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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 geraneum on Thursday March 03, 2022 @02:11PM (#30545338)
Interesting you say that since US has played a big role in crushing democracies here and there and also in the Middle East which of course fueled the anti US rhetoric in those countries. For example, look at 1953 coup [1] in Iran backed by UK and US with the help of clergy! to topple a _democratically elected_ government! The mess that Iran is in right now is not unrelated to that incident.

We shouldn't downplay the war in Ukraine just because US does what US does. Also what's happening there is not important just because "Ukraine is a (mostly christian) democratic country who's main exports are not drugs or oil." but because Ukrainians are fellow humans, like the rest of us, and are victim of an unfair confrontation against a bully few times bigger than them.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Iranian_coup_d%27%C3%A9ta...

Edit: grammar

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Re:ICANN's rejection of Ukraine's request to sever Russia fr... by Supermancho on Thursday March 03, 2022 @07:46PM (#30549098)
> Interesting you say that since US has played a big role in crushing democracies here and there

There was no internet during these periods and the media was either complicit in omission or narrative (they were BAD democracies corrupted by the drug cartels!) so the outrage was limited. Again, this isn't some mystery to ponder. Tribalism is alive and well and the narratives do their job.

> Also what's happening there is not important just because "Ukraine is a (mostly christian) democratic country who's main exports are not drugs or oil."

I didn't say anything about importance. Please don't misquote me to push your agenda.

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