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Governments of the world have to care about human rights abuses before someone with teeth can prosecute. I sincerely doubt anyone in power (elected, appointed,
by delinka 11y ago
Governments of the world have to care about human rights abuses before someone with teeth can prosecute. I sincerely doubt anyone in power (elected, appointed, hired) in any government cares at all about random humans at distance. Especially if caring would affect their own quality of life.
- fratlas 11y agoI think you underestimate (some) people's humanity.
- x3n0ph3n3 11y agoNot that you are wrong, but likely you also overestimate people's humanity.
- frozenport 11y agoIts how you sell it, we could claim that it Cisco Systems is selling technology to a hostile government with the aim of subverting American hegemony. Which FYI, is exactly what it did.
- iofj 11y agoYou forget they probably put in a few NSA chips and "bugs" before shipping it. So ...
- voronoff 11y agoThat's an absurd proposition. Even if you have an incredibly cynical view of humanity, it's extremely unlikely to be unable to find someone in a government with power who holds any reasonable common position of the general populace.
- ivuycggc 11y agoThose people seem plenty OK to aide and assist an entity which tortures and commits war crimes, mass murder, genocide, so they have more common with a member of ISIS than they do with any sane human.
- PhasmaFelis 11y agoDelinka very specifically said any person in any position of governmental authority, including ones who were merely hired to do a job. Saying that, I dunno, the office manager at the local agriculture bureau is an insane terrorist and complicit in war crimes and genocide and is kinda stupid.
- delinka 11y agoI did not. I said "...with power." I doubt the office manager at the local agriculture bureau has any.