Russian invasion of Ukraine

[Gray]

Example being: ban all Russian competitors in any sport or code of International competition. Force them to make a stand.

Absolutely right and yet people are criticising Wimbledon.

 

[mancity2012_eamo]

Did we do this with Americans when their government manufactured a war in Vietnam?

No. Should we have? Probably? I don’t know.
I know Americans protested in their millions in the USA.
4 dead in Ohio!

 

[Pedestrian]

A few domestic issues..... Beggers belief that anyone could think that. I'll take it you're not one of the ones sat freezing or one of the ones without food on the table. I'll take it you have a roof over your head.
This issues will get substantially worse over the next 12 - 24 months as the cost of living reaches unprecidented levels.

And yet this government spend more money on foreign aid than they do tackling these huge huge issues at home.
Too long have we turned a blind eye or made token gestures to tackling these issues.

Did you know we spend in excess of £55m pa just on security for asylum seaker hotels - just for the security.
That's before you get to heating, food, lighting and other utilities.
The amount of money we could be helping our own with first and foremost is well beyond what any other countries provide - hence why these people travel across several other countries to get to the UK.

And so back to Ukraine... Clearly I think what has happened is horrendous and clearly I think we should be supporting them but id also like to see other countries contributing an amount per capita because right now we are a small island and yet, at a cost to our own, we contribute substantially more than most other countries.
I certainly don't want our soldiers to actually fight in this war either despite loathing Putin.

They’ve all got iPhones as well.

 

[The perfect fumble]

No, but I don't think people had the information then that they do now. Sometimes there are grey areas in world events and sometimes it's blindingly obvious that something is wrong and needs sorting out.

We can't do anything about Vietnam now, but we can all do our bit to support Ukraine, even if that's just spreading the news that Russia must be stopped at all costs and supporting sanctions and paying a bit more for our fuel.

"Russia must be stopped at all costs"

I think not and neither does anyone else in power.

This is well worth a watch.....

 

[2sheikhs]

In short. Fuck’em.
We all have to do something in the present situation whether it’s rehoming immigrants fleeing the war or supplying the Ukrainian government with weapons and training or just generally biting the bullet and supporting whatever sanctions are necessary.

But the Russian public cannot just be absolved of responsibility whether they are innocent in this or not. The onus is on them to do something about their country and how it is run. Pressure should be put on all Russians international or domestic to declare their position and to do more.

Example being: ban all Russian competitors in any sport or code of International competition. Force them to make a stand.

In that case, I apologize unreservedly to the people of Yemen who have been slaughtered by weapons supplied by my government.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

They’ve all got iPhones as well.

Would it be too much to ask to take general prejudice and ignorance on refugees to the "I'm not xenophobic but..." thread rather than polluting this one?

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

I sometimes give likes to posts I disagree with, if they are cogent or amusing.

I’m obliged.

 

[west didsblue]

"Russia must be stopped at all costs"

I think not and neither does anyone else in power.

This is well worth a watch.....

I'll give a 35 minute talk by an elderly racist who's been dropped by every TV network a miss thanks.

 

[The perfect fumble]

I'll give a 35 minute talk by an elderly racist who's been dropped by every TV network a miss thanks.

Of course you will.

 

[west didsblue]

Of course you will.

In fact, I wouldn't consider watching any YT video of that duration unless the person who posted it provided a brief summary of the content and spelt out the key points, and when it's by a disgraced geriatric there is even less reason to waste my time on it.