Moscow’s proud promotion of the brutal treatment of men accused of Crocus City Hall attack marks watershed momentWarning: contains descriptions of torture readers may find distressing

After two years of war in Ukraine, videos of death and torture have become commonplace in Russia. And methods of torture once only spoken about in witness testimonials are now being promoted online by the perpetrators themselves as they publish photos and videos of brutality for bragging rights.

  • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    8 months ago

    What really confuses me is the expectation that they should never change. Doing so is essentially seen as an act of blasphemy.

    These people will say “But amendment XYZ says this!!”, but the second anybody wants to amend it again, they lose their bloody minds.

    Sometimes I want the country I live in to have an actual codified constitution, but other times I look over to the US and I’m wary of that “constitution cult” mentality spreading…

    • Mnemnosyne@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      3·
      8 months ago

      In my opinion, the big problem is it wasn’t interpreted strictly enough for way too long. If it had been ruled super strictly from the beginning, as little wiggle room as possible, amending it regularly would have been necessary in order for the government to function at all, and thus a constitutional amendment wouldn’t be considered such a wild or difficult thing.