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This isn’t a court of law and nobody is applying a new law to old crimes.

What we can do is recognise and condemn the inhumanity of what was done then with the moral clarity of today. Better yet, we can use the lessons of the past to recognise and condemn similar injustices happening today.

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deHaga@feddit.uk ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
It’s literally in the quote. Now banned, meaning it wasn’t banned at the time.

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- nohaybanda@hexbear.net ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Do you have difficulty reading? This is a historical recalling of a past event, not the opening statement of a legal case. The only judgement that is passed is a moral one, and those do not have an expirations date. We can and should condemn past wrongs on the basis of historical learning and more advanced ethics. This is the whole basis of progress.
  
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  - deHaga@feddit.uk ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Do I have difficulty? How ironic
    
    The interrogations done by his men in Oman were more extensive than previously reported and would be considered illegal by today’s standards.
    
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    huf@hexbear.net ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    why are you stuck on the current illegality of this? you seem to think it’s not right to condemn their actions because they were legal at the time. extremely weird take.
    
    but tell me, was it legal back then to do a coup and install a dictator and annex a bit of land?
    
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