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"WHO EVEN DRAFTED THIS LAW" (infosec.pub)
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[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

People, of all regions and cultures, can be utterly bizarre.

[–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

This just seems like xenophobia to me, which is too common to call it "bizarre" ...

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 17 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Xenophobic sentiment is common, but I feel like "We found people shipwrecked on our shore, the only moral thing left to do is torture them to death" is maybe a bit abnormal in intensity.