This is the same argument that Osama bin Laden used to justify attacks on Americans … by arguing that U.S. civilians were complicit in their government's actions.
Does your government represent you? I suspect most people would say no.
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Meh. Facts are different.
If the US was doing what Russia was doing, US taxpayers would be guilty too. Fortunately for US citizens they aren't.
And yes, your government certainly does represent you to a point. Even in a dictatorship you still have a vote in many ways.
Ok that explains a lot. Since you identify with your government, it's hard to see it in a bad light. I mean you wouldn't consider yourself a criminal.
Like I said, I left Canada for something a lot less evil than what Russia is doing. I'm willing to take action to avoid being on the side of evil. Everyone has a responsibility to do so.
Oh, let’s see:
Who is the only country to kill hundreds of thousands of unarmed civilians (including women and children) with nuclear weapons?
Who made up the claim of “weapons of mass destruction” … and how hundreds of thousands of civilians died?
There’s a long list, if you care to look. I’m not sure how you can claim they haven’t done the same thing.
Japan was fighting total war. Just like Russia, nuking their cities was a perfectly valid way to destroy their economy. And as it happens, it convinced them to surrender.
You know, the firebombings actually killed more people... Funny you don't mention that...
As for Iraq, it was Iraqi extremists who killed the most Iraqis, by far: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casualties_of_the_Iraq_War
I guess you’re right. The USA killed just as many unarmed civilians with firebombings and they did with nuclear weapons.
And you’re saying that, after the US destabilized the country, that other people killed civilians too?
It’s interesting how people always seem to find ways to justify the killing of those other people. They always seem to deserve it somehow.