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And I leave you to spot what's wrong with putting words into other people's mouth.

Okay, point well taken.

Rather, you cannot claim that taking side in this particular conflict is problematic, without in fact taking some sort of side. One thing is to not ta...

You are on the side of those who think that taking side is morally wrong. As opposed to just saying: 'I take no side but others are welcome to do as t...

Obviously, intellectual pursuits are not for @"Tzeentch"... :-)

You are trying to confuse yourself, and it seems to work out. In truth I have NOT joined the war just because I post my opinion here, not anymore than...

LOL. You're no logician.

Oh the irony! This one is a real gem...

Okay so @"Tzeentch" is obviously not interested in talking substance, @"Xtrix" has left the thread for good for the tenth time, and @"baker" takes ref...

Isn't that precisely that we should take Putin's rhetoric seriously when he says that pushing back against NATO motivates his special military operati...

Try and follow what's actually said. Straw men are for losers. I am saying that Mearsheimer argues that we should take Putin's words seriously (at lea...

I didn't say I was comfortable with war, but with making a moral distinction between an aggressor and his victim. That much should be obvious.

Where does that come from?

Yes

He lost me when he argued that Putin doesn't lie. How naïve, or wedged to one's narrative one needs to be to make such a blatantly false statement? Pu...

I'm personally quite comfortable with taking side, in this case and in many others where there's a clear aggressor. There's no moral symmetry that I c...

Well written, thanks. The observation that Americans laugh about their crimes in Iraq is a good point; also the one on what a return of Trump would me...

It will take some time, like a few years. At worst a few decades.

Nobel peace prize auctioned by Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov, editor-in-chief of Novaya Gazeta, raises record $103.5m for Ukrainian child refugees...

Good point.

At least, our modern Hitler failed his Anschluss. That's something to celebrate.

"Is Dombas really worth this?"

I think this thread can use a little bit of French love, so here you go with a pic from the visit of Macron, Draghi and Scholz to Kyiv, that's doing t...

Yes, that's perhaps even closer to it. I agree that it is 'dangerous' in a way: a lot is a stake, in the real world. That too factors in the general a...

If we follow upon the observation made by Collingwood in his Essay – that people are often ‘ticklish’ about their metaphysics, and all the more so whe...

I wonder if the constant train of insults and snide remarks from the anti NATO camp is indicative of something, some fragility, a fear. Otherwise, why...

Maybe this thread is a constructive mess, or as constructive as a mess can be. A number of positions have been thoroughly argued for and against. Not ...

Childhood living Is easy to do The things you wanted I bought them for you Graceless lady You know who I am You know I can't let you Slide through my ...

No universal one, no.

Neanderthal ?

Not on victors, you are right, but there is often some enforcement on losers, as was the case in Nuremberg. In this particular case, if Russia loses t...

There is the UN Charter, as well as various treaties and conventions, eg the Geneva conventions.

You spoke of peaceful coexistence with one's enemy, which was understood as a critique of Mr Putin. Hence you must be the enemy, and you deserve to be...

I take that as a yes.

Ex-PM says Putin 'out of it', Ukraine war could last two years Issued on: 13/06/2022 Paris (AFP) – He was Vladimir Putin's first prime minister but Mi...

You and you love Putin aren't doing it either!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The 'ethnic Russians' are just invaders from previous periods, and Putin is killing a gr...

Do you think the invasion of Poland by Hitler and Stalin was legitimate too?

:up:

I agree with that. And I would add give back Palestine to the Palestinians, Russia to the Russians, and Ukraine to the Ukrainians.

Test 2.

Test.

A court in the separatist-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic of Ukraine convicted two British fighters and one Moroccan on Thursday of seeking the v...

I don't concern myself with FAUX News anchors. If I find parts of academia laughable, I'm going to laugh. Simplify your life.

Who Crimea belongs to is open to debate. Did he though?

You haven't established that it's not. And I don't see why other motives would matter. If it is self defense, then that's what it is. What else do you...

Glad I could cheer you guys up.

So you think some administrative units are evil?

Sokal and Bricmont are heroes in my book. They fought the right fight, and even made it fun. What's not to love? When and where academia becomes an in...

For your info, NATO is an alliance, composed of several signatory nations.

As explained, the question raised was whether your argument is about morality or legitimacy. Therefore, Ukrainians and their allies are worthy of prai...