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Re: Cut Russia from GitHub due to invasion of Ukraine

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Post by sumedh »

astonex wrote: post #10
jdthedisciple wrote: post #9

Interesting how fast people lose all compassion and sympathy, and really humanity, towards a whole population which itself might be against what it's leaders are doing ... Also: I have yet to see such suggestions directed at the US or Israeli population for the many, well-known war crimes their leaders have committed and still are.

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> Then those people need to overthrow their leaders

Its easy to say that when you don't have a gun to your head.

Re: Cut Russia from GitHub due to invasion of Ukraine

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Post by watwut »

jdthedisciple wrote: post #9

Interesting how fast people lose all compassion and sympathy, and really humanity, towards a whole population which itself might be against what it's leaders are doing ... Also: I have yet to see such suggestions directed at the US or Israeli population for the many, well-known war crimes their leaders have committed and still are.

In the scale of damage, this is harming random Russians less then economic response or military response. This is same level of boycott as soccer, skiing or eurovision boycotts of Russia.

Unfortunately, there is no way how to harm Putin and his friends only. Wars are like that.

Re: Cut Russia from GitHub due to invasion of Ukraine

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Post by willcipriano »

astonex wrote: post #10
jdthedisciple wrote: post #9

Interesting how fast people lose all compassion and sympathy, and really humanity, towards a whole population which itself might be against what it's leaders are doing ... Also: I have yet to see such suggestions directed at the US or Israeli population for the many, well-known war crimes their leaders have committed and still are.

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That still doesn't explain why we are free from santions in the US. Why aren't we expected to overthrow our warmongering leaders? WMD turned out to be just as credible as Putin's Nazis.

Re: Cut Russia from GitHub due to invasion of Ukraine

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Post by throwawaylinux »

nickpp wrote: post #11
jdthedisciple wrote: post #9

Interesting how fast people lose all compassion and sympathy, and really humanity, towards a whole population which itself might be against what it's leaders are doing ... Also: I have yet to see such suggestions directed at the US or Israeli population for the many, well-known war crimes their leaders have committed and still are.

No one wants any harm to the Russian people, but they too must do something to stop their madman. I know it is much more dangerous for them than for us keyboard pundits, but it is their responsibility. Think how much more dangerous it is for Ukrainians.

How about China?

Re: Cut Russia from GitHub due to invasion of Ukraine

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Post by sumedh »

neverminder wrote: post #3

Why not cut off Russia from the internet and any form of tech really? That would send them into a free fall, wouldn't it? Some people immediately bring up China, but those who know history, know very well that China is Russia's frenemy at best. I'm just speculating here, but what if say Microsoft sent a Russia-wide update that wipes all data and kills Windows?

Other countries would immediately start adopting Linux if MS decides to wipe data because they don't like that govt.

Re: Cut Russia from GitHub due to invasion of Ukraine

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Post by asats »

Anonymous4272 wrote: post #15

But does this not impact ALL russians including those protesting against putin? Also, does this not go against the entire FOSS philosophy- free as in libre and free as in gratis?

Worse than that, it would target mostly the people that are already against him, possibly forcing a lot of them to immigrate and leaving even fewer active opposition inside the country.

Re: Cut Russia from GitHub due to invasion of Ukraine

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Post by grrrrlpower »

astonex wrote: post #10
jdthedisciple wrote: post #9

Interesting how fast people lose all compassion and sympathy, and really humanity, towards a whole population which itself might be against what it's leaders are doing ... Also: I have yet to see such suggestions directed at the US or Israeli population for the many, well-known war crimes their leaders have committed and still are.

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Re: Cut Russia from GitHub due to invasion of Ukraine

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Post by astonex »

willcipriano wrote: post #24
astonex wrote: post #10

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That still doesn't explain why we are free from santions in the US. Why aren't we expected to overthrow our warmongering leaders? WMD turned out to be just as credible as Putin's Nazis.

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Re: Cut Russia from GitHub due to invasion of Ukraine

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Post by yaris »

As it has already been noted in the issue’s comments - this move won’t affect Putin’s supporters (yes, they exist in Russia and they aren’t just a few freaks), it won’t even affect the majority of those living in Russia. The most affected group will be young-middle aged educated people who are interacting with the rest of the world (ad opposed to the rest who can be fed any BS by state TV) and who are mostly in opposition to Putin’s actions. So it does more harm than good. Roskomnadzor has started ”restricting”/throttling traffic to FB and probably other big international websites/social networks, so the options to get more independent info about the reality are getting scarce in Russia.
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