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A short discussion on the possible opportunities and pitfalls of Bitcoin in the current and future environment.
Thoughts anybody?
Vladimir Putin Has Been BOOTED From World Economic Forum Website
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It's because a modern society of conveniences and complete loss of basic skills has completely violated the "strong shall survive" methodology. 500 years ago, there was maybe one town idiot per 100 people. I believe we may have surpassed 50 per 100 now.Originally Posted by Nicholas Laureys
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Hey buddy, I voted Conservative up here in Canada because I hate Trudeau more, but I, and many other Canadians, would welcome the US if they invaded and made us the 51st state.
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Rip
We can’t do anything but follow it and see how many he’s killed that will eventually come out
I hope I’m wrong and Putin hasn’t killed any, but how many Zelensky has killed is immaterial and doesn’t excuse even one innocent life taken (by either side)
I didn’t know Ukraine was crossing into Russia shelling civilians
The media is claiming the Russians has shelled the biggest atomic energy plant in Europe
Yep the media lies about everything so maybe it’s not true
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My apologies, I later noticed you were not the poster who I was quoting. As you stated, you were following up with those questions so my reply still stands. The posts that you were following up on were posts that denied the Putin/Russia was invading Ukraine or at least were attempting to minimize the war that has been launched. There isn't much wiggle room here to say that they weren't. It was not you making those specific assertions so there is no need to defend others words. However, you will need to acknowledge how others were attempting to deny/minimize what was actually happening if this is to be an honest conversation. An interesting development has happened since your previous post regarding others posts. The justification that was provided by another poster and cheered on by several more for Putin's/Russia's invasion seems eerily similar to a campaign of ethnic cleansing that was used by that "other fella" I was talking about. You don't need to defend yourself against this justification, as you never said it, but it certainly draws an interesting parallel to the point I was making.
If you are complaining about people wanting to tear down certain statues, I will say that some of that was stupid. But most of those statues were erected during the Jim Crowe era and celebrated leaders of the confederacy. Why would people want to celebrate leaders of the confederacy? Personally, I never thought much about those statues and probably would not recognize most of the individuals those statues depicted without more of a history lesson. I wasn't personally tearing down those statues, but I can understand why certain groups may find them problematic. However, this is not simply a "Marxist" activity as you imply. How many statues of Sadam Hussein, Hitler or Mussolini are left standing, celebrating their legacy? Should those countries keep those statues around to celebrate their legacy and important contribution to history? If you were German, would you not be appalled if you walked by a Hitler statue in a public square celebrating his legacy?
Nuclear threats need to be taken seriously. It's not a card to play at a poker table. Yes, other countries have nukes. Also yes, the presence of these weapons is concerning and should be dealt with. The difference is that those other countries did not invade another country and directly threaten to use them. The active threat substantially raises the concern. This does not mean other concerns don't exist.
Also, I never equated masks to tyranny. I found them to be more of a mild inconvenience. Feel free to argue about their effectiveness all you want. However, many were so concerned regarding how masks were negatively impacting the children and claiming that they represented tyranny. If you care about the children so deeply there is an entire country whose children are currently witnessing horrific and grotesque acts of war. A war that seems to be justified by members on this board for reasons bordering ethnic cleansing (I am giving the benefit of the doubt here so I am softening the language a bit, although I am pretty certain what was being referred to). Would you rather have your child exposed to a mask, or a war?
You seem to think you have the answer to this, so why don't you just come out and tell us.
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I think so.
But the first video appears to be from Aug ‘21, and the uniforms in the second video appear unused. And one guys looks to be wearing tuxedo gloves.
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You ignorant fucker, my point is that NOBODY has the numbers because nobody wants the real numbers made public, and nobody actually knows the real numbers. I'm getting tired of you. Please go away.
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"Young man of Russian heritage is heckled by everyone while asking his question, then ejected from the show by the host"
The kid has some balls for going against the mob on national TV in 2022 Australia.
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Charles, you rhetorically made the mistake of letting yourself get drawn into an unrelated debate.
But thanks for unintentionally demonstrating why cultures like Russia's and Japan's will probably succeed, while the White West is masochistically destroying itself from within. WTH is it with constantly apologizing for past historical events, which in the context of that time may or may not have even been "bad"!? Yes there are still statues of Stalin and Lenin throughout Russia, and by NOT tearing them down and rioting, Democrat-style, I think the current leaders are demonstrating that their country's history and culture are more important than trashing past leaders' "mistakes" to satisfy today's political partisans.
And BTW I say these as a person who grew up near southern MD, where some people in the nineties still flew Confederate flags, and I, back then, had been successfully brainwashed to think that this was bass-ackwards, raycist, inbred behavior. So it's quite significant for me to admit now that no, those people were simply honoring a strong, meaningful, necessary part of our country's history. It does no person who loves his country any good to judge the past actions of the country through the current lense of what is acceptable behavior (Gotta do more thinking about how this theory of mine applies to the moves by FDR to lay the foundation for the current nanny state, but my initial thought is that FDR's decisions were OK but the subsequent leaders in the 50s needed to have the balls to scale back or eliminate these programs, as they were no longer so desperately necessary, yet didn't). Thank goodness I broke free from those mental shackles of the repentant, self-hating White Liberal!
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I believe I stated previously that no one knows the actual numbers yet. Who has killed "more" civilians, Putin or Zelensky? Who has caused "more" citizens to become refugees, Putin or Zelensky? Who has destroyed "more" homes, Putin or Zelensky? I believe we can answer those questions here and now. The only thing the exact number of civilian deaths will tell us is where do you draw the line between acceptable and unacceptable? Care to answer that for us so when the rubble is cleared and the bodies are counted you can tell us if it was worth it?
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