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Okay but thats the same example as saying " people aren't considered people due to unjust laws " @Gorth examples are valid, for example in Apartheid SA non-white people were denied basic rights that are mandatory when we define what a citizen is So if your point is "Laws and rules that protects people only protects those you consider people" I would disagree that exists in any country where any of us live because being a citizen grants you certain inalienable rights Arent you talking about economic inequality, thats not the same thing as not being seen as a person like in Burma or the US or SA historically?

https://edition.cnn.com/2023/03/23/europe/bakhmut-ukraine-counter-offensive-intl Possible Ukrainian counter-offensive in Bakhmut, imagine if that happens. Its going to cause huge anxiety amongst Vatniks especially considering " Bakhmut has fallen for over 70 days now "

Lexx I thought of a legal German conundrum, what happens if a child has been called Hitler and the first day of school that child goes to school and tells the teacher " my name is Hitler " would he be arrested? You might think Im joking but there are people in SA who identify themselves as Hitler and its a black person. There is a fairly regular caller on one of the talk shows who says his name is Hitler

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Yes I agree, for any government to be bound by its Constitution it requires judicial independence And that doesnt exist in Russia under Putin and even when he is gone its difficult to imagine how this will change. It can of course but Judicial independence takes time to be restored

" against the Russian Constitution " Good one Zora, it almost makes you think that Putin is bound by it and believes in the rule of law and order. I dont give your sense of humor enough credit

Im only 4 hours into IWD2 and still killing goblins but I can feel its going to be another excellent IE D&D game experience My party is made up of the following, I loved the customizations and choices in the party creation " ME" which is a human male wizard ( but anyone can be leader ) Half-orc male barbarian Half-elf male ranger Drow female cleric ( I had to include a Viconia lookalike ) Halfling female thief Human male Druid

There is more of chance of me going on a hot date with Meghan Thee Stallion than Putin ending up in the ICC...especially while he is president But its the principle of the warrant that matters to me. Thats what is important. But this warrant puts SA in a terrible position for August. I hope they move the BRICS meeting to India or China

People on Codex claim its absolutely true but its Codex so thats no guarantee its true I will make some inquiries about links and what is out there

https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/5887911?from=glavnoe_1 There is a Russian Codex member who provides these links, he is not a Putin fan or supports the invasion but basically its the financial results of all large listed private sector Russian companies. He has posted about 4-5 and they reveal the same dire results for these companies due to Western sanctions and the reality of the Russian economy The Ruskies are now classifying economic data about the country but private sector listed companies have to post there results by law. Companies can obviously lie about end of year results but its highly unethical and illegal Anyway these are the results from Rosbank and shows a 75% decrease is profit from 2021 but they only went under US and EU sanctions in December 2022 so I hate to think what 2023 results could be but they are trying to diversify from Western markets and sanctions

https://www.ex2.com.au/news/avalon-2023-sypaq-to-supply-corvo-drones-to-ukraine/ @Gorth Nice to see Oz companies playing there part, and making money, assisting the Ukrainian war effort

Okay so we talking about historical realities and autocratic states like Burma, it definitely wasn't clear because I was confused because I assumed it was about countries where we live Thanks for clarifying

Can you clarify what Pidesco was talking about and can you give an example so its clear. I dont know what he is talking about when he said " All people being free just depends on how you define people " ?

But do you accept that a Putin double could have made the Mariupol trip? Monty never underestimate how deep the rabbit hole can go

Yes I didnt ever believe anyway that people were going to freeze and starve to death in the EU despite the Russian propaganda due to sanctions on Russia Do you remember this video, it was so cringe it made me laugh

Neither. I have no idea what you mean, can you give an example? Unless you talking about slavery?

That sounds very socialist and I have no idea what you talking about

OMG...so the visit is probably a fake

This warrant puts SA in another invidious position In 2015 we should have arrested al-Bashir when he came to SA. We were correctly criticized and after this SA decided to " leave " the ICC which we never did. This month we now officially back in the ICC And now this new warrant with attention back on SA around " what we going to do " ....obviously we should arrest Putin but we also neutral in this conflict. I hope Putin doesnt come because it just puts more pressure on our government around something they are trying to be neutral about But then we must leave the ICC but we have just reaffirmed our commitment

I have some exciting news, I have decided to play IWD2 next. Not the player made EE edition but the original on GOG I have loaded some mods, further updates to follow

Thats the real Putin IMO, it provided a good propaganda opportunity especially people thanking him for having a new flat

I watched this Codex, apparently he has been using doubles for years but I question the number of doubles he has

This is one of the most insightful and accurate assessments I have ever seen around debunking the term " russophobia "

Well I can only speak for myself, I was born in 1518 in the village of Glenfinnan on the shores of Loch Shiel. And I am immortal. I cannot die I'm not sure about anyone else but I remember Democracy from 200 years ago? So ask me any questions

Thanks for responding, this is what I was initially expecting when I asked you the question, I wanted your opinion based on reality of what is happening at UC Davis and how the radical left in this example resorted to violence and damaging university property because they want to prevent Charlie Kirk from speaking at an event Did you watch the video that Gromnir posted, its only 3 minutes but its a summary of what I was asking you You ask "what do I mean by abandoning freedom of speech ". Its exactly what happened at the university. Radical left and Antifa protestors want to stop an organized event at the university. The chancellor at the university in the video makes the correct statement that basically says " universities should be places where we encourage and contest different ideas irrespective if we disagree with what someone is saying " When I was University this was what we considered them to be. The far rights attempts to do the same thing must also be condemned but we not talking talking about the far right here, Im asking you about UC Davis and what happened And my overall point being, the radical left absolutely exists in the US and globally in several countries. And here is an example. It manifests in different ways Im assuming you would be concerned how this is an erosion of freedom of speech and how the discourse and debate at universities should be protected?