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The idea is to send a message, that Russia's behavior is unacceptable. Obviously the block isn't causing any actual harm, since people can use VPN if they need
by kens 5y ago
The idea is to send a message, that Russia's behavior is unacceptable. Obviously the block isn't causing any actual harm, since people can use VPN if they need access to information about 50 year old shift registers.
- mepian 5y agoWho is supposed to receive this message? The Russian IT workers, many of whom already find Russia's behavior unacceptable?
- girvo 5y agoThough a sadly non-zero proportion of Russian IT workers (who live in my country, Australia) do not. Which made working with one of them, when my partner is Ukrainian and whose family is currently in mortal danger in Rubizhne, really awkward. Thankfully that contract ended not long ago, and I turned down the renewal.
- ovi256 5y agoIf that coworker was a factor, I hope you told them so. More information would help everyone make better decisions, including that coworker, when it filters to them. I approve of the idea to brain drain Russia of all educated workers by offering them residency and easy immigration into Western countries. That, IMO, should include all such workers, regardless of their support for the Putin regime. The goal is to eliminate Russia's ability to assault another country again by denying it use of contemporary technology. They've proven themselves irresponsible again and again. I also completely support your choice to not have to share a work day with that person. I know it sounds paradoxical.
- girvo 5y agoWe had many a tense discussion/argument prior to the war, last year. He believed Russia was right to take Crimea. I, for obviously reasons, disagree. As it became clearer that Russia was preparing to invade, he brought it up a few times. I honestly didn’t want to talk about it with him. Too stressful, I’d rather focus on my work than on his family members killing my extended family.
- sudosysgen 5y agoIf your country re-elected George Bush in a free and fair election after he invaded a country illegally on false pretenses, what makes you expect the Russian people to risk their lives to get rid of Putin?
- renewedrebecca 5y ago1) George W Bush lost the popular vote in his first election. A conservative Supreme Court shut down a reasonable legal challenge in a Florida state court. 2) It is a ton easier for an incumbent president to get reelected in this country.
- Schroedingersat 5y ago> re-elected George Bush in a free and fair election That's a bit of a stretch.
- grapeskin 5y agoAnd if VPNs become inaccessible or someone can't afford one? I don't get the point of just punishing the citizens. All you're saying is "don't consume our info. Stick to your own." It's goofy. And really, it does a great job of helping Putin's "The world hates Russians and wants to punish us!" message. Because, frankly, this just punishes Russians and does absolutely nothing to the people in charge lol Are people in Myanmar, Saudi Arabia, etc blocked as well?
- throwawaylinux 5y agoUnlike other replies I don't see why you shouldn't block Russian IPs if that's a message you want to send. Which other regimes are you currently sending similar messages to, out of curiosity?
- manholio 5y agoI would much rather setup an unskippable video of some horrible war brutality. Ok, harder to do, but your current setup is probably making things worse, not better, you confirm to every neutral Russian the propaganda line that the world is against them for simply being Russians.
- justsomehnguy 5y ago> you confirm to every neutral Russian that the world is against them for simply being Russians Occam'ed your passage.
- delusional 5y agoIs Occam weird slang for strawman?
- justsomehnguy 5y agoAh, the irony of looking for a strawman in the thread where the person outright blocks people by their nationality. But of course it's just a propaganda, sure.
- manholio 5y agoThe propaganda is that the world has something against Russia and wants to destroy it. The anti-Russian bias these days is very real, but is caused by the fact that Russian people overwhelmingly support a brutal war of aggression. It's exactly what happened to the Americans in the arab world in the wake of the Iraq invasion. In the case of Putin's masacre, it's the whole western world that roots with Ukraine.
- justsomehnguy 5y ago> but is caused by the fact that Russian people overwhelmingly support a brutal war of aggression So the best thing to do is to alienate those who don't, "the beatings will continue until morale improves". It was just a propaganda before, but now almost every Russian can see and feel what it is not just a propaganda.