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The original post title:
I call on Lichess to ban Russia in social protest.
The original post text:
There are very few concrete actions that the average global citizen can take to punish a nation that is behaving antisocially but we all should do what we can. Exerting social pressure through ostracization is one of the few options available. Lichess, being a global community, can and should exercise that option.
Certainly not every (likely not even most) Russian lichess user supports Putin's aggressive actions. And certainly they bear little personal responsibility for their government's actions. Still, they have more influence on their government than non-Russians do. Pressuring Russian citizens in whatever small ways we are able with the hope that they in turn will pressure their own government is one of the few actions we can take as global citizens to push back against Russia's imperialistic war on Ukraine.
Social sanctions such as these will have little effect unless and until they become widely adopted. Lichess, being a global community, has an ethical responsibility and an opportunity to show leadership by employing sanctions immediately and suspending all access from Russian owned IPs pending Putin's cessation of aggression against Ukraine.
Lichess, please do the right thing.
I assert that my post did not violate forum etiquette as described on that page.
I invite the moderator who deleted the post to tell me why it was deleted.
The original post title:
I call on Lichess to ban Russia in social protest.
The original post text:
There are very few concrete actions that the average global citizen can take to punish a nation that is behaving antisocially but we all should do what we can. Exerting social pressure through ostracization is one of the few options available. Lichess, being a global community, can and should exercise that option.
Certainly not every (likely not even most) Russian lichess user supports Putin's aggressive actions. And certainly they bear little personal responsibility for their government's actions. Still, they have more influence on their government than non-Russians do. Pressuring Russian citizens in whatever small ways we are able with the hope that they in turn will pressure their own government is one of the few actions we can take as global citizens to push back against Russia's imperialistic war on Ukraine.
Social sanctions such as these will have little effect unless and until they become widely adopted. Lichess, being a global community, has an ethical responsibility and an opportunity to show leadership by employing sanctions immediately and suspending all access from Russian owned IPs pending Putin's cessation of aggression against Ukraine.
Lichess, please do the right thing.