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by azangru 1043 days ago
Another example of political language from the article, in addition to what was described in a sibling comment:

> Do we want, at a time when Russia is considering the UK as an enemy, to be providing all our personal details to a server in Moscow?

Not "at a time when the UK considers Russia as an enemy". There is something of a Russell conjugation here.
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RugnirViking 1043 days ago
in this case it just makes sense to write it that way though? leading you to consider, primarily, that the russians might try to do something with the information, rather than an abstract "we think they're probably bad".

Like sure its leading you but imo its leading you to consider the actual issue rather than unrelated questions

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azangru 1043 days ago
> rather than an abstract "we think they're probably bad".

I think this is the inflection they actually used when they talked about Huawei routers.

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7moritz7 1043 days ago
Makes a big difference. Truly.
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