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42. There is absolutely no such rule.

Tue Sep 3, 2013, 08:18 AM

Sep 2013

You must be mistaking ethical tit-for-tat as some magical rule. No such rule exists. It's certainly rude for any nation to spy on another, but they all do it. Or attempt to do it.

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Brazil summons US ambassador over spying claims [View all] dipsydoodle Sep 2013 OP

It must have been reeaaallly important to spy on Brazilian political candidates. Ash_F Sep 2013 #1

Gotta watch out for those Brazilians Ash_F Sep 2013 #2

Does the Brazilian authorities think they are not guilty of spying? They are deluding themselves Thinkingabout Sep 2013 #3

Oh bullshit! TM99 Sep 2013 #4

Bullshit back to you Iliyah Sep 2013 #6

The Brazilians must must be way better at it than the NSA then. Ash_F Sep 2013 #7

Fact TM99 Sep 2013 #10

Perhaps in you world some are up in arms about spying but not in the real world. One of the ones Thinkingabout Sep 2013 #19

You are delusional. TM99 Sep 2013 #20

Yep, you know you are wrong, wrong, wrong. Thinkingabout Sep 2013 #25

Please proceed. Coyotl Sep 2013 #30

I sense severe cognitive disconnect. bemildred Sep 2013 #44

Do your really think Snowden was not spying? He intentiontally went to work on his last position Thinkingabout Sep 2013 #8

You still believe in some story that TM99 Sep 2013 #12

Snowden took his last assignment to "gather information" in other words he was spying. Thinkingabout Sep 2013 #21

I see you never answered my questions. TM99 Sep 2013 #22

Wow, it sounds like you really hate spying! StrictlyRockers Sep 2013 #13

+ 1 nt Dreamer Tatum Sep 2013 #16

Who will we blame for this? last1standing Sep 2013 #5

Spying will continue, Snowden will find out what the real pros do and how they find everything he Thinkingabout Sep 2013 #9

You rail against the symptom but ignore the sickness. last1standing Sep 2013 #14

You have one thing right, Snowden is a scumbag who spies, maybe not anymore since Russia has Thinkingabout Sep 2013 #23

Your hatred has impaired your ability to reason. last1standing Sep 2013 #26

Good, another one off the list, suits me just fine, unless you are Snowden or GG, I did not Thinkingabout Sep 2013 #27

You mean a spy agency actually spied on foreign countries? vdogg Sep 2013 #11

LOL! That comment is so easily knocked down I can't believe it's not satire. last1standing Sep 2013 #15

Not the same thing vdogg Sep 2013 #28

Exactly the same thing. last1standing Sep 2013 #29

Erm, what's the international law on spying? joshcryer Sep 2013 #36

Oh. The "everyone does it" argument. ocpagu Sep 2013 #37

I'm not arguing for it. joshcryer Sep 2013 #40

That is why I said "rules of conduct" instead of "laws." You probably should have read that part. last1standing Sep 2013 #41

There is absolutely no such rule. joshcryer Sep 2013 #42

Congratulations. last1standing Sep 2013 #43

Show me such "rules." joshcryer Sep 2013 #45

I think I'll just laugh at the ignorance of your post instead. last1standing Sep 2013 #46

"summons"� sounds like something from Harry Potter. KittyWampus Sep 2013 #17

I love how you like to belittle any country that protests being spied on. Comrade Grumpy Sep 2013 #33

Hmmm... cute. ocpagu Sep 2013 #38

Everyone spies on everyone... iandhr Sep 2013 #18

Sorry, don't want to personally offend you... ocpagu Sep 2013 #39

It is an attack on your country's sovereignty, sir. DeSwiss Sep 2013 #24

She is a woman, a socialist, a left-wing Marxist urban guerrilla who fought military dictatorship Coyotl Sep 2013 #31

Divert! Divert! Divert! As long as they keep the people pissed at the US, they might not rebel... Tarheel_Dem Sep 2013 #32

How ironic. You accuse the Brazilians of "divert, divert, divert"... Comrade Grumpy Sep 2013 #34

What a bunch of bullshit. Seriously, you should be ashamed. n/t ocpagu Sep 2013 #35