Cut Russia from GitHub due to invasion of Ukraine

Post by gggggh » Sat, Feb 26, 2022, 12:41 PM UTC

Aeolun wrote: post #43

gggggh wrote: post #34

Sounds good. While they're at it, also: - cut off Israel from GitHub for the occupation of Palestine - cut off Saudi Arabia from GitHub for the invasion of Yemen - cut off the US from GitHub for the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq - etc. No double standards for the same imperialisms, please.

Not the same imperialism. The US was clearly never planning to stay in Iraq and Afghanistan. They grossly miscalculated. For Russia this is a war of expansion. I think under those conditions Israel could be cut off though.

Post by gggggh » Sat, Feb 26, 2022, 12:48 PM UTC

nickpp wrote: post #53

Aeolun wrote: post #35

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I imagine if the whole world was using a Russian VCS site, and silicon valley was a region of moscow these same discussions would take place in reverse. Cutting off the US for their invasion of Iraq would have seemed pretty reasonable. But maybe not so much, since that country was provably ruled by a dictator, so people wouldn’t feel the same about the attack as about one made on a liberal democracy.

"Imagine if the good guys were bad and the bad guys good." But they aren't. And you know why? Because you can't have creativity and innovations without freedom. You can't have money and success without a population where the best and most successful are allowed to create and keep a large part of the value they build. This is why dictatorships never build Silicon Valleys while their best and brightest quietly emigrate…

Post by astonex » Sat, Feb 26, 2022, 1:03 PM UTC

EugeneOZ wrote: post #58

astonex wrote: post #55

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For even less, for just being Ukranian.

Any proofs? Please send me a link to an article where some Ukrainians were killed by their own government forces (that’s an important point) for being Ukrainian. Or for some protest actions. From my side, I can easily send you hundreds of links to prove that you can be jailed just for clicking the “like” button in Russia.

Post by gggggh » Sat, Feb 26, 2022, 1:05 PM UTC

nickpp wrote: post #64

gggggh wrote: post #63

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Yeah, I know it's trendy and useful to muddy the waters convince people we're all the same but we aren't really: some of us invade and kill their neighbors when they show signs of becoming "too independent".

Post by jdthedisciple » Sat, Feb 26, 2022, 1:21 PM UTC

ginko wrote: post #62

jdthedisciple wrote: post #59

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BDS is literally a movement by Palestinians directed at their war-enemy next door. That would be like Ukrainians boycotting Russians now. You get the point ...

I don't get your point, actually. Of course the US or Israel won't boycott themselves.