Yeesh you really don't know how to keep to a side. Thanks for the props, thanks for saying what I already said, thanks for rehashing what you already said, and thanks for not understanding the point and drawing this out. This whole exchange is unnecessary and has been a waste of my time

Not even kind of close. Legal gun owners can be responsible and law abiding citizens, but you know the ones everyone hears about are not that kind of person. Why don't the good and wholesome law abiding gun owners root these people out? Is it because a significant segment of that population shouldn't own guns, even if they say THEY aren't the problem?

To put it simply.. If you had a Gatling gun on your vehicle, would you have used it by now? Most of us would admittedly say yes. Most of us, given unfettered access and anonymity, would have at least thought about doing something really stupid and illegal if everyone had Gatling guns mounted on their vehicles.

Most of us would have killed someone if the likelihood of being caught was minimal.. Which is why unfettered and semi anonymous access to firearms is an awful idea

I have them all downloaded. 25 years of old hard drives and nerdy piracy have me well stocked for the apocalypse

You've been had. I love that I can hear your heartbeat go up in your response. You're a clown 🤡

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Yes. They are Wagner

They had nuclear weapons. Under a treaty with Russia to respect their borders, Ukraine gave them up. Russia broke that treaty. Now Russia is mad they could very well lose their 2014 gains and wants to negotiate peace, but Ukraine says absolutely not while we're still making progress on the offensive campaign, and Ukraine is about to launch an offensive on Crimea. Why would they give up ground they've gained and ground they could wrestle back?

So what you're saying is like: China annexes all of Russia, bombs the hell out of it, and then says "why won't they just agree to stop fighting? We're doing this for you! We raped your citizens and deported your children because your leaders are (ironically) Jewish Nazis!"

Why should any sovereign nation give up land to invaders, especially when they're in the middle of an offensive campaign? The US News is reporting Ukraine is about to start an offensive in Crimea, so why on earth would they stop to negotiate with a bully who is currently getting their asses charred?

When you're winning at LoL or Fortnite, do you suddenly go to your opponent and say "Hey man! We should stop fighting, and share this victory! I don't like that I'm currently winning! Here's half my inventory and points. Enjoy!"

Your username kinda gives you away. You should consider using one of your alts

Bahaha look at you. "Everyone who disagrees with me is a bootlicker/troll/westerner."

Edit for the bootlicking troll below: Ahem A straw man fallacy is the informal fallacy of refuting an argument different from the one actually under discussion, while not recognizing or acknowledging the distinction. One who engages in this fallacy is said to be "attacking a straw man".

You don't understand what a straw man is.

You're really bad at this. You even tried to copy my comment and failed miserably! Congratulations, you're stupid in two languages!

The rules are set up to present a ladylike/gentlemanly behavior in the face of good sportsmanship. There is nothing ungentlemanly or unladylike in refusing to shake hands when a sword tap will suffice.

There is also nothing unladylike about not wanting to touch the person who represents your rapists. If the athlete representing Russia doesn't like that treatment, they can choose to participate without representing a nation.

There are simple solutions to all of these problems, but the most important aspect is she had an agreement with the official that a sword tap would be appropriate and acceptable beforehand. Downvotes mean nothing without a response. I can sign up for 10 accounts and manipulate the votes too!

The likely reason it isn't a COMMON phone form factor is the hardware required to make it a phone would take up too much space

Russian army backed by a powerful defence industry and a robust economy will not hesitate to confront NATO member countries bordering Ukraine

This reeks of propaganda. The world is aware of an estimated 200,000 dead (I was wrong, according to news sources. The number of VERIFIABLE dead is between 50,000-100,000. The estimated total dead Russians in Ukraine is still roughly 200,000.), and at least $100 million in war related imports from China. Both were on the front page of Lemmy in the last week.

Looks like OP is an astroturfer. Check their post history.

The BBC article you're referring to puts the number of confirmed dead at over 100,000: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-65451487

NPR 47,000: https://www.npr.org/2023/07/14/1187847548/how-many-russians-have-died-in-ukraine-new-data-estimates-soldier-casualties

AP News 50,000: https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-military-deaths-facd75c2311ed7be660342698cf6a409

Aljazeera 50,000: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/7/10/new-data-uncovers-50000-russian-deaths-during-the-ukraine-war

Wikipedia 214,000: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casualties_of_the_Russo-Ukrainian_War

"US intelligence documentation cited the Russian FSB that Russian forces suffered 110,000 casualties by 28 February 2023."

The Wikipedia article is well sourced. I suggest anyone looking for the truth sift through their 395 citations for the proof. You can downvote all you want. Idgaf about Internet points.

Do you know how we know OP is using a botnet? We can see the same users following him around the site and voting everything he says, even when he's been definitively proven wrong by 5 news sources. It's really amazing that he's still trying to push this nonsense.

To the obvious troll below: if your internet allows you to click those links, you shouldn't do it on your work computer or they'll have you in Ukraine with nothing but a suicide grenade or mining salt in the Urals by the end of the day. Slava Ukraini.