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Re:Ethereum dev Virgil Griffith back in jail after checking ... by leereeves on Friday July 23, 2021 @04:24PM (#27935200)
The US hasn't formally declared war on anyone since World War 2. Not Iraq, Afghanistan, Vietnam, Korea, nor any of the many smaller conflicts we've fought.

However, the United Nations did declare war on North Korea, with US support, and the US is the major participant in that war; and no peace treaty was ever signed, merely a cease fire.

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Re:Ethereum dev Virgil Griffith back in jail after checking ... by dnautics on Friday July 23, 2021 @05:10PM (#27935687)
that's exactly correct. If we're going to start abridging freedoms (which I concede may be necessary in exigencies), we'd better get a congressional vote on it.
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Re:Ethereum dev Virgil Griffith back in jail after checking ... by rualca on Friday July 23, 2021 @09:46PM (#27937731)
I'm afraid you're just stating how you'd prefer things to be instead of discussing (and considering) how things actually are.

The truth of the matter is that declarations of war are patently irrelevant regarding whether a nation is deemed hostile or not.

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Re:Ethereum dev Virgil Griffith back in jail after checking ... by dnautics on Sunday July 25, 2021 @09:23AM (#27948995)
Yes, of course. This whole thread is about how we would prefer things to be, it's about the ethics of whether or not someone should have been arrested. He was arrested. That is the "truth of the matter".
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