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Banksy ship saving migrants at sea detained in Italy for 'breaking rules'

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Well it seems like large institutions like Foreign Policy understand what it means. https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/11/24/italy-meloni-government... “Yes, neofascists were ‘criminalized’ because they were bombing trains,” said David Broder. The new government, he added, “seems to be under the strange impression that neofascism was ‘criminalized’ by others rather than ‘criminal’ when its members planned terrorist attac…

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No, re-read the quote.

Re: Banksy ship saving migrants at sea detained in Italy for 'breaking rules'

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Will Banksy pay for them to be housed, employ them etc. too?

Sorry, that's somebody's else problem. NGOs have high moral ground, this means that they are automatically right. Can't expect them to solve practical things.

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Italy's government is far right, it's the most rightward government since WW2

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it means that their policies, ideology, beliefs, etc. fall into a predictable part the established political spectrum. this isn't some sort of "gotcha" or even attempt at political disagreement, it's established fact

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Not really, italian law rules in italy, that's out of question.

Not at all. Laws has to be compatible with universal laws, international treaties/laws such as UN Geneva Convention and for Italy also the EU laws. Along many other conditions such as arbitrariness.

> Not at all. Laws has to be compatible with universal laws, international treaties/laws such as UN Geneva Convention and for Italy also the EU laws. Along many other conditions such as arbitrariness.

No they don't. What authority enforces that?

If not other country or international body has the willingness and capability to go to war with Italy in order to enforce its opinions, and if no country is willing to shun Italy over this or Italy is fine with the shunning, then Italy can have whatever laws it likes.

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Legally speaking, they can't. It doesn't matter where the ship will be docking. Anything otherwise is a crime against humanity. International laws and EU laws are bigger than any Italian authority and Italian laws that has been ever established.

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they don't necessarily get to see the travel accommodations before paying

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Legally speaking, they can't. It doesn't matter where the ship will be docking. Anything otherwise is a crime against humanity. International laws and EU laws are bigger than any Italian authority and Italian laws that has been ever established.

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Yeah, those criminal migrants. How dare they risk their lives in small boats. It's almost like they had a really good reason to do it.

Where is your humanity, your compassion?

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