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Re:New Long March 5B Uncontrolled Reentry Tracked by Aerospa... by cycrutchfield on Sunday November 06, 2022 @01:32PM (#33495629)
If you punish every country retroactively for crimes committed ages ago, every country would cease to exist. There is no country without blood on its hands, historically. This is like saying that you should go to jail because your grandfather jaywalked 80 years ago, which was not a crime back then but is now.
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Re:New Long March 5B Uncontrolled Reentry Tracked by Aerospa... by FpUser on Sunday November 06, 2022 @04:12PM (#33497232)
Starting with the people who are still alive would be a good idea. I think you can find plenty of people responsible for modern wars/other crimes against humanity after WWII. The end of WWII also marks the "official" punishment as in Nuremberg trials.

This is not "your grandfather jaywalked" case but pretty rational I think. But you know where it will end up when for example our "leader" the US had declared that it does not recognize ICC, and will take any measures starting with sanctions and including force if it ever gets prosecuted. The other countries take it as an example. Cant blame them for not buying into that do as I say bullshit.

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