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Re:Vulnerable Nations Call for Ecocide to Be Recognized as a... by ISL on Sunday December 08, 2019 @05:51PM (#21738993)
The key is finding pragmatic ways to react to a finding of harm that will result in positive change.

After WWI, the League of Nations was formed, in large part to mitigate the risk of war. Unfortunately, the primary known way to punish a warring nation is with a war.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/League_of_Nations

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Re:Vulnerable Nations Call for Ecocide to Be Recognized as a... by steve19 on Sunday December 08, 2019 @06:14PM (#21739130)
The primary means is sanctions. War is a often a last resort.
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Re:Vulnerable Nations Call for Ecocide to Be Recognized as a... by ISL on Sunday December 08, 2019 @07:50PM (#21739623)
That hasn't worked out well as one might have hoped in Eastern Ukraine/Crimea nor South Ossetia.
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Re:Vulnerable Nations Call for Ecocide to Be Recognized as a... by meiraleal on Sunday December 08, 2019 @08:09PM (#21739688)
That's because you can't expect every country to submit. Russia will not, China will not.

The same way the US would not stop bombing the middle east and Africa or overthrow legitimate governments in Latin America if them, China and Russia decided to sanction America.

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Re:Vulnerable Nations Call for Ecocide to Be Recognized as a... by ISL on Sunday December 08, 2019 @08:24PM (#21739748)
Exactly -- and the trick is finding a viable way to get even large countries to hold themselves to account for their share in ecological catastrophes.
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Re:Vulnerable Nations Call for Ecocide to Be Recognized as a... by FpUser on Sunday December 08, 2019 @08:35PM (#21739785)
No worries. It worked so well in Vietnam, Iraq, Grenada, etc. etc.
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