Re:EU bans Belarusian airlines from European skies
by visarga on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @05:49AM
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It's group guilt and punishment, a dehumanizing practice that ignores personal circumstances and is OK with collateral damage. A blunt tool.
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Re:EU bans Belarusian airlines from European skies
by frostburg on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @06:08AM
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What would you suggest? Nothing, since economic sanctions have the same issue? "Humane" poisonings of involved politicians using exotic isotopes and/or nerve agents? Airstrikes and betting on Putin folding?
Re:EU bans Belarusian airlines from European skies
by intricatedetail on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @06:20AM
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Such tyranny exist because people allow it. Do you think nations should not bear responsibility for _their_ governments?
Re:EU bans Belarusian airlines from European skies
by ceilingcorner on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @06:26AM
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By that logic, millions of people from dozens of countries in the Middle East and Africa should be punished for the actions of their government.
Exactly how does that help anyone?
Re:EU bans Belarusian airlines from European skies
by Dylan16807 on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @06:49AM
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Do you also think it's a problem to fine companies when they do bad things?
Re:EU bans Belarusian airlines from European skies
by ceilingcorner on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @06:52AM
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So we should ban all flights from certain countries in Africa and the Middle East because they have authoritarian governments? And we should do so until the people there violently overthrow their government?
Opinions like this only seem to come from Westerners who will never have to face the consequences of such actions. Geopolitics is complicated and as my original comment said, regular people are usually the ones getting hurt.
Re:EU bans Belarusian airlines from European skies
by Dylan16807 on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @03:17PM
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I didn't say this particular action was justified, I just think the "collective punishment" reason not to do it is a terrible idea that would make it impossible to take action against any organization ever. It's really a stretch to call something like this collective punishment.
If a government does anything there are regular people that are going to get hurt, but that's not a reason to stop governing.