Paddy Cosgrave said his "personal comments have become a distraction from the event, and our team, our sponsors, our startups and the people who attend."

Web Summit CEO Paddy Cosgrave steps down in wake of controversy over his Israel comments::Paddy Cosgrave said his “personal comments have become a distraction from the event, and our team, our sponsors, our startups and the people who attend.”

  • @vzqEnglish
    11•9 months ago

    declared as war crimes

    By whom exactly?

    Tell me you know nothing about the law of international armed conflict without telling me you know nothing about the law of international armed conflict.

    could (!) also be a war crime

    This is also not how war crimes work. “They started it” is for the playground.

      • @vzqEnglish
        8•9 months ago

        By the International Criminal Court for example

        Guess who is not a signatory of the ICC treaty.

        If Israel were to accede it would be a cause for great celebration.

        leave your fucking twitter catchphrases out of a discussion if you want to be taken seriously…

        I don’t need you to take me seriously. I want you to understand that I’m not taking you seriously.

        Still a very grey area but not necessarily a war crime as everyone is shouting here.

        If your best case is “It might not technically be a war crime”, you are not in a great position.

          • @vzqEnglish
            3•9 months ago

            It still is valid and it is a much more trustworthy source

            Just sign the fucking treaty then.

            Enough excuses.

              • @vzqEnglish
                3•9 months ago

                and then what?

                Then you subject yourself to the jurisdiction of an independent international court that is empowered to investigate war crimes. Which is exactly what this thread is about.

                Are you paying attention?

                Everybody is to afraid to take actions like with that russian cunt in the kreml?

                Also not a signatory. Were Russia to join the treaty, I would again be dancing in the streets.

                And will Hamas do the same?

                That’s the beauty of the treaty. War crimes committed against a signatory or on a signatories territory are covered. It protects Israel regardless of who perpetrates the war crimes.

                Sign it. There’s no reason not to.

                Unless of course the entire point is to do war crimes, deny them, and get away with them because of the lack of international accountability mechanism.

                  • @vzqEnglish
                    2•9 months ago

                    I thought this thread is about a CEO who had to step down because of some tweets on that idiot platform twitter…

                    No, that’s what the post is about. The thread, that you started, is about war crimes and their adjudication.

        • @BlueBockser@programming.devEnglish
          2•9 months ago

          If your best case is “It might not technically be a war crime”, you are not in a great position.

          You: Accuse Israel of war crimes

          They: Prove that Israel technically didn’t commit any war crime

          You: tHaT’s NoT a GoOd ArGuMeNt

          I’m not saying I agree with everything Israel is doing, but calling their actions war crimes when they’re not is just wrong. I hate to break it to you, but insisting on a lie doesn’t make it any more true.

          • @vzqEnglish
            2•9 months ago

            You: Accuse Israel of war crimes

            Did not. Show proof.