BruceVC

You sure seem interested in this development so I guess its big news for some?

But if you dont trust news sources from any side where do you get any information from? I assume you must reference some news sources unless you relying on forums like this for updates which I wouldn't recommend. Rather use a forum like this for confirmation or additional information but you should generally do your own research first

Im going to guess but knowing you I imagine you stay of the your in-laws views and opinions of the war, thats just prudent and makes sense in the interest of maintaining a respectful and peaceful relationship? I have mentioned this before but I dont generally engage or dispute any political or ideological views with my extended family members. My close family yes but not for example one of my bothers wife's family. And I also put religion and certain SJ issues in that camp There are so many other constructive and happy things to talk about, for me its not worth getting into arguments when I am not going to change there opinion anyway

And that was really because of the worry with nukes falling into the hands of the ANC and unfounded fears that they would use them in some sort of Communist or other extreme way. So SA only got rid of nukes because of concerns with the new untested leadership. I can understand the concern even if it was unnecessary

Whats the difference between Neo-Nazi groups in Russia and Ukraine, from a Russian war propaganda perspective why would you want to denazify one country but be fine with the same groups within your own country? Putin is fine with Neo-Nazi when they support him and his autocracy. Here is a good link that discusses this reality in Russia https://www.latrobe.edu.au/news/articles/2022/opinion/russias-long-history-of-neo-nazis

I remember in one of the townhouse complexes I stayed in one of my neighbours had 2 cats which she loved and treated them really well but she was often working late and there was an elderly couple who were always at home and one of cats started visiting the elderly couple who loved cats and the cat ended up adopting the new family and spent 80% of its time in there townhouse even when the original owner was at home

And dont forget fascists, fascists everywhere ..hey @majestic

Not really, thats not what most people expect when you have opinion on the invasion. This gets repeated but its not accurate What most people who support Ukraine would assume is ideological consistency and the same level of outrage we witnessed when the US invaded Iraq. Remember the whole " the US lied and invaded a country, bad warmongering US " !!!! But you dont see that, we find endless justification and whatoutabism from people who support Russia like the 3 big N lies I dont think anyone on this forum is like that but its exists on places like Codex

@Sarex I also am interested in a convincing argument, go into details?

Yes of course but she also wanted to join NATO, had Nukes in her bag and she was a Neo-Nazi so she deserved it

Cats are notorious for adopting new owners if they unhappy, it can happen quickly especially if you feed them.....dont feed them Shady !!!

Nice, how was the food and social side of it? Any memorable or unusual meals to share?

Sometimes nothing beats the right ingredients, even if they imported and expensive

Dont stop ...just pause, I need to get a handkerchief and dab my forehead

Im having a similar debate on Codex and someone correctly pointed out that Chinese Room is basically a new company with none of the previous people working for it that worked on previous adventure games But that doesnt mean it cant succeed if you think of Owlcat but it still concerns me

Im still skeptical about if they can create a game as prestigious, iconic and grand as Bloodlines 2 I enjoyed Amnesia and Penumbra but they tiny games compared to this project

That definitely not bugs, thats intentional coding by design so modders can address it later. Its a Bethesda game after all

That looks really good and Im hoping they finish this game, Im excited because I was starting to think this game would be vaporware And one positive already it looks like there are hot women in it which means woke influence isnt dictating the artistic and aesthetic direction of the game . That will be a nice change

I hear you but I think there are a couple of considerations, firstly I disagree that the interviews that Daniil Orain does arent relevant to the overall views of Russians in general and how things are in Russia In fact I would argue they are one of the most effective and revealing ways to understand the psyche of normal Russians and there views on the state and the war, he interviews literally hundreds of normal citizens in different parts of the country and asks them questions on a range of topics. And he also doesn't just focus on big cities like Moscow which is relatively removed from the consequence of the war I consider the responses to be often more insightful than anything we get from most outsider sources of media or opinion pieces and Im not dismissing all outsider sources that often we post that are relevant and accurate. Im saying the lived experiences and views of Russians still in Russia are relevant But I do agree what the Russian education system is trying to do is egregious and very worrying for the future of Russia and how they will view and understand the war. But many Russians dont trust the state anyway, for example they only achieved a 55% vaccination rate which is one of the lowest in Europe And this was despite the fact the Russian state was saying " take the jab, Sputnik good ". The Russians arent like the Chinese who generally dont question anything that the CCP tells them So in summary I dont think creating revisionist history from grades 10-12 is fundamentally going to change the cynicism or lack of trust many Russians feel about the direction the country is going. That doesn't mean anti-war laws wont be enforced and Russian citizens will publicly criticize the war and Putin himself Thats a given but thats an outcome of the draconian laws around the autocracy that Putin has created. But that doesnt mean thats what all Russians believe. There is a difference

Not really, in Russia there is not restricted Internet access as far as I know. And if you watch any of the videos from the likes of Daniil Oriian you will see lots of Russians he interviews who comment on the numerous questions and they respond generally in 3 ways based on the fact "anti-war " sentiment can mean jail time they support the state and everything the Russian propaganda says they dont want to comment but you can see they would be critical of Putin and many of the developments like the draft and the reason for the state of the Russian economy they openly critical of the war and the reason for the failures and consequences of the war And the last 2 respondents often talk about how people must " stop only watching Russia media " and " reference international news sources" The point being if a person in Russia wants to know the truth about the invasion and the state of the war they can still use the Internet and this is confirmed by Russians on Codex. Its not like China or NK, yet, where they have effective Internet control and do control the reality of available information

Silly Russian educators, the Internet exists and you not going to stop people who have a vested interest in the truth about the invasion

It sounds like you need to play a reliable and consistent game that wont disappoint, what about Skyrim AE? It has 500 mods included in the game so you dont need to install any mods

I was watching an interesting interview on CNN with Christina Amanpour, she is in Kiev at the moment, and one of Zelensky's former military advisors, Andriy Zagorodnyuk, and she asked him a whole lot of standard questions and the reality of drones came into the debate And he was saying the usage of drones is going to change warfare irrevocably or at least add another new permanent element and armies have to be agile and have to " modernize " there strategies in this type of war. He used several examples of there effectiveness and made a comparison how a single drone can destroy a tank worth millions or damage a ship So drones are definitely a tool of future warfare at least for those countries that have the resources to use them

Oh Im not specifically but I sometimes read the Vatniks comments on Codex and they post videos and " evidence " of Leopards being destroyed And there is lots of Russian memes and fake news about the reality how many Leopards have been destroyed

https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2023/08/28/in-13-weeks-ukraine-has-lost-just-five-of-its-71-leopard-2-tanks/?sh=9e1c1ca185b1 Interesting link, only 5 Leopards have actually been destroyed. If you read most of the Russian and Vatnik propaganda they will tell you hundreds have been annihilated