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missingmytowel t1_je9vv09 wrote

Reply to comment by OsrsTurboDweeb in Russia detains WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich on espionage charges by jack_lafouine

>an arms dealer…

Yes and life is exactly like Hollywood and this guy is going to become the next big evil genius who is going to bring down the world. We need James Bond stat /s

In reality he's an old washed up burnt criminal that's been held in prison for far too long to even be considered a threat. Contacts are all gone, respect is all dried up, his criminal network doesn't exist anymore etc. Any more on who thinks this guy is any kind of problem anymore is truly a class a moron. Fairytale believer

He was a trophy release for Russia just to say that they got to "win". While we got a decent person back in return.

Well...she's a decent person unless you're a bigoted POS. If that is you then I do apologize. I know I'm not going to convince you otherwise.

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putdisinyopipe t1_je9xkug wrote

I knew it was BS they really leveraged the language of arms dealer and calling this dude “most dangerous man in Russia” or whatever the fucj.

If this dude was dangerous, why are we only hearing about him now? Lol

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JudasIsAGrass t1_je9yewt wrote

IIRC - he is basis at the very least for Nic Cages character in Lord of War

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backcountrydude t1_jea0sbd wrote

Wow what a gymnastic take here.

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missingmytowel t1_jea7gt5 wrote

A gymnastics take is thinking somebody doesn't need to be released from prison because they are a black person who smokes weed. But we got a ton of those guys locked up over here for that so it makes sense.

Cause let's be realistic here. If she was a white girl that got arrested for public intoxication in Russia it would have been a completely different reaction from conservatives. They would have been just fine with it.

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backcountrydude t1_jea7ucq wrote

No she was a person who got arrested with illegal drugs. Again another weird take by you

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missingmytowel t1_jeaj9u3 wrote

Clutch those pearls boomer.

She received longest sentence ever received by somebody in Russia for possession of a small amount of marijuana. She was a political prisoner. Thrown in a kangaroo court and handed many many more years than any citizen would have received for the exact same charge.

You are now basically advocating for the Russian judicial system and long-term imprisonment of foreigners for political gain.

Wtf.... You went from being a racist and a self declared homophobe to now being a Russian troll. This has been one heck of a roller coaster

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backcountrydude t1_jeako2n wrote

I’m so confused about when I was racist and a self-declared homophobe in my previous 2 comments? You are not only jumping through hoops but setting them up for yourself.

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OsrsTurboDweeb t1_je9y2sa wrote

Oh don’t forget to throw out some more ad hominems too! Nobody said he’s going to blow up the world, stop making up strawman arguments. Ad hominems + strawman arguments + setting up a bait that if anyone disagrees with you then they’re a bigot? That means you’re not worth talking to.

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missingmytowel t1_jea8npm wrote

Tell me you take zoom meetings in front of a bookshelf with big books without telling me that you take zoom meetings in front of a bookshelf with big books

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Jorgwalther t1_jeaym0m wrote

Lol wtf does this even mean

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missingmytowel t1_jecezjs wrote

It means some people feel the need to appear much smarter than they really are in an effort to prove a failed point.

Just amusing to see people use fancy words to get their point across and then you look in their comment history and realize they never speak like that any other time.

Very smarmy

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Jorgwalther t1_jecg1tg wrote

Ah ok. What kind of “fancy words” are you referring to?

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missingmytowel t1_jeck8ye wrote

When was the last time you seen someone use ad hominem?

I can only think of maybe two or three times I've known somebody to use it ever. This person being one.

When you don't talk like that on a normal basis (like pretty much everyone else) doing so in an argument in an attempt to establish superiority of intelligence through language used is smarmy.

What's worse is they don't do this to appear smarter to the person they are talking to. They do it so they appear smarter to observers and other commentators. Because they know they lost the argument to the person involved so they might as well try and win the crowd.

Smarmy 101

Our former president was the professor of that course.

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Jorgwalther t1_jecmwnd wrote

Oh I see people say ad hominem several times a day on Reddit, it’s pretty common when people are arguing in my experience

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eifjui t1_je9z77v wrote

Not sure I’d call someone convicted of hitting her wife a decent person

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missingmytowel t1_jea8a2f wrote

>violent offenders deserve life in prison

FTFY

Fuck rehabilitation am I right? We should go back to branding people. Bring back the Scarlet letters!!!!

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OsrsTurboDweeb t1_je9xmh1 wrote

Yes I’m sure you, random Redditor, know more than the fbi agents who worked to catch him. Also your insinuation that I’m a racist/homophobe at the end shows you’re not worth talking to because you’ll just be dishonest. Now can you tell me where anyone said she isn’t a decent person or were you just setting that up so you can shut down any dissent with “you’re a bigot”?

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TightBandicoot2809 t1_jea14d0 wrote

Kind of hard to feel sympathy for someone who knew what they were doing was wrong and especially in Russia. Fuck around and find out.

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missingmytowel t1_jea92ea wrote

>know more than the fbi agents who worked to catch him

Well now you're talking about the person who was involved in the criminal organizations and tracked and captured by the fbi. Not the person who spent many many years in prison and lost all his connections.

>homophobe

Also I didn't say that part. You said that part. Freudian slip LOL

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OsrsTurboDweeb t1_jec7j92 wrote

Well she’s a poc and a lesbian and you said bigot so don’t try to play that manipulative word twisting shit. Pathetic. Keep the ad hominems coming, you’re doing great and totally not hurting the LGBTQIA+ community by using them like ammunition for people you disagree with

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Alarmed-Accident-716 t1_jea7g0f wrote

You can’t call me a bigoted piece of shit for calling someone dumb for bringing drugs to a place where they are illegal, than getting mad about being detained. It’s why people hate American’s entitlement. Americans just do whatever they want because it’s okay at home. I know a kid who brought weed to Japan and got tossed in jail for over a year. Anyone bringing drugs into a foreign country is an idiot who deserves what’s coming to them so that other American’s stop being idiots. She didn’t even say sorry.

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missingmytowel t1_jeajlqu wrote

As I explained to somebody else you are basically advocating for long-term imprisonment of Americans through a Russian kangaroo court for political gain.

She received an extremely long sentence compared to what any Russian citizen would have received for the exact same charge and amount of marijuana.

Keep reaching comrade

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Alarmed-Accident-716 t1_jeakgqm wrote

Yeah, but she still knowingly brought drugs into a country where they are illegal. The decision making process that goes into bringing drugs on an airplane is different than buying a cart from an average drug dealer, if they even have carts in Russia to begin with. As a smoker myself I have anxiety about just a bit of weed in my pocket when I’m going to the airport. Let alone having the courage to bring cartridges on the plane. If she was apologetic after the fact it would be one thing, or even got the stuff over there, but she has shown 0 remorse. Also im no way they sell the Pens for carts over there, they are only legally sold everywhere in the usa because or CBD, which is also illegal in russia. So similar charge is void.

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missingmytowel t1_jeasxmr wrote

>Also im no way they sell the Pens for carts over there, they are only legally sold everywhere in the usa because or CBD, which is also illegal in russia.

This is completely wrong. You obviously have zero clue how they convert marijuana concentrate, edibles and other forms of THC into flower weight.

They take the amount/potency and convert that into what it would be in similar flower weight. On average a typical cartridge is seen as a quarter ounce of marijuana. This conversion ratio is also the same throughout Europe and other places where marijuana is legalized

Here in Colorado when you visit a shop you're only able to buy 1 oz of product per visit. So if you buy a cartridge you're only allowed to get three quarters of an ounce of actual flower on top of it.

Gain a little bit of knowledge before speaking out of your ass to somebody who has direct information related to the topic at hand

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Alarmed-Accident-716 t1_jebop1e wrote

That has nothing to do with the actual Pens needed to connect to the carts, that in cbd legal countries are sold. It is not like they have the manufacturing over there to make single use pen carts also. What you are saying has nothing to do with what I am saying. I am talking about the electronics, not the oil.

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missingmytowel t1_jeceoac wrote

Let's count the times in your previous comment that you were talking about the oil (drug) itself and not the cartridge

>Yeah, but she still knowingly brought drugs into a country

>The decision making process that goes into bringing drugs on an airplane is different than buying a cart from an average drug dealer

>As a smoker myself I have anxiety about just a bit of weed in my pocket when I’m going to the airport.

>Let alone having the courage to bring cartridges on the plane.

>or even got the stuff over there

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Five times in that comment you were talking about the product in the cartridge

Only once did you mention the actual pen

It's almost as if you realize you were talking out of your ass because I told you you were talking out of your ass and now you're shifting the goal post. Almost

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