Isaac

So? I didn't ask if you had a problem with it. Your lack of concern for the proper functions of a free democracy is noted. I'm explaining the conseque...

Here's an example... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63528183?at_medium=RSS& It tells me about Zelensky's latest announcement. A journalist fo...

Yes. But your average Ukrainian is not visiting the front line, nor are they visiting the negotiation rooms in Parliament, so the analogy is irrelevan...

Bullshit. Utter callous, nationalist bullshit. Millions are facing starvation because of this war, and thousands of rich Ukrainians will remain comple...

By what mechanism? If you're going to support your ridiculous claim you need a mechanism, you've failed to provide one. By what mechanism do those wit...

Then you should be able to answer a very simple question. By what mechanism does a citizen of Lvov gain information about the strategic situation on t...

I know. It's false. If we had proper measure (the ones you cited as showing support) I wouldn't so easily have been able to find a poll to the contrar...

On what grounds? Ukraine is nearly 800 miles wide. I know it's quite flat, but either Ukrainians have very good eyesight, or them being "on site" make...

So what qualifies you to claim professor Menon's opinion is "idiotic nonsense"?

How so? And that helps the legitimacy how? Twelfth time now... Good reasons. I'm not trying to falsify it. I'm not claiming Zelensky doesn't have popu...

1) There's no mechanism in place by which they can make an informed decision, nor tell anyone what it is. 2) They literally are being forced to fight....

Well spotted. I've also noticed that making scrambled eggs is different from frying them. Neither observations have the slightest relevance too the in...

Indeed, I prefer the 20th century English composers too, but I agree Mahler's use of brass is atmospheric.

Ah yes, happier times... https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/05/the-ussr-and-us-came-closer-to-nuclear-war-than-we-thought/276290/ ...

No, indeed. I really can't think why anyone would come to believe it might, but at least you've clarified the matter should any such benighted souls b...

Yes, the cat is looking a bit hungry, maybe I ought to feed it.

One is left wondering why @"NOS4A2" takes such enthusiastic part in an entirely linguistic activity such as forum discussion knowing his words have no...

I think this is one of the confounding factors in any moral analysis. The idea that a worse country (in human rights terms) ought not take over a bett...

Cheers.

That which is 'lawful' is that against which there is no law. Taking property from Jews was lawful in Nazi Germany, but it was neither right nor justi...

As to... This from Charles A. Kupchan, professor of international affairs at Georgetown University and senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relatio...

A tenth time then... No, that's precisely how I'm using the term. It does not merely mean the same as 'lawful', it is about "right and justification" ...

Are you having trouble reading? No one is disregarding those factors, they are disagreeing with you about the likelihoods, weights, and values. Just l...

The irony...

Exactly. People have not "disregarded" domino effects, they just disagree with you about what they are, how likely they are, and how to measure them. ...

That other people disagree with you about those wider consequences doesn't mean they haven't considered them. They've been discussed at great length h...

Yes, that's the plan, but I need to know what it is you don't understand. I'm not going to just blindly rephrase everything I've written in the hope o...

As I've said maybe half a dozen times now, once in the very post you're responding to... It may well be preposterous to expect such coalitions from Uk...

Well then you have a choice, you can either continue with your confrontational lack of charity in interpretation, in which case we've nothing more to ...

In that case, on what grounds are you judging the argument 'fair'? What would an unfair argument look like in this context? Yeah, I think all that is ...

If you're confused about my arguments you can just ask. It's far more productive than simply assuming the worst possible interpretation you can think ...

Since when has the size of a comment constituted an argument in favour of it's soundness? Again, this is false on the face of it. Brutal regimes have ...

I wasn't wondering why it was the case. I was pointing out one of the consequences of it being the case. That being said, yes. Roosevelt was elected i...

Not recently, no.

So one poll and a lack of media report... In a country where opposition media reporting has been banned. I don't know how familiar you are with the ge...

Those 'mil analysis' guys eh! What are they like. I was saying only the other day to some my soc psych homeboys just how cool those guys are. Sure hop...

Well, there's three ways it could go - no revolution (Putin remains), good revolution (democracy, or at least more enlightened dictator), or bad revol...

What evidence are you basing that assessment on? Brutal regimes have put up substantial armed resistance many times in the past, it's clearly not the ...

Right, good. So to avoid... ...one could either topple the regime responsible, or make sure one lives outside its borders. I don't see how that gets u...

Those don't say the same thing at all. If you don't understand something I've said, you can just ask. Don't just assume. Where? No it wouldn't because...

Go on... Why ought we discourage that?

So Russians, in your view, are powerless to prevent this inexorable slide?

Firstly, it's not a matter of opinion, the Ukrainian government have banned opposition parties, censored opposition press, and have conducted neither ...

Where have I said anything of that nature? That's right. There's no entity which one could justifiably ask about the 'right' apportionment of territor...

Oh, I nearly forgot. Here's a random image https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse4.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DOIP.RQ77KjZuvCPJ9V...

So you're trying to show how ludicrous my ideas are by insisting I "understand" yours? How's that work exactly? Let me give it a try... You have to un...

Why would we suppose such a thing? That seems like the first leap to justify. The overall crime rate has increased in the UK. Suppose this is the resu...

I don't "have to understand" your preferred interpretation at all. You may desperately need me to, but that's your problem, not mine. The way things s...

No. If you can't understand what I write, there's little point in explaining again.

In all four cases @"_db" refers to 'the state' as the decision-making body. No one is denying the existence of a decision-making body in Russia and Uk...