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"A strong signal to China": Model of the "Pillar of Shame," a memorial to the victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, was unveiled outside the European Parliament in Brussels (edition.cnn.com)

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Depicting a heap of contorted bodies and screaming faces, the statue was unveiled Tuesday as part of an exhibition of “forbidden art” that organizers said had been censored or “deemed subversive” by Hong Kong and mainland China.

The exhibition was hosted by Jens Galschiøt, the Danish artist behind the famous sculpture, and Kira Marie Peter-Hansen, a member of the European Parliament (MEP). A further six MEPs, including representatives from each of the parliament’s five largest political coalitions, were listed as co-hosts.

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[–] germanatlas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 5 months ago (11 children)

In theory yes, in practice we should then also cut ties with every other nation that committed a massacre or oppressed its population, which… checks notes… would be almost every nation.

Why not Turkey for the Armenian Genocide, why not Australia for the treatment of aboriginal people, why not the USA and Canada for the treatment of indigenous people? Why not Great Britain for conquering half of the planet and enslaving people?

[–] Vilian@lemmy.ca 11 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (5 children)

why not cut ties because of the people in power? people in power today are not the ones that made these crimes, ~~except china~~ i'm stupid

[–] germanatlas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 5 months ago (4 children)

And also excepting Israel, Kongo, Russia, UAE, Myanmar, Saudi Arabia, South Sudan and still the USA.

And on a side note Xi Jinping, the man in power today, didn’t do the TS massacre, he came to power in 2012

[–] Verdorrterpunkt@feddit.de 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Most of these sound quite reasonable, if i think about it.

[–] germanatlas@lemmy.blahaj.zone -4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

These were just in the front of my mind at that moment and while it would be morally good if we could flip the finger to them, it would be really stupid. Just losing Russian gas already caused an energy crisis and inflation, completely refusing middle eastern oil, Congolese Cobalt, Copper, Silver, Gold, Diamonds, Uranium etc and the general relations with the USA, a close ally and country with the probably biggest military would not just be crisis-inducing, it would be economical and political suicide.

[–] Vilian@lemmy.ca 6 points 5 months ago

to be fair losing russian gas accelerated the adoption of better energy sourge at record speed, so it's really was a bad thing?

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