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[–] sturlabragason@lemmy.world 44 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

“Before his acting career, Lee served in the Royal Air Force as an intelligence officer, attached to the No. 260 Squadron RAF during World War II as a liaison officer for the Special Operations Executive. He was discharged from the RAF in 1946 with the rank of flight lieutenant.”

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Lee

[–] undergroundoverground@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

Intelligence and spy work is always undertaken by the poshest of poshboys. I mean, nothing against the actor and it's certainly not his fault for being badass. Just something to observe in our society.

[–] scholar@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

That's how it used to be but not anymore. They realised it was a bad idea when they found out that russia had worked out who the obvious candidates from Cambridge were and recruited them first.

[–] undergroundoverground@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Sure, they do it all on merit now instead!

It hasn't changed.

[–] scholar@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

That's a well researched and convincing argument and you should be proud of yourself.

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