The situation in Ukraine is totally different from women vote in the UK or apartheid in SA — Olivier5
Ukraine different to all those too? — Isaac
it's not like there is no historical precedent for war as a means to freedom. If the UK can wage a just war against the Nazis, then Ukraine can wage a just war against Putin's forces. — Olivier5
Nobody is pushing for WW3 here. We just don,t understand why you guys would chose this hill to die on. — Olivier5
What is the point of defending mass murderers on a philosophy forum? — Olivier5
evidence is of fewer total lives lost by that means) — Isaac
There is no evidence of that. — Olivier5
a thousand year Russian reich over Ukraine would kill many many times more people (over thge years) than a quick war of liberation. — Olivier5
You cannot base geopolitical decisions on mathematical equations. There are too many unknowns. — Olivier5
If I say that no nuclear power would accept humiliation at such a scale, I am not defending Putin's actions, I am describing a situation. — Manuel
Is the "defeat of Russia" worth gambling a nuclear war? — Manuel
Well then, don't ask questions that require armchair reckoning... — Olivier5
no one is gambling a nuclear war — Olivier5
Uninformed opinions have zero value; and when taken as facts, they even have negative value (are detrimental). So please stop putting out your uninformed opinion as if they were facts. Try to think before you post, and challenge yourself a bit. — Olivier5
There's a whole army of qualified experts out there publishing their findings from whom you can obtain informed opinion. — Isaac
The numbers of dead in the war thus far are not 'armchair reckoning', they are statistics gathered by various expert agencies. — Isaac
The experience of counties under oppressive regimes is not 'armchair reckoning'. Hundreds of historians have carefully reviewed the evidence and reached informed conclusions about how such cultures respond. — Isaac
No problem at all. — Olivier5
nuclear escalation is an emotional fantasy entertained by some low-level bureaucrats and angry pundits in Russia, and by some knee-jirking western pundits. — Olivier5
The opposition paries are not banned. — Olivier5
Ukrainians are much freer than the Russians. — Olivier5
The only reason they left Kherson was the suffering they went through there. — Olivier5
Russia getting its way in Ukraine,... would result in attrocious consequences for both Ukrainians and Russians. — Olivier5
The odds for that are minuscule. — Olivier5
Ukrainian victory, ...would likely trigger a revolution in Russia — Olivier5
So why do you ask me? — Olivier5
How many Russians have died in this war so far, pray tell? — Olivier5
How many Ukrainians? — Olivier5
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