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Yizahitoday at 4:31 PM5 repliesview on HN

The dissonance between this comment and the one above is striking really :) . One user asks for non-China countries to intervene in China or the occupied territories, and another user is outraged that the same has actually happened in Venezuela, despite that the only person to suffer had been one of the top-10 worst alive humans in the world (per millions humans harmed directly).

Pray tell me, how exactly do you see international law intervening in Chinese crimes, so that it won't look like ops in Venezuela (at minimum)? Issuing a strongly worded letter and Xi would comply?


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coldteatoday at 5:11 PM

>the only person to suffer had been one of the top-10 worst alive humans in the world

That's just what they told you to justify taking their oil

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jyscaotoday at 8:42 PM

One thing that never ceases to amuse is how people like yourself always inject moralistic prescriptions into what were meant to be purely descriptive commentaries.

My comment on U.S. actions against Venezuela was not a condemnation, but rather just a factual example. Russia's military actions against Ukraine is no different. Nor China's actions towards Hong Kong, Xinjiang and Tibet.

SpicyLemonZesttoday at 4:39 PM

You're misunderstanding the analogy. The US's operation in Venezuela was itself a violation of international law, which the international community widely condemned and many countries wish they could have stopped. But there's no button they can push to make the US return Maduro, just as there's no button anyone can push to make China free Jimmy Lai. The only options are a variety of escalatory steps which implicate the relationship between one's own country and China as a whole.

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onlypassingthrutoday at 5:12 PM

Pro tip: Try to get the facts straight before commenting.

"There was a lot of death on the other side, unfortunately. But a lot of Cubans were killed yesterday trying to protect him," Trump said.[0]

[0]https://www.cbsnews.com/news/u-s-officials-reveal-new-detail...

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FpUsertoday at 5:06 PM

>"despite that the only person to suffer "

Actually they killed whole bunch of people. And according to POTUS they're currently running the country so cut the bullshit please.

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