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Re:When scientific orthodoxy resembles religious dogma
on Wednesday May 26, 2021 @08:12PM (#27297779)
Ok, why did Inquisitor Bellarmine have the Copernican follower Giordano Bruno burned at the stake?
Re:Belarus 'diverts Ryanair flight to arrest journalist', opposition says
on Sunday May 23, 2021 @01:39PM (#27256883)
> The USA, in my opinion, should show leadership and step in to make it clear that such affront against democracy on a neighbour of its closest allies
The USA showed leadership when it contrived a situation where the president of Bolivia's plane was made to land in Austria, to search for someone who leaked to journalists that the US government was monitoring virtually all domestic phone calls, texts, Internet connections etc.
Leadership in an affront against democracy, as you put it.