Re:“My GitHub account has been restricted due to US sanction...
by dogma1138 on Friday July 26, 2019 @12:28PM
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>If anyone ever dared to assert that I support US war mongering just because I live the US..... lord
It's not the same, the majority of the population are ethnic Russians, a large number of them actively support what Russia did.
There was a referendum, and countless polls, it doesn't excuse the annexation but reality isn't black and white.
You need to be intentionally misleading to not acknowledge the fact the Russian presence in Crimea and in fact their actions are supported by a sufficiently large part of the Crimean population to make this situation very problematic.
This isn't Russia occupying Belgium, the geopolitics behind this situation don't make anyone look good.
Hence why I gave the example of Catalonia not only it's a good western analogy but it appears that Crimea has more pro-Russian support than what the separatist movements in Spain or other places in Europe like Italy have.
However our current legal system does not allow individuals to simply say "i don't want to be part of your legal system any more" hence why these referendums are essentially illegal.
And while we do need to face reality sometimes and make exceptions these have to be exception otherwise the "sovereign citizens" movement would actually become a reality since you can't simply put a cap on how many people want to break away from the existing legal system you enforce on them.
It's not the same, the majority of the population are ethnic Russians, a large number of them actively support what Russia did.
There was a referendum, and countless polls, it doesn't excuse the annexation but reality isn't black and white.
You need to be intentionally misleading to not acknowledge the fact the Russian presence in Crimea and in fact their actions are supported by a sufficiently large part of the Crimean population to make this situation very problematic.
This isn't Russia occupying Belgium, the geopolitics behind this situation don't make anyone look good.
Hence why I gave the example of Catalonia not only it's a good western analogy but it appears that Crimea has more pro-Russian support than what the separatist movements in Spain or other places in Europe like Italy have.
However our current legal system does not allow individuals to simply say "i don't want to be part of your legal system any more" hence why these referendums are essentially illegal. And while we do need to face reality sometimes and make exceptions these have to be exception otherwise the "sovereign citizens" movement would actually become a reality since you can't simply put a cap on how many people want to break away from the existing legal system you enforce on them.