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Re:US sentences crypto expert to 5 years after North Korea b... by dragonwriter on Wednesday April 13, 2022 @11:28PM (#31023133)
> there is an underlying valid point that not all warfare requires physical violence.

All warfare requires physical violence. If it's not physically violent, “warfare” is being used as a loose metaphor, not a factual description.

> We use the term cyber warfare as another example.

Cyberwarfare not directed at or effectuating physical destruction of materiel and/or persons is merely metaphorical rather than actual warfare, or is part of the information component of a broader war. (OTOH, cyberwarfare can be, in fact, a direct means of achieving physical destruction of materiel and/or persons.)

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Re:US sentences crypto expert to 5 years after North Korea b... by bradlys on Thursday April 14, 2022 @12:37AM (#31023453)
No, sorry. It doesn’t. You can destroy bridges. No violence there. Yet now you can’t feed the troops.

That is still a form of warfare.

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Re:US sentences crypto expert to 5 years after North Korea b... by dismantlethesun on Thursday April 14, 2022 @12:28PM (#31029190)
Is destruction of property still violence?

Sanctions aren’t hindering anyones property, it’s just refusing to do business with your hated enemy.

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