[yeukhon]

Would you say living in country X is also supporting country X her wrongdoing because otherwise we back to the argument "we don't have choice."

By the way, having a FB because friends are on is not a choice problem. It's simply because some people find FB convenient to connect with their friends.

[ryandrake]

Choosing convenience is still a choice. Many of my friends are probably on Facebook, but I neither know nor care. That doesn't mean I can't keep in touch.

[yeukhon]

Right, I meant to say "no you do have a choice" to his "no sometimes we don't have a choice."

[coldtea]

>Would you say living in country X is also supporting country X her wrongdoing

If you're not the victim of the country's wrongdoing, and you don't do anything to prevent it, then sure.

Not just because you stay silent and let the leaders of the country pursue further wrongdoing, or also because you pay taxes which enable the country to go about its wrongdoing, but also because you might even benefit from the wrongdoing, even if you don't directly participate in it (e.g. if it benefits the country at large and trickles down to everybody).

[loceng]

Yes, you're still supporting the country - unless I suppose if you're rebelling or stealing from it. If your taxes are going towards a war that you don't believe in or want to fund, you're still funding it. That's why a lot of people are against taxation. I am against taxation in its current form because though I want to support the country I am in, I want to be able to decide where that money goes in a more refined way. I absolutely don't want to be helping people be killed if there's a better way, e.g. violent war - even if that better way costs more. Unfortunately/fortunately in order to change systems, including governments and countries, you have to work from within the system in most instances.

Equating an online platform, where everyone is mobile through a browser URL or downloading a different app, vs. a country is a little bit apples and oranges too, however if there is no good alternative - including online - then people are stuck. I believe there will be a better alternative in the future however.