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Posted By AgrippinaX
I work in litigation and I’m not a fan of victim...

I work in litigation and I’m not a fan of victim impact statements, I think they’re manipulative. Also I never said (this keeps coming up in so many discussions) that my thinking/any thinking is...
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UKRAINE
Posted By AgrippinaX
I can understand a need to be a contrarian and...

I can understand a need to be a contrarian and believe it rhetorically useful in some cases, but here I see a thread which, if it wasn’t designed to turn into Russia-bashing, is now safely that. And...
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UKRAINE
Posted By AgrippinaX
Fair enough, but you are deluded if you don’t...

Fair enough, but you are deluded if you don’t think your entire spiel/tone of every single comment of yours isn’t ideologically coloured. Everything is ideologically coloured, yet with your...
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UKRAINE
Posted By AgrippinaX
Wonderful; so you are explicitly promoting...

Wonderful; so you are explicitly promoting censorship. Just checking - wouldn’t be the first time.
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UKRAINE
Posted By AgrippinaX
Exactly. As ever, agree with most of your points.

Exactly. As ever, agree with most of your points.
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UKRAINE
Posted By AgrippinaX
Makes perfect sense to me. Much like how I feel....

Makes perfect sense to me. Much like how I feel. I was invited by my CEO to speak on a public affairs/stakeholders roundtable panel on the matter (due to my Russian heritage I surmise) yesterday and...
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UKRAINE
Posted By AgrippinaX
I agree, but this is a very common sentiment.

I agree, but this is a very common sentiment.
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UKRAINE
Posted By AgrippinaX
Just read this: ...

Just read this:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/03/03/telegram-russian-war-dead-ukraine-pows/

There’s also this, can’t find a non-Apple News link just now: Ukraine’s treatment...
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UKRAINE
Posted By AgrippinaX
I’m genuinely interested if any spin doctors will...

I’m genuinely interested if any spin doctors will try to sell that side of things. “Right, we’re going back to salads and kefir.” :lol:
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UKRAINE
Posted By AgrippinaX
Yes, because Europe is being all green and...

Yes, because Europe is being all green and conscientious.
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UKRAINE
Posted By AgrippinaX
Yup. On that note: Thank you, Elon. ...

Yup. On that note:



Thank you, Elon.

https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/elon-musk-starlink-russia-media-ukraine-b2029215.html
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UKRAINE
Posted By AgrippinaX
Yes, indeed.

Yes, indeed.
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UKRAINE
Posted By AgrippinaX
Thank God for this one. I mean, the mind truly...

Thank God for this one. I mean, the mind truly boggles. To argue that it’s fine and desirable to exaggerate the other side’s casualties and minimise your own is just plain mad. This is how we get to...
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UKRAINE
Posted By AgrippinaX
Agreed.

Agreed.
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UKRAINE
Posted By AgrippinaX
Thing is, I think that’s relatively factual too…...

Thing is, I think that’s relatively factual too… all depends on the POV.
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UKRAINE
Posted By AgrippinaX
Agreed, that is by far the most mental part that...

Agreed, that is by far the most mental part that I’ve enjoyed explaining to people. They are literally named after the favourite Nazi composer Wagner.
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UKRAINE
Posted By AgrippinaX
Ahem. Don’t want to offer any particular phrasing...

Ahem. Don’t want to offer any particular phrasing here as that determines interpretation. But yes, it 100 per cent exists, just in case.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wagner_Group
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UKRAINE
Posted By AgrippinaX
I don’t disagree. Putin’s gang and the Wagner...

I don’t disagree. Putin’s gang and the Wagner Group, among others, have been hard at work protecting Assad, hence he’s alive. Plain and simple. No, this is not a conspiracy theory.
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UKRAINE
Posted By AgrippinaX
Exactly. This is what people overwhelmingly want...

Exactly. This is what people overwhelmingly want to think, and it’s good to set that straight.
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UKRAINE
Posted By AgrippinaX
I am not technically Russian in any meaningful...

I am not technically Russian in any meaningful sense, so I can’t say, but all of the friends/acquaintances my mother has heard from are offering a version of “You go, Vlad, **** NATO, that’s the real...
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UKRAINE
Posted By AgrippinaX
So as anticipated, this is slowly (swiftly?)...

So as anticipated, this is slowly (swiftly?) descending into a “let’s agree Russia is a Satan state/Russians are ****s” rhetoric. On the one hand, I’m never for shutting anything down, I’m really...
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UKRAINE
Posted By AgrippinaX
How come? What do you think that’d entail?

How come? What do you think that’d entail?
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UKRAINE
Posted By AgrippinaX
I am trying to stay out of this discussion, but...

I am trying to stay out of this discussion, but the above is very comprehensive and largely factual - this from someone with the inside scoop from Russia. Most very well-connected relatives in Russia...