Comment by qiskit

5 years ago

> Unfortunately, due to the Russian regime's war crimes and human rights violations in Ukraine

Just to clarify, does your policy only apply to russians and their war crimes and human rights violations against ukraine specifically or is it a blanket policy? Will you refuse to register users from say the UK or France for their war crimes and human rights violations? Or say israel or saudi arabia? Or china or the US?

I guess I'm asking is this, are you doing this for free publicity or for genuine moral concern. You've been in business since 2000 and russia attacked georgia ( 2008? ). Did you stop registration also? Also, since 2000, there have been war crimes committed in iraq, afghanistan, syria, libya, etc, can you remind us what actions you took then and which peoples you prevented from using your service.

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decebalus1  5 years ago
  • qiskit  5 years ago

    > the company has 1700 employees in Ukraine.

    Fine. Then say so. Nowhere in his original post did he mention that. Instead he talked about human rights and war crimes.

    Another comment from your CEO: "We've always had a policy that almost anything goes excluding human rights abuses and especially war crimes and supporting violence. Nothing changed here."

    Apparently, there is a policy about human rights and war crimes. Well then can you have him answer my question. Now that we cleared things up. Thanks.

  • ComradePhil  5 years ago

    "Whataboutism" is a political term invented to deflect blame (which is exactly what whataboutism is supposed to mean). Its main purpose is to be able judge others by a different standard than what you are willing to be judged by.