• D_C@sh.itjust.works
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    2 days ago

    It doesn’t matter. They’ve gone from “We might bully you” to “We have the right to take anything we want from any other country”
    And as with any bully you should stand up to them and never back down. It matters fuck all about contracts and treaties and agreements.

    If my next door neighbour said in passing he was going to attack my house, then stated he had the right to attack me in my house you better believe that as soon as I see that neighbour coming anywhere near me then I’m attacking first.
    If you want to cower behind ‘agreements’ then you can. See how that works out for you.

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      2 days ago

      If my next door neighbour said in passing he was going to attack my house, then stated he had the right to attack me in my house you better believe that as soon as I see that neighbour coming anywhere near me then I’m attacking first.

      More appropriate analogy would be that you gave your neighbor a key to your home and now you’re saying that when he breaks into your home you will beat him up him but he can keep the key and can enter whenever he wants.

      “Breaks in” is the important part. Since he has a key your statement is an empty threat but let’s you feel in control.

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        Again, it doesn’t matter.
        I could carve a decree in stone that is witnessed by Satan himself that that any neighbour could break in to my house if they want to. It would still be shitty behaviour on their part if they did it, and they should not be shocked if I fight back.
        Jesus fucking Christ.