So you are not condemning:
- death penalty - death penalty for relatives of criminals - death penalty for pregnant relatives
I'd love to know what country you live in and if you would condone laws that allow this.
- death penalty - death penalty for relatives of criminals - death penalty for pregnant relatives
I'd love to know what country you live in and if you would condone laws that allow this.
Admittedly that only applies to non-US nationals outside the US, but the CIA and American overseas military operations have relied for years on executing people (and their wives, children, neighbours, wedding guests, and first responders) with missiles.
You argument is comparing the actions of the US military against a foreign enemy - and their associates - to the actions of the Chinese internal security against their own people. Are you saying the Chinese are at war with their own people?
We can even see that in this exact case. Earlier this year, there were reports that this issue was not caused by a technological issue but by various spies. One, former CIA agent Jerry Chun Shing Lee [1], allegedly gave away the names of these CIA spies to the Chinese for $25,000. It's ironic that the CIA spies faced death, and probably worse, because of other spies - but that is the very essence of what spies do. Cause death and suffering, generally for small amounts of money. It's despicable.
[1] - https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ex-cia-officer-jerry-ch...
Are you saying it is fine to execute relatives of spies?
You were implicitly stating you oppose the execution of spies. And that is certainly your right. At the same time, I think many people do not consider what traitorous spies actually are and do. I'm also generally against the death penalty, but not unconditionally - traitorous espionage would certainly be near the top of the shortlist of things that I think fully justify execution.