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Is Denmark at war? I wasn’t aware.
by dijit 1y ago
Is Denmark at war? I wasn’t aware.
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- kawsper 1y agoInterestingly lots of Danes have been asking the same question. The opposition tried (without luck) to get an answer in 2008-2014, latest after the Snowden revelations. Certain rules in our constitution kicks in if we’re at war.
- FirmwareBurner 1y ago>Interestingly lots of Danes have been asking the same question. Such a bad faith argument in poor taste. What's there to keep asking? The answer is pretty simple: do you have invading soldiers, drones, bullets and artillery shells coming to kill you right now, YES or NO? YES - you're in a war, NO - you're not. You can argue that maybe you're in a smoldering "cold war", but that's an entirely different kettle of fish compared to an outright kinetic war where you fight for your survival on a daily basis. It's not that they're not in the same ballpark, they're not even in the same galaxy.
- readthenotes1 1y agoIt doesn't stop them from having a conscription