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I think blackmailing someone in the closet is almost always wrong -- I'm sure there's some contrived edge case that could be thought of, but as a whole, it's ne
by pboutros 6y ago
I think blackmailing someone in the closet is almost always wrong -- I'm sure there's some contrived edge case that could be thought of, but as a whole, it's never okay.
Just because most / all intelligence agencies do something doesn't mean it's okay. It's unambiguously wrong.
- dagav 6y agoThere is a moral obligation to blackmail people who have material information about an imminent terror attack, or anything else which may threaten innocent lives. If I were you, I'd be much more concerned about why being exposed as gay in the Palestinian Territories is a threat capable of flipping an asset.
- solosoyokaze 6y agoThere is no moral high-ground for Israel. They are the colonizing force and they're committing war crimes and illegal annexing of Palestinian land. They're also blackmailing people for being gay as per the article.
- dagav 6y agoIf the Israelis laid down their arms, there would be a second Holocaust. If the Arabs laid down their arms, there would be peace. I call that moral high ground.
- marshmallow_12 6y agoMy old friend. They are blackmailing people.
- z2210558 6y agoWho's talking about "imminent terror attacks"? Do you think that is the majority of intelligence work? Do you need it to be to justify blackmail?
- dagav 6y agoIsraeli intelligence is working around the clock to disrupt the actions of terrorist groups like Hezbollah and Hamas. There are countless terror factions who's sole purpose is to destroy Israel and execute a second Holocaust. You don't hear about the terror plans which were foiled. You don't have sympathy for Israel because they are winning.
- tacheiordache 6y agoNo, they also work for money and would snitch on friends to make money. It’s not like other secret services don’t have similar patterns but they’re unequivocally bad. What comes to mind is Saudi Arabia dissidents info sold for money, iphone security broken, lives destroyed or severed completely and solely for money. This will backfire as more and more friends turn away and become suspcious of what Israel allows to happen
- throwitaway12 6y agoTerrorist israeli's is who.
- Apocryphon 6y agoAh, the ol' Scalia and Jack Bauer scenario. https://archive.is/7nHRH https://archive.is/7nHRH
- marshmallow_12 6y agoThe word "armchair warrior" springs to mind. It's easy to be right from the comfort of your own home.
- threatofrain 6y agoA theme of this article is to say that you are reachable from the metaphorical armchair of your residence. And if you are gay, you are within reach. If you have a reason for insurance companies to cut you off, then that is the smell of of leverage.
- marshmallow_12 6y agoI'm talking about moralizing it from a detached perspective.
- Apocryphon 6y agoIntelligence agents blackmailing people over the internet are quite literally armchair warriors as well, if you think about it.