= Сообщение: 11826 из 12490 ===================================== ENET.SYSOP = От : Andrew Kolchoogin 2:5020/290 29 Jul 22 22:59:44 Кому : Ward Dossche 29 Jul 22 22:59:44 Тема : The cruiser "Moskva" FGHI : area://ENET.SYSOP?msgid=2:5020/290@Fidonet+62e43c32 На : area://ENET.SYSOP?msgid=2:292/854+0e3f2927 = Кодировка сообщения определена как: CP866 ================================== ============================================================================== Hello Ward!
28 Jul 22 09:58, you wrote to me:
WD> Specific countries who have breached repeatedly what it is considered WD> "international law" are the USA, the Russian Federation, the UK, WD> France and China. So when they do they always throw the middle finger WD> and then "what"? Such an argumentation is roughly equivalent to "let's be an anarchy because law, police and courts didn't stop murders and won't stop'em in any forseeble future".
WD> Wait a minute ... these 5 countries also are the permanent members of WD> the UN Security Council ... Nicolas Kim Coppola AKA Nicolas Cage is great, and "Lord of War" is one of my favorite movies. :)
WD> International law you say? Yes. International law.
WD> There are international conventions on gas weapons, cluster WD> ammunition, land mines, ... I'm pretty certain each of these 5 WD> countries have stockpiled them and you don't do that without the WD> intent of ever using them. You're on a conspiracy theory side, beware. ;)
WD> The US has invaded more territory than any other nation except the WD> Romans (and they did it on foot), the Russian Federation has also WD> invaded countries, China's human rights situation is appaling, France WD> has sponsored state terrorism ... International law you say? Yes. International law.
If we *now* has no beautiful way to enforce it doesn't mean that we:
1) should stop doing this; 2) should reject it existence.
WD> In times of war, there is no international law. It's kill or be killed WD> and it doesn't matter if it's by a HiMars, a 16th century Venetian WD> canon, a gas bomb, a potatoe cutting knife ... A la guerre comme a la guerre. :)
Andrew
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