They already tried other means (intl. arbitration) and China effectively told the Philippines and the tribunal to get bent.

If China didn’t want military escalation, they should’ve participated in the arbitration proceedings in 2013 and followed whatever ruling was handed down.

I imagine that does undercut the excitement on some level.

Like, it’s an amazing achievement nonetheless, but like… the wind’s already gone. Sail’s empty.

I mean, the ICJ can’t exactly enforce a ceasefire - it’s a “you and what army” situation.

I mean, yes… but a handgun does the job just as well.

…is there a Lemmy version of r/TIHI?

NATO?

You mean… the organization the United States is part of?

Crypto- as a prefix (like in this case) generally means “secret”. Ergo, cryptofascist = “secret fascist”.

I do get where the confusion comes from, though.

“If you’ve got nothing to hide, you’ve got nothing to fear.”

…that implies that as soon as you remember, you’d keel over right then and there

I believe it should be. A lot can be gleaned about a society’s morals & ethics from how it treats its criminals (and arguably crime in general).

I find the best retort to be: “Common sense ain’t all that common.”

IMHO, Doctors have a duty of care to whomever is their patient. I don’t care whether that person is the second coming of Christ or the reincarnation of Adolf Hitler, they are entitled to effective care.

That’s not to say that they can’t be tried for their crimes, but the administration of justice is a different job from the administration of medicine.

I don’t know what’s more abhorrent: the fact that someone wrote that, or that Facebook refuses to take it down.