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Originally Posted by Pointman
According to the way you understand "collective punishment", people of Russia are being collectively punished for actions of Putin. Which, in turn, is a war crime. So, for example, banning russian airlines from entering Canadian airspace is a war crime by Canada. See, how stupid it is.
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No, that's dumb. Russian Airlines have no innate right to enter Canadian airspace. That's granted to whoever the Canadian government deems able to follow the rules of law. It's a privilege. So no rights are being denied, therefore there is no punishment. And in fairness, Russia is also a democracy. Well, more so than Gaza anyway. No, if Canada, say, blockaded Russia, and prevented them having access to fresh water, sanitation, medicine, food and control over their own borders, well...hrmm, what would that be?