> Most of us just want to discuss cool computer stuff

Most of us have the comfort of living in a place where bombs and missiles do not fall on our heads. It's a very privileged position.

But not all of us. Some of us live in a country that has been attacked and the civilian population there is being bombarded on a regular basis by an aggressor country. The natural reaction is to stop funneling money to that aggressor country.

That's not "political".

I guess of you're going to describe a meaningless war of aggression as "international relations" you've decided it's geopolitics rather than crime. I can't really help you there, sorry.

Everybody draws their line somewhere. For some, it's Russia. For others, Russia and Israel. For other, perhaps also the United States -- but we don't all have to agree about the specific line. However, we should not fall into whataboutism and just do nothing, because it's difficult to define a line. There are aggressors (like Russia), where things really are quite clear.

Okay do you want to add qualifiers or just accept my point because Russia's invasion happens to be the most bloody and pointless war currently and in the past 40 years?

You should be able to remember China invading other places historically. Recently, of course, China doesn't compare to Russia or the US in terms of direct conflict. On the other hand, they're the country that is the most vocal about an imminent occupation.