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A comment on ICANN's rejection of Ukraine's request to sever Russia from the internet [pdf]. Parent comment

Re:ICANN's rejection of Ukraine's request to sever Russia fr... by elliekelly on Thursday March 03, 2022 @10:58AM (#30542633)
New Hampshire’s Governor has ordered state-run liquor stores to pull Russian vodka _and_ Russian branded vodka from the shelves.[1] So a product made entirely outside of Russia where not a single cent of profit finds its way back to Russia is still removed under the order if it uses Russian “branding”:

> Products that use the words 'Russia' or 'Russian' in the brand name, advertising, or product description—along with products that depict Russian architecture or symbols colloquially associated with Russia—are all considered to be Russian-branded products and have been removed under the Governor's Executive Order[2]

It’s hard to see how that’s anything other than emotional. And, I would imagine, illegal.

[1](PDF)https://www.governor.nh.gov/sites/g/files/ehbemt336/files/in...

[2]https://www.newsweek.com/vodka-brands-remind-they-arent-russ...

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Re:ICANN's rejection of Ukraine's request to sever Russia fr... by encryptluks2 on Thursday March 03, 2022 @11:11AM (#30542829)
Before long we'll see people attacking and targeting Russian Americans like they did Asian Americans and the media will justify it.
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Re:ICANN's rejection of Ukraine's request to sever Russia fr... by mrtranscendence on Thursday March 03, 2022 @03:15PM (#30546279)
Just like the media justifies attacks against Asian Americans? Give them a little credit; most mainstream outlets aren't so outwardly jingoistic that they'd celebrate targeting innocent Americans for no reason than their ethnic background.
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