I’m sure European countries dissatisfied with this will implement their own sanctions.

I don’t object to the idea, but man the judge’s justification for why this legally makes sense is downright farcical.

Counterpoint: Countries are fully capable of being cancers. Case in point: Israel.

Damn, discriminating against people with depression.

Unfortunately most of the Middle East is run by US puppets, so Hezbollah/Lebanon can expect very little external aid from countries not named Iran. Syria’s current government would also (quite justifiably) rather die than give Hezbollah any support. There’s just not enough juice in Lebanon for a Ukraine. A Vietnam is absolutely possible if they tey to occupy territory though.

I… uh… think the Dutch ruling class is quite used to being on the wrong side of history.

I mean why would they pay taxes if they’re not a money-making enterprise?

That makes a lot more sense.

Uh… Why do you think terms matter for Putin? Though either way he’s popular enough to win a somewhat fair election.

That is one hell of a gish gallop. For the record I’m willing to respond to any of these if anyone cares, but I’d rather know someone actually cares to know the truth before writing a wall of text, because clearly this person doesn’t.

I thought that too and asked as much in DMs but got no response, so either that admin doesn’t check their DMs (are DMs even the right place to appeal a ban?) or it’s intentional.

Absolutely, 100%. There’s a reason those 17 (???) sanctions packages didn’t hit all at once in February 2022.

I mean things can get damaged in transit or go bad or anything else, so not really. Maybe if everyone in the MCD did so (since 10 to 11 is a ~9% reduction in sales), but if it’s only this guy it’d easily go unnoticed.

That’s like saying “diarrhea and shit, the classic combo.” You can’t be nationalist without being at least a little xenophobic.

Atheist Zionists aren’t any less insufferable, though.

Yeah, and that’s not a nothingburger. Like I said I’m objecting to the focus on school education in Mandarin in thr article, not defending China’s broader treatment of Tibetans.

I’m not defending China’s treatment of Tibetans in general, but a uniform language of instruction is a nothingburger. Not a nothingburger I’m happy about to be clear, but still a nothingburger. Otherwise at least half the world would be engaging in cultural genocide

China’s conduct towards ethnic minorities is pretty bad at times, but this seems pretty lukewarm.

I mean the magnitude of the thing has changed, but Israel has always been an immoral place to source goods and services from.

I mean to be fair China is helping Iran with intelligence so these companies are providing an actual military service to Iran. Not to say Trump isn’t being stupid, but this isn’t just about saving face.