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Re:U.S. State Department Pauses Immigrant Visa Applications by theF00l on Thursday August 27, 2026 @08:14AM (#49463500)
You are both conflating technical correctness with morality
Re:U.S. State Department Pauses Immigrant Visa Applications by eudamoniac on Thursday August 27, 2026 @08:36AM (#49463826)
You are conflating morality with proper governance. Democratic government must enact the will of the citizen body, even if immoral in some frameworks.
Re:U.S. State Department Pauses Immigrant Visa Applications by theF00l on Thursday August 27, 2026 @08:43AM (#49463940)
So it can be inhumane then, by your definition?
Re:U.S. State Department Pauses Immigrant Visa Applications by nonethewiser on Thursday August 27, 2026 @11:24AM (#49466354)
I dont think the moral/legal conflation is even the main tension here.

I think this distinction would help as well.

   Inhumane != human rights violation.
Both of these things can be true at the same time:

   1. It can be inhumane to halt someone's visa application

   2. Visa applicants have no human right to have their application processed
One side hammers the first point because they disagree with the government. The other side hammers the second point because they agree with the government.

Everyone is right, except for the implication that their point disproves the other side's point.

Re:U.S. State Department Pauses Immigrant Visa Applications by eudamoniac on Thursday August 27, 2026 @08:46AM (#49463987)
Sure. Unless you prefer autocratic rule by a moral paragon, democracy involves doing what people want, not what is moral. Often what is nominally moral is not good for the country or its people.
Re:U.S. State Department Pauses Immigrant Visa Applications by mixdup on Thursday August 27, 2026 @02:46PM (#49469422)
Democratic government must also allow the citizen body to voice their displeasure with the activity of the government, and to give their reasons for that displeasure
Re:U.S. State Department Pauses Immigrant Visa Applications by mlrtime on Friday August 28, 2026 @06:28AM (#49476712)
They do, it's called voting. And you also have the right to voice your support.
Re:U.S. State Department Pauses Immigrant Visa Applications by mixdup on Friday August 28, 2026 @10:10AM (#49478763)
You also have the right to voice your disapproval, which as the point of my reply to a comment that seemed to indicate otherwise