We should indeed. But we shouldn't use that to justify, excuse or dismiss any wrongs done that isn't at the scale of other wrongs.
OP's point is that if as a result of an intervention that is perceived as too direct by Putin, Russia wipes out Ukraine completely it will be a net loss to Ukraine. If on top of that he also wipes out Poland, then the…
This publication (based in Bulgaria) seems to publish fairly pro-Russian articles, which should be a red flag for news like this. A quick search for Kireev's name returns a lot of contradictory information. I found an…
> If a man murders someone, the victim's family sues and win, and as a result the murder's children are economically deprived... Sorry but this is not accurate. This would be more accurate: a man is in the process of…
> I am tired of repeating myself about how I hate this situation, but the victims are not Russian grandmasters, they are Ukrainian children. Nobody in this thread has denied that Ukrainian children are victims, and…
> you are failing to impose a cost for Russian war crimes. Isn't the simple logic that the people who should bear the cost of war crimes are those who commit these war crimes? > It's an awful situation for everyone…
> This is in reaction to a much greater moral outrage: thousands of dead Ukrainian civilians because of an unprovoked Russian invasion. No, this is racism and intolerance under a thin guise of outrage. We are talking…
We should indeed. But we shouldn't use that to justify, excuse or dismiss any wrongs done that isn't at the scale of other wrongs.
OP's point is that if as a result of an intervention that is perceived as too direct by Putin, Russia wipes out Ukraine completely it will be a net loss to Ukraine. If on top of that he also wipes out Poland, then the…
This publication (based in Bulgaria) seems to publish fairly pro-Russian articles, which should be a red flag for news like this. A quick search for Kireev's name returns a lot of contradictory information. I found an…
> If a man murders someone, the victim's family sues and win, and as a result the murder's children are economically deprived... Sorry but this is not accurate. This would be more accurate: a man is in the process of…
> I am tired of repeating myself about how I hate this situation, but the victims are not Russian grandmasters, they are Ukrainian children. Nobody in this thread has denied that Ukrainian children are victims, and…
> you are failing to impose a cost for Russian war crimes. Isn't the simple logic that the people who should bear the cost of war crimes are those who commit these war crimes? > It's an awful situation for everyone…
> This is in reaction to a much greater moral outrage: thousands of dead Ukrainian civilians because of an unprovoked Russian invasion. No, this is racism and intolerance under a thin guise of outrage. We are talking…