• @[email protected]
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      71 year ago

      I mean that’s basically what the war is about: who all is the government where (i.e. who can arbitrarily kill people legally).

  • Montagge
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    151 year ago

    It’s only legal to kill people when rich people can profit from it

  • SolidGrue
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    111 year ago

    Calls to mind the end of Month Python and the Holy Grail wherein the massed armies of King Arthur are rounded up and arrested by some constables for disturbing the peace upon the moors.

  • Ertebolle
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    71 year ago

    Although one wonders if “War and Peace” would have been as highly acclaimed as it was if it was published under its original name “War: What Is It Good For?”

    • @[email protected]
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      not literally every case, but yes there are international laws (e.g Geneva Conventions, Hague Conventions, Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons) in place detailing who is allowed to kill who and in what way.

    • @[email protected]
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      41 year ago

      By disabling the rule of law in an area. The legal government and law enforcement is overpowered and you get a zone of martial law by the strongest force present, which may or may not be bound by a mandate of their origin country, and hence could be held responsible and controlled for acts outside of their mandate.

    • @AbsolutemehpersonOP
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      21 year ago

      Isn’t the point of official “declaration of war” thing is to kill people legally?

      • massive_bereavement
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        31 year ago

        what if it’s not really a war, not that formal just a casual occasion like it’s just a holiday that somehow became a special military operation

  • ripcord
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    41 year ago

    I mean, war is partly when any/most rule of law has broken down or isn’t present.

  • Dr. Coomer
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    Not when it’s over oil, apparently.