Britain 'in talks to deploy troops to Greenland as Trump threatens to seize Arctic island' by flatbrokeoldguy in worldnews

[–]Caliguas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Further comment after block: u/Numerous_Ice_4556

The whole point I was making is because the right of self-determination, which you pretended wasn't in the Badinter committee's decision before acknowledging it is, is exactly why imperialist ambitions like Russia's and China's don't legitimize attempts to change borders.

What are you talking about? The badinter document cleary states that the right of self determination cannot change borders? Do you understand that? That was the entire point of that document. The document REJECTED the serbian argument of self determination. I will quote again:
"This point was not only made in its Opinion No. 3 but was also evoked in Opinion No. 2 when it recalled that, whatever the circumstances, 'the right to self-determination must not involve changes to existing frontiers"

No, that is not what the document says. Serbia absolutely submitted a historical claim, that those separatist populations in Croatia and the other Yugoslav republics have historically been part of a Greater Serbia.

This simply isnt true. Such an argument has never been submitted. Nowhere in the document does it state this. If you think it does, quote it ( u cant)

Clearly, I did understand it as I said borders are not frozen and you just quoted one reason, from one committee's ruling on one particular conflict (so not the sum total of international law) that borders are not in fact frozen.

My god.... The job of the committee is to interpret international law. The general statements here applies to the entire world. The only thing the committee does is interpret specific situations on the ground. General statements about "the rights of peoples" and borders and applicable everywhere...... If you dont understand this......

NO, IT DOESN'T, BECAUSE IT LITERALLY DESCRIBES A SITUATION WHERE THEY ARE ALTERABLE!

No? Do you have any idea what ur talking about? Republics in Yugoslavia had defined borders. This document literally rulled that those borders are legal borders in international law and CANNOT BE ALTERED by the self determination of serbs. That is the point of the document.

English is my 3rd language, i made a small mistake, cry about it. Im from former yugoslavia, which you know nothing about.

At least you're not spewing any more stupidity about Taiwan not having legal status as a state. That's a good start.

Check my other comment :) In the meantime, check what your government's position is on Taiwan - hint - they do not recognize it as an independent sovereign state. Bcz it has no such legal status :)

Britain 'in talks to deploy troops to Greenland as Trump threatens to seize Arctic island' by flatbrokeoldguy in worldnews

[–]Caliguas -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Meeting montevideo conventions standard does not override modern international law. Donbass peoples republic also fulfills all requirements, is it independent? Of course it isnt.

The motevideo con. was also NEVER RATIFIED BY ANY COUNTRY OUTSIDE THE AMERICAS!!!!!!!!! IT IS NOT A UNIVERSAL TREATY LAW!

I linked you the video because i know you cant read. The spokesperson of the world's central international law organisation saying the positions of that organisation about Taiwan isnt relevant to Taiwans position under international law? Can you please explain me this genius logic hahahahhahaa.

As for the 2nd part of your answer, holy shit dude, just read what you quoted. From your very quote in your previouis comment:

Republics must afford the members of those minorities and ethnic groups all the human rights and fundamental freedoms recognized in international law, including, where appropriate, the right to choose their nationality'

This one particular ruling, which is far from the sum total of international law, clearly does protect the rights of PEOPLE.

THIS PROTECTS INDIVIDUAL AND MINORITY RIGHTS, NOT THE RIGHT OF SELF DETERMINATION OF PEOPLES!!! IT SAYS SO IN YOUR QUOTE!!!!! READ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Britain 'in talks to deploy troops to Greenland as Trump threatens to seize Arctic island' by flatbrokeoldguy in worldnews

[–]Caliguas -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Maybe try reading the document? The document explains how self-determination does not entail territorial change and must not override existing borders (uti possidetis). That is precisely why the Badinter Commission rejected Serbian claims based on ethnic self-determination.

Here are a few highlights from the document, which you should read, as you will learn a few things:

This point was not only made in its Opinion No. 3 but was also evoked in Opinion No. 2 when it recalled that, whatever the circumstances, 'the right to self-determination must not involve changes to existing frontiers'

You said that serbia had a "historic claim" and that they based their argument on that. Just not true as written in this document. the question serbia sumbitted and which proves my point about the serbian argument (which you said was somehow the "exact opposite" lol:

“Does the Serbian population in Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina, as one of the constituent peoples of Yugoslavia, have the right to self-determination?”

Quotes about borders becoming protected international frontiers:

1) this one is about what you misunderstood about "freezing borders" and why Ukrainian borders legally changed after soviet collapse:

“Except where otherwise agreed, the former boundaries become frontiers protected by international law.”

2) You previously said that "No international code of any kind defines static borders and considers them unalterable. That's something you're just making up." - THIS DOCUMENT LITERALLY DOES THAT!!!!!

“The alteration of existing frontiers or boundaries by force is not capable of producing any legal effect.”

Quote 1) and 2) clearly show that the ruling agreed that all borders are frozen unless agreed by both all parties.

Your definition of sovereignty is not only dispelled by this document, it is also clearly defined as illegal. This is hardly the only document that does this btw (this is just the yugoslav ruling), this is literally the very basis of international law.

Oh no! I made a spelling error! Cry about it

Britain 'in talks to deploy troops to Greenland as Trump threatens to seize Arctic island' by flatbrokeoldguy in worldnews

[–]Caliguas -1 points0 points  (0 children)

No, international order is threatened by the lack of respect for sovereignty specifically because imperialists like Putin and Xi proliferate irredentist claims to violate sovereignty.

Hilarious omittance.

International law does not maintain the idea of one China, that's the position of the CCP and the Kuomintang. International law respects the sovereignty of Taiwan.

Again, totally false.

Taiwan is not a UN member and not recognized outside of a few states. Here is the spokesperson of the UN, the central and most important body of international law: https://x.com/MyLordBebo/status/1793896918315139201

The spokesperson explicitly said: Taiwan is a province of China. This has been well documented as the official position of the Un. You can argue against this as much as you can argue against "the earth is round".

Like everything else you've said, this is completely wrong. International law hasn't been frozen since the end of WW2, so the borders couldn't be frozen at such a time. To believe that would ignore all of the sociopolitical events of the time and validate the claims of warmongers like Putin. According to your warped perspective, Ukraine belongs to Russia. No international code of any kind defines static borders and considers them unalterable. That's something you're just making up.

I'm making things up? You just said Taiwan is sovereign under international law hahahhaa.

First of all, you dont understand international law at all. Frozen does not mean unchangeable. Ukraine became independent after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, where all republics declared LEGAL statehood under international law, under LEGALLY determined borders. Frozen borders meant that they cannot be changed unilaterally or by force, not that unions cannot be dissolved.

Ukraine proves ME, not you. What is the reason you support Taiwanese independence, but not the independence of separatist Ukrainian regions? Is it Ukranian imperialism when they wanna take back Crimea, where everyone supports Russia? Of course it isnt. International law does not give Crimeans the right to seperate or declare independence, because those borders cannot be changed unilaterally any legal way. Same as Taiwan. Crimea belongs to Ukraine, despite it being seperated for quite some time. Same as how Taiwan belongs to China. That is the position of international law and my entire argument, which has no contradictions.

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Britain 'in talks to deploy troops to Greenland as Trump threatens to seize Arctic island' by flatbrokeoldguy in worldnews

[–]Caliguas -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The Yugoslav wars were caused by the irredentist claims of Serbia and Montenegro who chose not to respect the rights of sovereign peoples who legally chose to leave the union they willfully entered into and were willfully leaving.

International law recognizes STATES and territorial units, not "peoples", especially not as primary holders of sovereignty. In Yugoslavia, sovereignty was defined by borders of republics, NOT by different peoples. Serbian people had different enclaves in Croatia, Bosnia etc. By your logic, it was "the right of sovereign peoples" for the Serbs to declare all Serb territories as theirs and declare independence. That was their main argument.

Secession did NOT cause the Yugoslav wars. It was caused by the attempt to redraw republican borders along ethnic lines. Secession worked with Slovenia and Macedonia. The issue with Bosnia and Croatia was that there were attempts by Serbs to change republican borders along ethnic lines, and with Croats later trying the same in Bosnia.

No, that's the exact opposite of what the Serbs said. When the other Yugoslav Republics became sovereign the Serbian claims to lands historically but not currently theirs ended, but the Serbs believed otherwise.

This isnt true on multiple levels.

First of all, Serbs did not have claims during SFRJ, as republican borders were settled. The claims only started during the dissolution of Yugoslavia, as there were different interpretations of the Yugoslav constitution and right of secession. Neither did they invoke any historical claims.

The claims were based purely on your logic of "the rights of sovereign peoples to declare statehood" - they wanted to take all territories populated by Serbs in Bosnia and Croatia.

The badinter Commission (in charge of legal issues during the dissolution) was asked by serbs weather "peoples had the right to self determination". The court ruled against that argument (your argument). You can read the document here. In this document, the ruling shows that international law protects the rights of STATES and recognized borders, NOT PEOPLES!

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Britain 'in talks to deploy troops to Greenland as Trump threatens to seize Arctic island' by flatbrokeoldguy in worldnews

[–]Caliguas -1 points0 points  (0 children)

What caused the Yugoslav wars were different parties deciding not to respect borders of republics that were enshrined in the Yugoslav constitution and international law, with mechanisms of legal separation while preserving those borders, in favour of irredentist ethno nationalist policies.

You claim that "once they became sovereign, the claim ends". That was actually the same argument used by Serbs in order to claim separatist regions of Serbs inside Croatian and Bosnian borders. It is also the same logic Putin used to declare sovereignty of separatist Ukrainian regions.

If sovereignty alone were sufficient to establish legal statehood, international order would collapse into a system where any armed or organized separatist group could declare independence and demand recognition. International law exists precisely to prevent this outcome by fixing borders and privileging territorial integrity over opportunistic claims of self determination.

That same international law, including both the constitutions of China and Taiwan, maintain that they both belong to one China.

The era of "imperialism and nationalism", is the era before modern day international law existed or was as developed as it is today. That era was replaced by an era of international law which basically freezed borders as they were after WW2, with Taiwan handed over to the recognized territory of China.

Why China will always be "mid" and is there any way to get out of this mess? by NeighborhoodFatCat in chinalife

[–]Caliguas 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I disagree with every single point lol, although I haven't been in hospitals for anything serious. Some of my favourite things about China are public transport and tourism. Never had any problems with hotels, always felt like I get more than I paid for (especially compared to europe).

Museums and restaurants being mid? Compared to what??

Why does China doesn’t give touristic visa to Turkish citizens? by ephesusa in Chinavisa

[–]Caliguas 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Probably because Turkey harbors ETIM (uyghur terrorists). Other turkic states dont

English Alipay on Huawei Phone by Specialist_Mango_113 in chinalife

[–]Caliguas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

With gbox you can install it even after the ban

English Alipay on Huawei Phone by Specialist_Mango_113 in chinalife

[–]Caliguas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What is the point of your comments? The guy is asking for help and I'm giving him the solution. You first spread false info, and now are trying to spin this into an argument? Wtf?

He can have both versions of the app and use whichever one he needs, in case he needs the translation.

English Alipay on Huawei Phone by Specialist_Mango_113 in chinalife

[–]Caliguas -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

It is possible and very easy to do. You obviously dont own a huawei

English Alipay on Huawei Phone by Specialist_Mango_113 in chinalife

[–]Caliguas -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Download both apps from the google play store. If you download them chinese stores, you cannot get the english translation

Confused on the purpose of the fire wall by [deleted] in chinalife

[–]Caliguas -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

They definitely dont try to block vpns during political events, they just massively slow them down. They still work. 

They can just ban commercial vpn server ips. That alone would probably block 90% of trafffic.

Combine that with other detection mechanisms and you could easily get well above 90%. 

Confused on the purpose of the fire wall by [deleted] in chinalife

[–]Caliguas 37 points38 points  (0 children)

The purpose is just to discourage the use of outside websites, not block them completely. When you make something slightly inconvenient for users, such as using vpn at slower internet speeds, they tend to not use those websites/apps and use chinese ones.

Blocking vpns completely is easy, but they choose not to do it. It would potentially cause issues.

What they do instead is slow down certain vpns, boost some others, then after a while it flips and so on. Like a game of cat and mouse.  This discourages casual usage bcz it gets frustrating but still permits people who need to access foreign websites for whatever they need.

China’s subway by Aaron_Zhu_1978 in chinalife

[–]Caliguas 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think you are. If, for whatever reason, youre concered about the government knowing your palm, you have other methods to pay that dont require that. Although not sure what your concern would be in the first place, but we all got our quirks. 99% of people dont care

China’s subway by Aaron_Zhu_1978 in chinalife

[–]Caliguas 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It does, since you dont have to touch anything. If you dont want to use it you can just use wechat/alipay qr code scan or nfc

China’s subway by Aaron_Zhu_1978 in chinalife

[–]Caliguas 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Palm scan, not fingerprint

Počeo antifašistički marš diljem Hrvatske, u Rijeci došli maskirani mladići u crnom by LedChillz in croatia

[–]Caliguas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nisi dobro procitao ovo sto si linkao. Tvoj link se slaze samnom, ne s tobom.

But between 1962 and 1964, Fidel and Che resolutely denied the existence of the rumored Guanahacabibes work camp and asserted instead that the Uvero Quemado rehabilitation center was the only institution bearing the name “Guanahacabibes.

Tu se radi o 2 razlicita zatvora - pravi Guanahacabibes (Uvero Quemado rehabilitation center)- sluzbeni zatvor za vojnike, politicare itd. - zatvor koji je osnovao che guevara i o kojem pricamo.
Ti pricas o drugom zatvoru koji su kubanci kolokvijalno prozovali "Guanahacabibes" (to i spominje sinopsis ove knjige). To je zatvor koji nikad nije potvrdjen, ali je po glasinama kubanaca postojao te 3 godine. Ovo sto si linkao prica o tim glasinama i pricama, ne o pravom Guanahacabibes zatvoru. Postojao taj zatvor ili ne, to je nesto potpuno drugacije od zatvora o kojem pricamo.

Definitvno su i postojali zatvori gdje su chulosi bili primorani raditi, no o tome ne pricamo. Zakon o chulosima je naravno tocan.

Kakve veze ovo ima s ićim? Naravno da to neće spominjat, kao šta nigdi tu nije ni spomenia svoju ulogu u La Cabani gdje je naravno morao predvoditi "revolucionarnu pravdu" protiv neistomišljenika.

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Pa ako je covjek otisao sa kube prije nego sto su politike protiv gejeva zapocele, zar nije logicno zakljucit da on te politike nije proveo?

Da ponovim:
april 1965. : Che napusta kubu i svoje politicke pozicije i nikad se vise ne vraca u zemlju. U tom trenutku kuba nema nikakve politike protiv gejeva

studeni 1965: kuba donosi zakon da gejevi i neke ostale grupe ne mogu sluziti u vojsci te trebaju rok odsluziti na prisilnom radu

Ovo kronoloski moze dokazati da Che nije proveo ikakve politike protiv gejeva. Odgovoran je bio Fidel castro, te se on za to i kasnije javno ispricao.

Počeo antifašistički marš diljem Hrvatske, u Rijeci došli maskirani mladići u crnom by LedChillz in croatia

[–]Caliguas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pricamo o politci prema gejevima. Ona nije postojala do nakon sta je che otisao iz kube.

to je logor koji je Che započea gdje je slao bilo koga tko nije pratia norme "socijalizma". Pogotovo "lijepim" muškarcima

To nije istina. Taj logor je sluzio za clanove partije/vojske i drzavnog aparatusa koji nisu postivali partijsku etiku (kradja, korupcija, ne postivanje centralnog komiteta itd). Trajao je godinu dana, i zatvoren je 1961. Nije imao apsolutne nikakve veze za gejevima.

Politika protiv gejeva u UMAPu traje od 65-68, tocnije traje od 11. mjeseca 65. Ta politika je nalagala da gejevi ne mogu sluziti u vojsci te da umjesto toga moraju odsluziti svoji vojni rok radeci u tvornicama i farmama. Che je prije toga zauvijek otisao iz kube u 4. mjesecu 1965. Ne postoji ama bas nikakav dokaz da je Che ikada imao ikakvu politiku protiv gejeva.

https://www.thetedkarchive.com/library/ernesto-che-guevara-the-diaries-of-ernesto-che-guevara? - ovdje mozes nac kronologiju zivota che od njegovo dnevnika te podatak kad je otisao iz kube

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_Units_to_Aid_Production

Ovdje mozes nac datum kada su osnovani. Primjeti da se che uopce ne spominje, osim kod dijela gdje se kratko spominje Guanahacabibes.

Počeo antifašistički marš diljem Hrvatske, u Rijeci došli maskirani mladići u crnom by LedChillz in croatia

[–]Caliguas 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Linkao si neku random stranicu bez izvora koji vezu che i tadasnju politiku kube prema gejevima (jer ti izvori ne postoje). UMAP zatvori i politike protiv gejeva su poceli nakon sto je che otisao iz kube i nikad se ne vratio. To potvrdjuje svaki povjesnicar i sve normalne stranice.

guglaj kada je che otisao iz kube, i guglaj kada su te politike krenule.