• DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social
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    4 days ago

    That or you’re ignoring that they absolutely are establishing a death sentence for it. Will they apply it to everyone?

    No, probably not. But who could stop them if they did decide that all Taiwanese advocates are extreme cases? Keeping in mind that their definition of extreme seems to be “leader.”

    Personally I find your casual acceptance of the right of the state to execute anyone short of a brownshirt contemptible enough by itself, but go on about how they’re only going to put the non-leadership people in prison for 3 years.

    • halyk.the.red@lemmy.ml
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      4 days ago

      My comments aren’t advocating, ignoring, or accepting the death penalty. I can’t speculate to China’s intent behind the law, or assume it’s application.

      I was addressing the sensationalist nature of the article, about how it latched onto the passage about death for the purpose of generating clicks.

      To discuss the why or the how behind the law is another matter entirely and goes well beyond the scope of my comment. I’m sure there are plenty of discussions out there that cover those topics, however.