@ADignorantium the #SawbladeBuoy|s should be #sabotaged and #dismantled in direct action at all cost because they are as inhuman as #Antipersonnel - #Landmines and should be equally banned and their use should be equally prosecuted.

@jackhutton personally I think cluster ammo should be banned - period.

Just like #LandMines - espechally the #AntiPersonnel variant.

@JanKooy @humanrightswatch

#HRW: “#Russian forces have repeatedly used #antipersonnel mines and committed atrocities across the country, but this doesn’t justify #Ukrainian use of these prohibited weapons.”

Genuine existential threat of genocide might provide some temporary moral justification for limiting unrestricted movement by uninvited armed foreigners with all manners of deranged "ill feelings".

We all know exactly how russians can avoid being harmed by these defensive devices on *Ukrainian* territory.

Talking about justificating, there are times when "#bothsidesism" isn't the ideal approach. I haven't bothered to check if the leadership of #AmnestyInternational has figured that out yet.

Today in Labor History December 3, 1997: 121 countries signed the Ottawa Treaty banning manufacture and deployment of anti-personnel landmines. China, Russia, & the US, the world’s “greatest defender of democracy and human rights,” refused to sign. The number of people injured and killed by landmines has been rising each year. In 2020, 2,492 people were killed and 4,561 were wounded.

#landmines #antipersonnel #war #russia #china #usa