The Maldives government will ban Israelis from the Indian Ocean archipelago, known for luxury resorts, as public anger in the predominantly Muslim nation rises over the war in Gaza.
  • cygnus@lemmy.caEnglish
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    5 months ago

    Banning someone from your resort island is the same sort of punishment of civilians as killing them?

    It actually is the same sort of punishment, yeah - the difference is one of degree. Kicking you in the shin once and punching you in the face fifty times are both “assault”. It’s concerning that most here don’t understand that.

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldMEnglish
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      5 months ago

      You still haven’t addressed that ‘blanket ban’ thing you said. After lamenting the poor quality of discourse.

      • cygnus@lemmy.caEnglish
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        5 months ago

        I like how you completely dodged what I just said. What is there to address about the blanket ban? A country is banning all travel from another country. It doesn’t get more “blanket” than that.

        • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldMEnglish
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          5 months ago

          Ah, and now the dishonesty. That is not what people mean when they say a blanket ban on travel and I’m sure you’re not stupid, so you know that.

          There’s a reason that the AP article linked above doesn’t use that term in this case.

          What is there to address about the blanket ban?

          I don’t know, how about something like, “okay, I didn’t mean ‘blanket ban,’ that was wrong of me.”

          But, of course, this is the internet and admitting your wrong is the worst thing ever, so I won’t be holding my breath.