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I didn’t know this and thanks for sharing. Glad I run ad blockers (no ad revenue for them). Not sure why there are so many salty comments. Russian invasion of

by xyst 1y ago

I didn’t know this and thanks for sharing. Glad I run ad blockers (no ad revenue for them). Not sure why there are so many salty comments. Russian invasion of Ukraine represents a regression to colonialism.

pydry 1y ago
Coz colonialism never went away - Iraq, Afghanistan, the CIA overthrow of multiple elected governments, the French yoke over Africa, the Hague invasion act, etc. As OP points out you can boycott Hacker News too if you want to take a principled stance on any group tangenially linked to colonialism.
- MOARDONGZPLZ 1y ago
  To be fair, one can take a principled stance based on the nexus to the bad thing and the practical effects. It’s pretty undeniable that Russian invasion of Ukraine and the context around it makes it the worst active example of colonialism.
  - pydry 1y ago
    Not even close. The Israeli genocide is the worst active example of modern colonial behavior. It mirrors very closely the Nazi genocide both in intent (i.e. ethnic cleansing of the untermensch) and actions (trying to dump the untermensch in africa first and then graduating to genocide).
close04 1y ago
> Not sure why there are so many salty comments. Russian invasion of Ukraine represents a regression to colonialism. Reads to me like the people have no problem with the idea of boycotting countries or products one doesn't align with as much as OP's apparent hypocrisy and selective application of his reasons. But I say "apparent" because he doesn't flat out condemn invasions. He says he had no problem with the smaller scale invasion going back to 2014, or the many other invasions around the world, they were fine. Only the "full-fledged invasion of Ukraine" in 2022 crossed the boycott threshold for him. This could leave a bad taste at best for some fellow HNers.
- lostmsu 1y ago
  You misunderstood the OP. He boycotted Habr once it started enforcing censorship. Before it did it there was no reason.
  - close04 1y ago
    Maybe I did, maybe he made absolutely no mention of "enforcing censorship". Without reading his comment we'll never know. Let's do it together. > This is the biggest Russian IT resource that contributes to the Russian economy and thus to the war effort. > I unpublished everything there and asked to delete my account in Feb, 2022, just after the full-fledged invasion of Ukraine started Habr contributes money to Russia and their war effort. OP (@sam_lowry_) was fine with this and implicitly Russia's lower scale invasion until 2022 when the full-fledged invasion of Ukraine started.

by xyst 1y ago

pydry 1y ago

Coz colonialism never went away - Iraq, Afghanistan, the CIA overthrow of multiple elected governments, the French yoke over Africa, the Hague invasion act, etc. As OP points out you can boycott Hacker News too if you want to take a principled stance on any group tangenially linked to colonialism.

MOARDONGZPLZ 1y ago
To be fair, one can take a principled stance based on the nexus to the bad thing and the practical effects. It’s pretty undeniable that Russian invasion of Ukraine and the context around it makes it the worst active example of colonialism.
- pydry 1y ago
  Not even close. The Israeli genocide is the worst active example of modern colonial behavior. It mirrors very closely the Nazi genocide both in intent (i.e. ethnic cleansing of the untermensch) and actions (trying to dump the untermensch in africa first and then graduating to genocide).

close04 1y ago

> Not sure why there are so many salty comments. Russian invasion of Ukraine represents a regression to colonialism. Reads to me like the people have no problem with the idea of boycotting countries or products one doesn't align with as much as OP's apparent hypocrisy and selective application of his reasons. But I say "apparent" because he doesn't flat out condemn invasions. He says he had no problem with the smaller scale invasion going back to 2014, or the many other invasions around the world, they were fine. Only the "full-fledged invasion of Ukraine" in 2022 crossed the boycott threshold for him. This could leave a bad taste at best for some fellow HNers.

lostmsu 1y ago
You misunderstood the OP. He boycotted Habr once it started enforcing censorship. Before it did it there was no reason.
- close04 1y ago
  Maybe I did, maybe he made absolutely no mention of "enforcing censorship". Without reading his comment we'll never know. Let's do it together. > This is the biggest Russian IT resource that contributes to the Russian economy and thus to the war effort. > I unpublished everything there and asked to delete my account in Feb, 2022, just after the full-fledged invasion of Ukraine started Habr contributes money to Russia and their war effort. OP (@sam_lowry_) was fine with this and implicitly Russia's lower scale invasion until 2022 when the full-fledged invasion of Ukraine started.