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yeah... but jurisdiction. i'm publishing a new law, in my own jurisdiction: the following usernames are prohibited:

dgellow

...so what now?



Now you impose sanctions in your jurisdiction to violators and nobody cares because you're not the EU and your sanctions have no weight.


Well, I don't know, is your country part of different international organizations? You know the one that allows your country to exist.


You mean the clown institute that pretends Taiwan isn't a country because the big bully would get mad? Pretty sure they don't actually have a say on whether countries exist.


As much as they would like you to believe there is no licensing authority that allows you to be a country. It's maintained through will and force.


Go ahead and sanction us… oh wait




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