney have approved it? Wouldn't there be notice at the bottom then?

If this site was made recently, it’s possible that it was released with that title and slipped through without oversight (I would guess that this page is the CIA’s millionth priority). Perhaps the page getting attention will cause them to take a closer look and change it.

>If this site was made recently, it’s possible that it was released with that title and slipped through without oversight

Maybe named by some current youngsters who didn't grow up in the '90s's with the cheesy movie franchise with the same name. Or maybe it was intentional and they don't expect to get a ceis and desist from a movie studio when they're the government.

Re: Spy Kids

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Post by keepamovin »

harry8 wrote: post #55
keepamovin wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I’m sorry, I can’t understand your English. Would it be a terrible idea if you really spelled it out for me what you’re saying or used your native language and I’ll Google Translate it. Thanks! :)

I think it's your english that is at issue here today. Try a little harder. :)

So I need to pay the price for your poor communication skills? No.

Re: Spy Kids

#60

Post by gatlin »

MagicMoonlight wrote: post #57
rdtsc wrote: post #36

Those look like fun activities. The list can be expanded and made a lot more fun: * See if you can make your sibling confess to eating an extra scoop of ice-cream: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senate_Intelligence_Committee_... * Slip some substances in your parents drinks and see if they'll tell you the password to the bank account so you can buy whatever you want: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MKUltra * Jealous how…

I mean if you know your sibling has just placed bombs on 42 ice cream trucks in order to shut down nationwide ice cream distribution (they don’t want you to have any) then I think it would be reasonable to use enhanced investigation

To continue torturing this analogy it's very likely your proverbial sibling was trained by the CIA in the first place.
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