She loves the motherland, but loves the truth more

Vito 2022-03-22 09:02:27

First, the idea of ​​female intelligence officers revealing official secrets to anti-war figures is to prevent their country and people from being involved in the war. This is patriotism. Patriotism is not only loyal to the official institutions that they serve, but also loyal to their ancestors. The old folks who were born and grew up in this land, who put her on the dock of treason, must prove how she treasoned the country. This is the case with the heroine, and so is Snowden. Second, it is a realm to go from having no family and country feelings to being loyal to the motherland, and from loving one's own motherland to loving all innocent people, this is another realm. Maybe this is a universal value that we are not very familiar with. . I like the line at the end: "Do me a favor, Ken, go fishing elsewhere".

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  • Ed Vulliamy: This paper can't be seen to be supporting a war that we should be doing everything in our power to expose as a con. *A neocon giant fucking con!*

  • Martin Bright: [on the 2003 anti-war demos] Well, it's everywhere. Every Country. Biggest demonstration in human history!