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Why are mass crimes so rarely prosecuted?
Sanctions are slow, blunt, and hurt the wrong people first
a walkthrough with stand-ins — a demonstration, not a finding · sealed
What significantly influences it
A minister will not spend capital on a country with no domestic constituency
certified · 19 yes · 9 no · 1 abstained · cross-group
Judged not to be linked
By the time it is publishable it is history
judged not to · 1 yes · 13 no · 1 abstained
What we know we cannot say and what we can say is thin
judged not to · 0 yes · 14 no · 1 abstained
Officials are advised that a wrong word creates liability
judged not to · 1 yes · 14 no
The alternative to doing nothing is presented as full-scale war
judged not to · 0 yes · 13 no · 2 abstained
A minister will not spend capital on a country with no domestic constituency
judged not to · 2 yes · 13 no
Every state judges the case by what it costs them
judged not to · 3 yes · 11 no · 1 abstained
Nobody offers the option between a statement and an invasion
judged not to · 2 yes · 13 no
So the safest position is a principle nobody applies
judged not to · 1 yes · 14 no
The people in danger are never in the room where it is decided
judged not to · 2 yes · 11 no · 2 abstained
By the time it is publishable it is history
judged not to · 0 yes · 14 no · 1 abstained
What we know we cannot say and what we can say is thin
judged not to · 2 yes · 12 no · 1 abstained
Officials are advised that a wrong word creates liability
judged not to · 0 yes · 15 no
The alternative to doing nothing is presented as full-scale war
judged not to · 2 yes · 12 no · 1 abstained
Every state judges the case by what it costs them
judged not to · 4 yes · 25 no · cross-group
Nobody offers the option between a statement and an invasion
judged not to · 1 yes · 12 no · 2 abstained
So the safest position is a principle nobody applies
judged not to · 1 yes · 14 no
The people in danger are never in the room where it is decided
judged not to · 2 yes · 13 no
A group’s judgement, not a measurement. Demo room. On the atlas.
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