There's ample evidence. We have the numbers killed in the current war and the numbers dead under Russian occupation of Crimea. These are known facts. ...
Just exploring your idea further. Say person A's actions will directly result in person B getting hurt (punched in the face by person A). You're sayin...
Let's do a little pros and cons. The pros for both options are obviously that the people of the region move toward greater freedom. So the cons... Opt...
Yep. I'm not the one arguing that there are no other choices. There are two ways the region can move toward freedom. Fighting a war to ensure control ...
I wasn't asking what you would do. I was asking why? Why would you seek to avoid being part of it? So Joe Bloggs uses his big stick to beat his neighb...
And all the other countries listed above? Ukraine different to all those too? You're suggesting that the situation in Crimea and Donbas is different t...
By construction. Socially mediated. No. They're not. That's the point. What you're calling your 'experience of red' is a socially mediated constructio...
Since 1990. From Wiki 1990: People's Movement I was a revolution to restore democracy in Nepal and end the panchayat system in Nepal. 1990–present: Un...
Seriously? You're asking if there's any other route to freedom other than war? Did the South Africans have a war to get rid of Apartheid? Which war ov...
No. There's simply no evidence to support such a notion. The parts of the brain which process colour are way back on the chain of processing they're n...
No one can say anything about the experience of red, not because it's ineffable, but because it doesn't exist. Experiences are constructed by the brai...
Nothing. Third time. Where in that speech does it contradict the view that Ukraine are unlikely to regain their lost territory? I get that the US aim ...
Where does he say that the Ukrainians are likely to win back their lost territory? Where is the conclusion of swift analysts contradicted? Where is an...
So the person who does do that gets to do so with impunity? We're powerless to stop him? I don't see how that helps. People have their freedom restric...
I've already cited the source. I'm not playing this "let's wait a few pages and then pretend there's no citations" game. It's dull and transparent. Fi...
That doesn't even mention likelihood. Christ! The point is that Ukraine are unlikely to win back their lost territory militarily. "world renowned" Swi...
Where in any of that does it say that Ukraine are likely to win back Crimea? Nowhere. The assessment of every single expert I've read (and cited) is t...
From barely two pages back... Or simply... But of course, anyone not toeing the media-sanctioned line must be demonised with aplomb. Still waiting for...
Well. I'm all ears. Just quote from the expert opinion you're using to counter those I've cited who put Ukraine's chances of success very low. Then we...
I think the problem is that you're discussing only part of an idea. It's like if I offered you tea or coffee and you replied "I don't much like coffee...
I don't really care about your personal meanings for words. Discrimination on the grounds of nationality or citizenship is racism according to the law...
Where? Because the chances of a victory are very, very small, thousands of people will die in the meantime, and Russia can have a revolution without a...
Yep. That'll be why I said... Fucksake. Read first, reply second. If you want to argue with a 'putinista' figment of your imagination do it on a blog....
I said Russians could reform. You said it was unlikely because the Nazis didn't. So if Russians are not like the Nazis then why would the Nazis' failu...
Russians are, and you just likened them all to Nazis. But, hey, they're Russian, so doesn't matter I suppose. Even raise the spectre of any Ukrainians...
Not really, no. So Russians are Nazis now? Your anti-russian racism is getting ever more disgusting. I must have missed them. Cite me an example of a ...
From before the war https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/dec/17/russia-issues-list-demands-tensions-europe-ukraine-nato From March https://www.reute...
Nonsense, you've been given plenty of alternatives, the two options you're considering are not mutually exclusive. It could be, for example, that Russ...
Then by what metric do you determine your support for, say, continued drip-feed arms to Ukraine? On what grounds do you agree with Zelensky's uncompro...
Right. So your comment was meaningless. If Zelensky's actions were proportionate to the harm being mitigated, then they were justified. If Zelensky's ...
As has been pointed out time and time again, what matters in the question of who will win this war and how is the capacity to absorb suffering, not th...
Just restating it doesn't make it true. If I dropped a nuclear bomb on your neighborhood because I was justifiably concerned you were going to kill me...
Of course it can. If I feel that you're threatening my life, I'm not thereby justified in dropping a nuclear bomb on your house. The collateral damage...
What a fascinating collection of self-immunised arguments we're getting. First we have @"ssu"'s absurd "when my theory is disproven by the past 'times...
No. Apparently it's... The sophistic art of the historicist... When events from the past don't match your preferred theory say "ah, but things are dif...
Yes, although 'harm' doesn't fully encompass all morality. There's a whole set of characteristics which fall into the definition of 'moral' behaviour....
I can't make any sense of that. Say I'm the government/parent and I offer you a series of justifications as to why I have authority over you. Is that ...
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