Organic Maps migrates to Forgejo due to GitHub account blocked by Microsoft. - eviltoast
  • prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works
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    Russia is being sanctioned because of its aggressive war against Ukraine.

    Microsoft aren’t the bad guys for enforcing international sanctions.

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      So what about the organic map users. They should ban the contributor if they need to ban it soo bad.

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        that’s practically impossible. TOR is alive and well, as if any rando in any country sanctioned by the u.s. cares.

        of course they could Great China Firewall the shit out of everything and still fail.

        but we’re on the downward spiral, so be gleeful!

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      So a person that happens to be iving in a sanctioned country, makes them banned? Bullshit

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        Yes. That’s how sanctions work.

        Part of the intention is to pressure citizens of the country for violating international law so they exert pressure on their governments to stop.

        Another part is to remove the use of tooling to support the sanctioned nation.

        Russia could stop the war and problem is solved. This isn’t Microsoft being the bad guy, this is Microsoft following international law.

        • planish@sh.itjust.works
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          Does that work?

          Is it right to tell random people “hey you, it’s your job to break local laws and topple your dictator, we could invade you with actual trained military people but that would be inconvenient for us”?

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            “Is it right?” Are you kidding? Yes, it’s obviously a better alternative than invading another country and killing people. It’s one of the ways we have learned, as a species, to avoid massive wars and losses of life. If you’re advocating for war as an alternative then you should fuck off and die so you don’t get other people killed in the process.

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            Is a strictly enforced economic sanction better than an all out regime change invasion/occupation of another sovereign country that costs the lives of millions… we’ll have to get back to you on that one.

          • lumony@lemmings.world
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            No, it’s not right.

            People on these forums have been conditioned to see the world through their fairytale-lens and nothing else, though.

            A part of oppression is removing people’s ability to fight back. Anyone who holds the average Russian responsible for the war is just playing into the hands of the cabal. It’s like they never heard of Navalny, or any other Russian dissenters.

            These people need our help. We shouldn’t victim-blame them and say they need to topple a dictator all on their own.

            Same goes for North Korea.

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              interviews of the locals have shown that the lowest rung of society in russia supports and promotes the war. they are literally saying every reason why ukraine should be invaded. these not people who are afraid of prison for speaking against war. DYOR.

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        I assume most Russian GitHub users use a VPN to avoid it. He has chosen not to in order to make a point.

        The real worry is what happens when the US declares sanctions on random allies in their stupid “trade war”…

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          Once the US starts saying that nobody who trades with the US can deal with Canada, Denmark, Mexico, etc… then it starts to get interesting.

      • Lit@lemmy.world
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        yes, that is the purpose of sanction. to target the lowest rung of society for supporting and promoting the invasion of Ukraine.

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        Probably better this economic violence than I dunno, the physical violence Russia has exerted on the Ukrainian populace?

            • lumony@lemmings.world
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              Economic violence = sanctions on Russia

              “physical violence Russia has exerted on the Ukrainian populace” = war in Ukraine

              Both are happening right now at the same time.

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                The U.S. is doing one of those things, not both, to Russia. The other Russia is doing to itself.

                • lumony@lemmings.world
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                  Whew lad. Interacting with people like you really puts into perspective how inept the average internet user is.