I hope this war can bring about many positive outcomes. I really want to go see Angkor Wat, but Cambodia’s security situation is too serious.
kingstnap 6 hours ago [-]
Cambodia is on a lot of shitlists because of the widespread corruption and organized crime. I do wonder if there's any way to solve that mess.
wkat4242 8 hours ago [-]
War is terrible but I can't really feel bad for people who willingly steal old people's savings.
However as usual I'm sure the crime bosses will stay safe and it's only the people with no choice who end up dead :( Apparently many are even forced to do it.
Uehreka 5 hours ago [-]
> Several of the buildings hit by the Thai military over the past week had previously been identified by the U.S. government and human-rights groups for allegedly holding scores of trafficked workers forced to scam Americans and other foreigners.
Yes, these are trafficked (kidnapped) people. Most likely the ratio of kidnap victims to “bosses” is high, as they wouldn’t enslave people if they could just pay enough people to do this. So there probably aren’t many people in that building you wouldn’t feel bad for.
I’d go further though: Execution is not an appropriate punishment for scamming people, period. Any time we voice disinterest in whether “bad people” are killed by the government, we make it easier for governments to get away with extrajudicial executions (or as it’s called when ordinary citizens do it, murder).
However as usual I'm sure the crime bosses will stay safe and it's only the people with no choice who end up dead :( Apparently many are even forced to do it.
Yes, these are trafficked (kidnapped) people. Most likely the ratio of kidnap victims to “bosses” is high, as they wouldn’t enslave people if they could just pay enough people to do this. So there probably aren’t many people in that building you wouldn’t feel bad for.
I’d go further though: Execution is not an appropriate punishment for scamming people, period. Any time we voice disinterest in whether “bad people” are killed by the government, we make it easier for governments to get away with extrajudicial executions (or as it’s called when ordinary citizens do it, murder).