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Author Topic: Emotional Responses to War in Ukraine - Trollbait 2.0  (Read 4232 times)

brewer bob

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Re: Emotional Responses to War in Ukraine - Trollbait 2.0
« Reply #150 on: March 18, 2023, 09:26:15 am »

We are the Fascist Italy

Let's then hope Putin meets the same kind of end as Mussolini.
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Re: Emotional Responses to War in Ukraine - Trollbait 2.0
« Reply #151 on: March 18, 2023, 01:11:52 pm »

I mean… the US doesn’t acknowledge the authority of the ICC either, so I don’t think it’s as big a deal as MaxSpin makes out.
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Re: Emotional Responses to War in Ukraine - Trollbait 2.0
« Reply #152 on: March 18, 2023, 04:24:53 pm »

The ICC is the best foundation to prevent "might is right" and "ethnic-genocide" groups from committing atrocities in their own countries and in other countries (through overt war or through subversive actions). It focuses on activity that should be condemned in all societies.

There are reasons the USA won't join the ICC, besides the Afghanistan stuff. It gets down to there being too many US politicians whose donors have economic interests in other countries where actions are taken that would be illegal if those actions were taken in the USA.
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Re: Emotional Responses to War in Ukraine - Trollbait 2.0
« Reply #153 on: March 18, 2023, 04:40:49 pm »

There's also an argument that the ICC breaks the USA Constitution.  So joining could potentially require an amendment or could be shotdown by a Supreme Court in the future. And good look making that happen nowadays...

If there was enough of a will it could be done, but well...see above for why there isn't that.
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« Reply #154 on: March 19, 2023, 01:28:36 am »

That ICC thing sounds like it exists to make people feel better while it doesn't actually do anything for the most part.
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Re: Emotional Responses to War in Ukraine - Trollbait 2.0
« Reply #155 on: March 19, 2023, 01:44:45 am »

It has a lot bigger impact than it looks, because a number of lower-level people are also getting hit with it. Putin himself is effectively immune, but there's lots of functionaries that are *not*.
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Re: Emotional Responses to War in Ukraine - Trollbait 2.0
« Reply #156 on: March 19, 2023, 01:58:45 am »

It also says "Hey, rich and influential Russian guys, wanna visit 2\3 of the world without being arrested? Yes? You better do something with this guy before you get similar charges."
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