Former Harvard chemistry chair to stand trial for allegedly hiding ties to China

Re:Former Harvard chemistry chair to stand trial for alleged... by tsimionescu on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @01:17PM (#29555133)

I meant the US has killed more people abroad than China has killed abroad. So, if I were a citizen of China, I have many reasons to fear the Chinese government; if I were a citizen of the USA, I would not have much reason to fear the US government.

But, if I am a citizen of, say, Lebanon, I have many more reasons to fear the USA than I have to fear China. I'm much more likely to be killed by the US government than the Chinese government.

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Re:Former Harvard chemistry chair to stand trial for alleged... by thereddaikon on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @02:06PM (#29555884)

Without context it is a pointless statistic. The US was involved on the just side of the two largest wars in modern history. That's where the overwhelming majority of its foreign killings comes from. And while regrettable, they were lawful and necessary. You can't call someone a murderer for defending themselves from attack.

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Re:Former Harvard chemistry chair to stand trial for alleged... by samhw on Wednesday December 15, 2021 @06:51AM (#29564697)

I don't see how something can be both regrettable and necessary? Also, as well as the two wars that the US was on the 'just' side of, it's also been on the quite-hard-to-call-just side of many others, where it was not exactly defending itself either.

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Re:Former Harvard chemistry chair to stand trial for alleged... by thereddaikon on Wednesday December 15, 2021 @08:14AM (#29565447)

Because war sucks but going to war is preferable to letting imperial japan and nazi germany rule the world.

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