The thing, here is no one needs to do anything for the consequences to manifest. And preventing the consequences is really hard work and a delicate balancing act. So there is that.

Counterpoint: the US made bank being the enforcer of the rules based order. But being the most wealthy country in the world is apparently not enough. And to be direct, the US was the one rattling russia’s cage the past 30 years… and now it all escalated you cannot just nope out without consequences.

And in regards to money spent… the us sends weapons… meaning all the money stays in country, adding to the Pentagon budget for new kit. The EU mostly keeps Ukraine afloat financially… so they can pay their soldiers etc…

Maybe moderators should be referred to as caretakers in the fediverse… seems to fit the role much better.

Banzai charges are really back in fashion. Maybe next they will reintroduce a modern version of the ohka

Guarding stuff at sea is actually pretty difficult. But in this case I feel terrorism is warranted. We can agree to disagree on the term used… since we seem to agree it cannot be ignored and stern action is needed.

Downplay it all you want, I think it’s pretty serious what they are doing and I think all vessels going in and out of lake NATO should be boarded and inspected and detailed tracked. I’d even go so far to require them to have a black box installed that real time reads out and transmits ship info. Turning off your black box or tampering with it means the ship is sealed and the crew as a whole is charged with a crime of tampering with the box. The crime is added to the law in each of the surrounding NATO countries and carries a hefty fine and seizure of the ship and her cargo. How’s that for political change under threat of violence.

People being frightened is not needed. If it aims to affect political change (which it does) through violence (which it is) it is therefore terrorism.

Why not? Using violence against civilian (infrastructure) to achieve political goals… seems to fit.

Sure you could argue violence… my take would be if you are using an oil tanker to drag a few ton piece of metal with the intent to break stuff… it’s pretty violent.

I wonder how they are now

Bunch of clowns… fire fighters must think… aw shit here we go again.

Just a signal to EU to make sure they don’t still rely on Russian gas via detours. Once the EU is weigned of completely the pipe goes. It’s not as if it can be protected.

Not true, it puts price pressure on what is sold, lowering profits. The fact some gets through is less relevant than the overall price that is lowered moscovia gets.

It probably helps that a lot of very smart people, that usually would not work on these kinds of projects due to moral objections, now don’t have these moral objections and help push the envelope.

The modlog should at least contain an identifier of the mod. Maybe not a link to their account but something that can be tracked across communities. To see who is abusing their power.