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>"the US did it 50 years ago therefore we can do it today" The US / or other countries for that matter "did it XXX years ago" to advance their goals and get mo
by FpUser 4y ago
>"the US did it 50 years ago therefore we can do it today"
The US / or other countries for that matter "did it XXX years ago" to advance their goals and get more prosperous at the expense of the others. If you want to punish countries for doing similar things now it is totally ok, as long as you punish the same crimes committed earlier. The crime must be paid for. This of course will never happen so when you are trying to tell other countries that they should not be doing things that you've done yourself and got away with the only reasonable answer you can expect is fuck you very much.
- cycrutchfield 4y agoIf you punish every country retroactively for crimes committed ages ago, every country would cease to exist. There is no country without blood on its hands, historically. This is like saying that you should go to jail because your grandfather jaywalked 80 years ago, which was not a crime back then but is now.
- FpUser 4y agoStarting with the people who are still alive would be a good idea. I think you can find plenty of people responsible for modern wars/other crimes against humanity after WWII. The end of WWII also marks the "official" punishment as in Nuremberg trials. This is not "your grandfather jaywalked" case but pretty rational I think. But you know where it will end up when for example our "leader" the US had declared that it does not recognize ICC, and will take any measures starting with sanctions and including force if it ever gets prosecuted. The other countries take it as an example. Cant blame them for not buying into that do as I say bullshit.