A nuclear deterrent is still a deterrent, no matter how small. No country (hopefully) wants to risk any kind of nuclear war. Ukraine would never have been invaded if it still had its nukes.

We cannot know. My best guess is that at some point in the future there will be a military conflict between two parties that have nukes. Pakistan vs India for instance. And although they have nukes they would fight conventionally unless one party is about to lose.

> And although they have nukes they would fight conventionally unless one party is about to lose.

In every war, eventually, one side will be about to lose.

Out of curiosity, what do you think they should have done?

I suppose the answer would be "build a better army, 20 years ago".

Americans were very efficiently suppressing such ideas. They were never interested in Europe having effective army. They only wanted to sell equipment and partially support their bases with European money. When the school bully is your "friend" you don't exactly have the freedom to do what's best for you.

Not as depressing as if it was coal power stations and coalmines blighting the landscape.

China is building more coal plants right now than the entire world combined so don’t worry they have those too.

So no country should ever ban someone from entering.... unless they're an immigrant of course!

I'm not saying they shouldn't. I'm saying they're getting exactly what they're dishing out, and even for the same reason (disagreement over how much free speech should be allowed).

So, like being a citizen then?

You gotta name the domain!

I'd rather not face the ire of ICANN, sorry.

I know better. They read this site. They know that all it takes is some company to issue some trademark litigation and they fold. No basis, no question, just here you go.

what would they do to you...?

well, condescension aside, literally what would they do? there's nothing remotely illegal about posting the name of a site in a forum. and here you are trying to get me to be as scared as you are about posting a basic fact in a forum and why would I be?

The same with Youtube. Broken an unknown rule on one of your vids? Your whole account and all the videos are deleted instantly.

My experience with YouTube was different. Two or three times, up to around five years ago, I got an email from them stating I'd done something wrong — used protected music/content etc. — and that this notification wasn't a strike but I should contact them and explain why they were wrong to put a hold on the video and they'd withdraw the notice. I did so and they then responded that the email was erroneous, all good.

> Scummy behaviour. But I guess they got away with it.

How could they not get away with it? That's the problem.

There's a lot of people making this stuff up on the internet then.

I don't think it needs one specific alternative; if the protocols they shared were all open and useable, small pieces could be replaced slowly over time.