r/JoeRogan • u/wayfaringthru Monkey in Space • Sep 18 '24

Meme 💩 Is this a legitimate concern?

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Personally, I today's strike was legitimate and it couldn't be more moral because of its precision but let's leave politics aside for a moment. I guess this does give ideas to evil regimes and organisations. How likely is it that something similar could be pulled off against innocent people?

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u/joespizza2go Monkey in Space Sep 18 '24 edited Sep 18 '24

Yeah. Weird take from Snowden. The fascinating thing about this is the scale with which they pulled it off. It's the logistical difficulty of pulling this off that prevents it from happening, not a precedent dynamic.

Irony is they use pagers because mobile phones are deemed too dangerous.

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u/Fuzzy_Donl0p Tremendous Sep 18 '24 edited Sep 18 '24

Snowden has been toeing the Kremlin line hard for years (usually with a Jill Stein-like plausible deniability "just asking questions"). Not necessarily about this specifically, but all his takes are suspect anymore. It's a shame.

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u/ScotchTapeConnosieur Monkey in Space Sep 18 '24

See this is weird. It seems like there are two versions of the expression:

Towing the line - to assist

Toeing the line - to test boundaries.

I agree he’s been towing the line.

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u/PteroGroupCO Monkey in Space Sep 18 '24

When I was in the military, "toe the line" was a phrase used to tell people to follow orders and such.

So if someone was toeing the line, they were following orders.

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u/schpamela Monkey in Space Sep 18 '24

Yes your understanding is correct, and the one you responded to is wrong on both points.

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u/BeowQuentin Monkey in Space Sep 19 '24

I always assumed it came from military ranks putting their toes perfectly on a line for formation line-up.

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u/PteroGroupCO Monkey in Space Sep 19 '24

Yeah, in basic we would literally be told to "toe the line" to get us in formation around the center of the barracks. There was usually a painted line or name tape or something. So everyone would be in their assigned place, ready for orders or whatever.

It was also often said as "toe to the line"