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Re:Nicolas Guillou, French ICC judge sanctioned by the US an... by lucketone on Tuesday December 30, 2025 @08:50AM (#46433306)
What you say is true, but idealists should not give up just because a murderer exists.

While it will not control the murderer, it can and will influence it (violence going 10% down is better than 0%)

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Re:Nicolas Guillou, French ICC judge sanctioned by the US an... by MangoToupe on Tuesday December 30, 2025 @09:05AM (#46433421)
> violence going 10% down is better than 0%

This is also what protection payments look like on paper; surely we can reduce violence much more.

I say: let every country have nukes, or let no country have them. This halfway bullshit is worse than either.

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Re:Nicolas Guillou, French ICC judge sanctioned by the US an... by coldtea on Tuesday December 30, 2025 @12:47PM (#46435898)
>While it will not control the murderer, it can and will influence it (violence going 10% down is better than 0%)

Idealists create worse outcomes than realists and pragmatists.

Violence going down 10% can be worse than it going down 0%, if the difference comes from reducing counter-violence done by the oppressed - and reducing based on the agenda and whims of the big time abusers responsible for a big chunk of the other 90%.

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