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Re:Belarus 'diverts Ryanair flight to arrest journalist', op... by libria on Sunday May 23, 2021 @03:44PM (#27257911)
Sounds more like an International Wishlist. Wherever the venn diagram of What a Country Does and What the World Wants intersects, they pat themselves on the back. Everything else, they shrug. I wonder what's the point.
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Re:Belarus 'diverts Ryanair flight to arrest journalist', op... by dTal on Sunday May 23, 2021 @04:04PM (#27258068)
That is exactly point; so that at least everyone agrees beforehand when praise/condemnation is appropriate. It doesn't enforce itself, but it does at least provide a notional focus point. Countries do attempt to reward and punish each other in various ways, and "international law" gives some direction to it.
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