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thizzbuzz
12y ago
> The right to occupy some specific geographic coordinates is not a human right. What? That's exactly what happened here. The Chagossians were forcibly removed, because a government(s) claimed "the right to occupy some specific
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thizzbuzz
12y ago
> That said, I don't really see the argument that it is somehow their land. I don't see a good argument that any land belongs to any person on earth. That said, subsisting off a single piece of land for 250 years is a much bett
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thizzbuzz
12y ago
The worry is that "bullying" can be redefined to mean almost anything. A scathing critique of a bad business or politician could be construed as bullying. We should also be careful about criminalizing bullies, since a large portio