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Re:Rio de Janeiro’s police killed a record number of people ... by drewblaisdell on Tuesday May 07, 2019 @12:23PM (#19850941)
> Opinions filled with "human rights" concerns from people far removed are probably ethically and morally correct, which is... cute. We're fighting an Urban War over here.

War is always a good excuse to ignore ethical concerns.

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Re:Rio de Janeiro’s police killed a record number of people ... by ufo on Tuesday May 07, 2019 @01:03PM (#19851301)
I think it is important to point out that this point of view that "human rights" (with the quotation marks) are something that exists solely to favor "bad guys", at the expense of "upstanding citizens", is one one of the central points of alt-right rhetoric in Brazil right now.
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Re:Rio de Janeiro’s police killed a record number of people ... by hutzlibu on Tuesday May 07, 2019 @12:33PM (#19851021)
> War is always a good excuse to ignore ethical concerns.

On Both sides

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