• Dr. Wesker@lemmy.sdf.org
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    1 year ago

    When articles like this use the word “illegal” what does it even mean? Illegal for whom, and where exactly? Doesn’t NK as a country decide what is legal for NK, or am I being obtuse?

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      1 year ago

      Illegal via the UN like Israel’s occupation of the West Bank, Gaza, and the Golan Heights.

      • pan_troglodytes@programming.dev
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        1 year ago

        without enforcement, the legality of something means very little… like jaywalking on the street. no one’s going to stop you but it’s totally not kosher to do that - so everyone does it