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Don't stop there. Diego Garcia and the surrounding Chagos islands were ethnically-cleansed by a joint American-British operation just 50 years ago [1], to make

Don't stop there. Diego Garcia and the surrounding Chagos islands were ethnically-cleansed by a joint American-British operation just 50 years ago [1], to make living-space for this military base. [1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stealing_a_Nation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stealing_a_Nation

lostlogin 4y ago
Do you mean ethnically cleansed? Ethical ethnic cleansing is hopefully not a thing.
- pphysch 4y ago
  Yes, fixed.
ethbr0 4y ago
Don't forget that people are supporting part of this whenever they buy an .io tld. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/.io#History https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/.io#History
- Y_Y 4y ago
  You mean github.io isn't for projects relating to the Indian Ocean‽
Y_Y 4y ago
To be fair the just scooped the Chagossians out, whereas ethnic cleansing usually refers to extermination. Those who ended up in the UK have been fighting a legal battle since and seem to be making slow progress. From the British point of view it was a slam dunk, since they didn't care about the "man Fridays" and they got trident missiles in return.
- pphysch 4y ago
  You may want to check your definitions. This is a clear example of ethnic cleansing and should not be minimized just because it isn't literal genocide. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ethnic_cleansing https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ethnic_cleansing
  - Y_Y 4y ago
    Oh shit you caught me
pseudolus 4y ago
The issue of the Chagos Islands was the subject of an International Court of Justice advisory opinion which concluded that 'the United Kingdom’s continued administration of the Chagos Archipelago “constitutes a wrongful act entailing the international responsibility of that State”, that the United Kingdom “has an obligation to bring to an end its administration of the Chagos Archipelago as rapidly as possible, and that all Member States must co-operate with the United Nations to complete the decolonization of Mauritius' [0]. [0] https://www.icj-cij.org/en/case/169 https://www.icj-cij.org/en/case/169

lostlogin 4y ago

Do you mean ethnically cleansed? Ethical ethnic cleansing is hopefully not a thing.

pphysch 4y ago
Yes, fixed.

ethbr0 4y ago

Don't forget that people are supporting part of this whenever they buy an .io tld. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/.io#History https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/.io#History

Y_Y 4y ago
You mean github.io isn't for projects relating to the Indian Ocean‽

Y_Y 4y ago

To be fair the just scooped the Chagossians out, whereas ethnic cleansing usually refers to extermination. Those who ended up in the UK have been fighting a legal battle since and seem to be making slow progress. From the British point of view it was a slam dunk, since they didn't care about the "man Fridays" and they got trident missiles in return.

pphysch 4y ago
You may want to check your definitions. This is a clear example of ethnic cleansing and should not be minimized just because it isn't literal genocide. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ethnic_cleansing https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ethnic_cleansing
- Y_Y 4y ago
  Oh shit you caught me

pseudolus 4y ago

The issue of the Chagos Islands was the subject of an International Court of Justice advisory opinion which concluded that 'the United Kingdom’s continued administration of the Chagos Archipelago “constitutes a wrongful act entailing the international responsibility of that State”, that the United Kingdom “has an obligation to bring to an end its administration of the Chagos Archipelago as rapidly as possible, and that all Member States must co-operate with the United Nations to complete the decolonization of Mauritius' [0]. [0] https://www.icj-cij.org/en/case/169 https://www.icj-cij.org/en/case/169