Comment by dijit Comment by dijit a year ago 3 replies Copy Link View on Hacker News Guilty parties often cast the first accusation.
Copy Link jalk a year ago Collapse Comment - "Thief believes everybody steals" Reply View | 2 replies Copy Link tivert a year ago Parent Collapse Comment - > "Thief believes everybody steals"The correct analogy for espionage isn't crime. But even taking that framing, if everyone actually does steal, it doesn't do you any good to be naive and deny reality. Reply View | 1 reply Copy Link jalk a year ago Root Parent Collapse Comment - It's a proverb, not an analogy (hence the quotes). Read it like "Just because you do X, doesn't mean that everybody else does X too" Reply View | 0 replies
Copy Link tivert a year ago Parent Collapse Comment - > "Thief believes everybody steals"The correct analogy for espionage isn't crime. But even taking that framing, if everyone actually does steal, it doesn't do you any good to be naive and deny reality. Reply View | 1 reply Copy Link jalk a year ago Root Parent Collapse Comment - It's a proverb, not an analogy (hence the quotes). Read it like "Just because you do X, doesn't mean that everybody else does X too" Reply View | 0 replies
Copy Link jalk a year ago Root Parent Collapse Comment - It's a proverb, not an analogy (hence the quotes). Read it like "Just because you do X, doesn't mean that everybody else does X too" Reply View | 0 replies
"Thief believes everybody steals"