Lee Duna to World [email protected]English • 8 months agoUkrainian PoWs being sent to fight their own army, Russian news claimswww.theguardian.commessage-square21arrow-up1136arrow-down14cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squareInfiltrated_ad8271linkfedilink-44•8 months agoNot that this is really new, ukraine forces ukrainian men to fight and russia forces russian men; their will was never relevant, just different excuses for what is essentially slavery.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish31•8 months agoDifference is that Russia is forcing Ukrainians - which is a violation of the Geneva convention.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish11•8 months agoLots of countries have conscription, America too just incase that’s where you’re from and you’re throwing shade. The purpose of this post is to highlight that Russia is sending prisoners of war to fight against their home country.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish-2•8 months agoYeah, and every kind of conscription is wrong.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•8 months agoThat’s not the debate like it’s completely different, one is a breach of the Geneva convention.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish-2•8 months agoConscription is based, especially mandatory conscription
minus-squareInfiltrated_ad8271linkfedilink-2•8 months agoI certainly intended to throw shade on mandatory conscription, not the main topic but quite pertinent. Of course I’m not trying to say it’s the same thing (not at all), just that a “you were born here, so go die” is on the same page.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•8 months agoI absolutely agree with conscription being wrong, same as mandatory service.
Not that this is really new, ukraine forces ukrainian men to fight and russia forces russian men; their will was never relevant, just different excuses for what is essentially slavery.
Difference is that Russia is forcing Ukrainians - which is a violation of the Geneva convention.
Lots of countries have conscription, America too just incase that’s where you’re from and you’re throwing shade.
The purpose of this post is to highlight that Russia is sending prisoners of war to fight against their home country.
Yeah, and every kind of conscription is wrong.
That’s not the debate like it’s completely different, one is a breach of the Geneva convention.
Conscription is based, especially mandatory conscription
I certainly intended to throw shade on mandatory conscription, not the main topic but quite pertinent.
Of course I’m not trying to say it’s the same thing (not at all), just that a “you were born here, so go die” is on the same page.
I absolutely agree with conscription being wrong, same as mandatory service.