So because you don't see it, I must be playing dumb? Seems a theme. One wonders what exactly you expect from a discussion forum whilst assuming everyo...
Except the second was preceded by supporting evidence from two experts in the field. Hence the adjunct "nothing but". Had your position been "also" We...
I agree, but that's not the point. We're not talking about something I've chosen to believe because Putin said it, we're talking about something I've ...
Funny how this has all of a sudden become a rallying cry. We've had over half a century of foreign aid being tied to economic reforms, punitive measur...
Right. Well that was a distracting waste of time. So you actually agree with the sentiment that we didn't ought to treat the notion that some talking ...
No. It ought to be. An odd question. As if we do other things for other sorts of reasons. Why do you go for a walk? Why do you seek relationships? Why...
No, it's completely relevant because the argument was that anti-US sentiment shouldn't be repeated if Putin said it because Putin lies. If Putin only ...
I see how that would work, but I don't see how it relates to the argument. If there is some legitimate criticism of the US, Putin may, or may not repe...
I don't know. That wasn't what I asked. I was asking for an example of this 'always lie' tactic in action. Something where the truth benefits Putin's ...
Alternatively, let's say evidence came to light that American bombed the bridge, not Ukraine (just a hypothetical example). You're saying that Putin w...
I see. So can you give me an example of where Putin has said something positive about America or Ukraine (that isn't true) in this recent crisis as pa...
That's just draft. Why would Putin lie all the time? So you're saying if America did something terrible Putin wouldn't tell the truth about that? He'd...
This is a point which bears emphasis. Russia take a generally anti-Western position. It's in their interests to publicise any errors or injustices tha...
I'm not sure what you're having trouble with here. One can over water one's houseplants. One can under water one's houseplants. Do you find the concep...
We can't be responsible for your lack of imagination. That you think resistance is either war or nothing is your problem, don't project it on to other...
Right. But for a prey animal that life includes being hunted, being free to roam, migrating, having large herds... We prevent much of that. Which shou...
How do we work out what their interests are, since we can't ask, and we're not ourselves of those species? And, having found out, why ought we concern...
I know, it's crazy isn't it? It's almost as if there's a chance you might not actually know everything there is to know about the subject and other pe...
Not while he's still got a position he can milk, no. The moment things start going south you can guarantee he's not going down with the ship. Could be...
My point was that far lesser sources have produced far more sensational front pages. Yes. Surprisingly Ukrainians are not an homogeneous mass of one h...
Yes. It's almost as if all the fantasy about warring 'nations' is just a pile of crap fed to stupid masses to keep them at each other's throats while ...
The WSWS article... The NYT... ... So you're saying it would have been breaking news everywhere if the source had been 'The Ukrainian special forces',...
Oh, and just playing some more with your graphs (great resource by the way), have a look at this one... https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/human-right...
So hang on. Your counter argument is seriously that country with a human rights record below Costa Rica is responsible for the human rights improvemen...
Here's the same claim in that known hotbed of leftist radicalism... the telegraph. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2022/10/09/four-ways-ukraine...
The answer is fairly simple. You find out first by actually trying rather than committing the world to the brink of nuclear war on the basis of some a...
It's this I was talking about.. But fine, you present 'conceptual frameworks' that apparently don't need proof and then ask for it from others. An odd...
Not 'makes' no. I expect it would if it could, and I wouldn't be remotely surprised if it did, but my current claim is only that funding perpetuates w...
Sure. Maybe Biden would have pushed harder. But the situations were not the same. Numerous other factors were at play, the main one being that there w...
Sorry, I meant military aid. The arms industry sells them the government because they're donating them to Ukraine. Point is the same, that can't happe...
If Ukraine don't mount an armed response we can't very well sell them weapons for it can we? I don't understand what your problem is with that argumen...
Funny how the threshold of evidence suddenly increases dramatically when criticicing the US. You seem to have no trouble saying... With absolutely no ...
Yes. I know my generation are on their way out (to be replaced by those with enough emotional confidence to dye their hair blue) but us old fogeys are...
That's not the game at all. As I said, you started this little conversation with... No evidence, no 'proof'. The requests for 'proof only started when...
I'm always right. You know that! The US are our allies and we tend to follow their lead unless their moves are seen as very unpopular. So you mean man...
From the article... Nowhere in the article are any comparative figures given all that's given are the estimates the Ukrainian government will not veri...
As I said, we have duty to hold our governments to account. If you want to just lay down and let them do whatever they like because you're so powerles...
Did you think I thought Biden might be reading? Nothing does it seems, for you. We're all just helpless pawns who might as well bend over and submit t...
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