It can mean multiple things. ᕕ(ᐛ)ᕗ /j
Edit: At first I was afraid I forked up by misgendering Zoe. 😅
Prunebutt
joined 2 years ago
It's up to the Ukrainians. They have spoken loud and clear about how they feel about Russia's genocide.
The Ukrainians aren't asked when they're drafted by the Ukrainian government.
I'm not sure I'm getting what you're saying.
Kidnapping children and suppression of their language IS genocide.
I don't think it's as clear cut as e.g. the charter schools in the so-called US. These kids were in a warzone and I'd rather see them in Russian schools than casualties lying in some mass grave. It's still fucking horrible, but I still see the difference in magnitude.
The Russian state has, on multiple occasions over the years, denied the existence of Ukraine and Ukrainians as a distinct group with a right to exist.
Nope. Putin claimed that Russians, Ukrainians and Belarussians are "one people". That's not "denying the right of existence". Danes, Norwegians, Swedes, Icelanders and Fins always call themselves "the Northerners" without wanting to annex each other.
You have an agenda and you will only see what you want to see.
Well, I could accuse you of the same.
You want to support imperial genocide? You go right ahead.
Now where did you get the idea that I support what Russia is doing? In the first comment you replied to I clearly stated that I condoned neither Russia nor Ukraine.
My stance is that the territorial interests of Ukraine aren't worth all the Ukrainians that are still sent into the meatgrinder.
Wouldn't you know it: I already checked. Wanna know what stories I found? Slaughter of civilians? Yes. War crimes? Sure. Kidnapping of children in Ukraine? You bet. Full-blown genocide?
... umm, sorry to say that, but I kinda didn't find anything that convinced me that Russia wants to exterminate the Ukrainian people and their culture. There's a magnitude of scale between bombing civilians and direct measures to eradicate a people.
Personally, I don't really think it matters on a personal level if I'm killed by Russian bombs because they shell civilian infrastructure or if I'm killed on the battlefield because the Ukrainian government drafted me (against my will) and they didn't want to give up control over Crimea, Donbasz and Donetsk.
So? I haven't come across any of those "multiple, indepentent sources". Care to share some of them? I'm genuinely curious. I'm about as happy to be convinced as one can be learning about a supposed ongoing genocide.
Do you think that Russia is the only one doing propaganda?
That's not because they're pro Russia, but because the "far left" is anti-nationalist and both Ukraine and Russia are fighting for each their nationalist cause.
It's still not what the initiative is asking for (in the EU)
I want age checks from the original Leisure Suit Larry game! /j
Context: Their "age verification" was that before the game starts, you'd have to answer trivia questions that more or less only adults back then where familiar with. Like "who won the Superbowl in 78" kind of stuff. Therefore, without the internet, basically only retired people can play that game now.