PwnallthethingsDec 16, 2022
I've been following the build up and war daily for well over a year and I will never get used to the fact that a major European country and its capital is under weekly massive assault with cruise missiles and strategic bombers to disable its basic infrastructure like heat and power in a war overtly attempting colonialist conquest.
Show threadEnrique BarcelliDec 16, 2022

@Pwnallthethings Would have it been OK if this was happening in Latin America, Africa, the Middle East or Asia?

Atrocities are atrocities in whatever context.

I hope you didn't mean it in the way it came out.

You are still on time to amend your comments.

Show threadKarv′, from the ashes 🇪🇺🇺🇦Dec 16, 2022
@kikobar @Pwnallthethings Following your logic it would be okay for you if it would have happened in North America. But "you are still on time to amend your comments".
Show threadEnrique BarcelliDec 16, 2022
@Karv @Pwnallthethings
Of course not either. It would be unacceptable in whatever context.
Show threadKarv′, from the ashes 🇪🇺🇺🇦Dec 16, 2022
@kikobar @Pwnallthethings Okay, context: After 2 world wars started in Europe no one expected another major war to come. They wrote about what's currently happening in Europe - you felt it would be okay for them if there'd be a war somewhere else as mentioning a specific continent in your opinion leaves out others. Yet you yourself didn't mention North America or Oceania. Their context is Europe's history. You created a wholly different context and did what you blame others for.
Show threadEnrique BarcelliDec 16, 2022

@Karv @Pwnallthethings
Fair enough.

I believe it was me who took it the wrong way, and I apologize.

Bottom line, I think neither of us can believe we can do this again to anyone anywhere in the world after all our combined history, and that is why it is so disturbing.

Show threadKarv′, from the ashes 🇪🇺🇺🇦

@kikobar @Pwnallthethings We all make mistakes sometimes, don't worry too much.

Most of the world is stable. In Asia there is a small chance of a conflict that could grow. The middle east sadly is a powder keg with possible civil wars or minor conflicts - but I doubt a major one would start.

No one expected the invasion and atrocities carried out by the russists either... it was "just sabre-rattling". Stable democracies probably won't start wars. Not sure about autocracies etc. though.

Dec 16, 2022 at 11:04amWeb