Mel Vil
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You’ll get an ill lumen (e)ating that.
December 7, 2025 at 9:24 PM
You’ll get an ill lumen (e)ating that.
Reputations take years to build and seconds to destroy.
December 7, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Reputations take years to build and seconds to destroy.
Most languages do this. I think it’s a cliquey thing to help spot intruders. Place names are a case in point.
December 7, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Most languages do this. I think it’s a cliquey thing to help spot intruders. Place names are a case in point.
When I said “both sides”.
The assertion that I have a point might not stand up to scrutiny.
The assertion that I have a point might not stand up to scrutiny.
December 7, 2025 at 5:19 PM
When I said “both sides”.
The assertion that I have a point might not stand up to scrutiny.
The assertion that I have a point might not stand up to scrutiny.
Little in life is down to one factor. It is much more complex and messy than a simple exchange has the scope to cover.
I believe in dissipating force and it doesn’t tie in well with hard borders 🤷
We agree. No other country either. That is the problem with the idea of responsibility to protect.
I believe in dissipating force and it doesn’t tie in well with hard borders 🤷
We agree. No other country either. That is the problem with the idea of responsibility to protect.
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Little in life is down to one factor. It is much more complex and messy than a simple exchange has the scope to cover.
I believe in dissipating force and it doesn’t tie in well with hard borders 🤷
We agree. No other country either. That is the problem with the idea of responsibility to protect.
I believe in dissipating force and it doesn’t tie in well with hard borders 🤷
We agree. No other country either. That is the problem with the idea of responsibility to protect.
And I notice you are observant. I like observant people. 😊
December 7, 2025 at 5:12 PM
And I notice you are observant. I like observant people. 😊
Damaged in the psychological sense? Are you saying he’s a victim of trauma?
December 7, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Damaged in the psychological sense? Are you saying he’s a victim of trauma?
I was speaking about the West. I am sure that there were some events in the east of Ukraine that it finds uncomfortable.
It followed a political process that coincided with access to the EU’s single market. The fact that this led to the militarisation of Russia only accelerated the process.
It followed a political process that coincided with access to the EU’s single market. The fact that this led to the militarisation of Russia only accelerated the process.
December 7, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I was speaking about the West. I am sure that there were some events in the east of Ukraine that it finds uncomfortable.
It followed a political process that coincided with access to the EU’s single market. The fact that this led to the militarisation of Russia only accelerated the process.
It followed a political process that coincided with access to the EU’s single market. The fact that this led to the militarisation of Russia only accelerated the process.
I really hobbit makes the recipients feel valued.
December 7, 2025 at 3:04 PM
I really hobbit makes the recipients feel valued.
I’m fully aware of the process. It doesn’t change the outcome in my view. I also don’t see imperial tendencies as being mutually exclusive.
Both sides are equally responsible for their atrocities and I refuse to argue in favour of violence as a solution.
Both sides are equally responsible for their atrocities and I refuse to argue in favour of violence as a solution.
December 7, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I’m fully aware of the process. It doesn’t change the outcome in my view. I also don’t see imperial tendencies as being mutually exclusive.
Both sides are equally responsible for their atrocities and I refuse to argue in favour of violence as a solution.
Both sides are equally responsible for their atrocities and I refuse to argue in favour of violence as a solution.
I noticed NATO and the EU expanding east, the circumvention of trade arrangements, a revolution overturn an elected president.
And that after growing up on films about the Vietnam War, witnessing the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, the Arab Spring, the destruction of Libya, etc.
And that after growing up on films about the Vietnam War, witnessing the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, the Arab Spring, the destruction of Libya, etc.
December 7, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I noticed NATO and the EU expanding east, the circumvention of trade arrangements, a revolution overturn an elected president.
And that after growing up on films about the Vietnam War, witnessing the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, the Arab Spring, the destruction of Libya, etc.
And that after growing up on films about the Vietnam War, witnessing the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, the Arab Spring, the destruction of Libya, etc.
… which is passed on from bully to victim.
December 7, 2025 at 2:33 PM
… which is passed on from bully to victim.
Possession is nine tenths of the law.
December 7, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Possession is nine tenths of the law.
Politics is packed with bullies. It’s what attracts them.
December 7, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Politics is packed with bullies. It’s what attracts them.
None of this happened in a vacuum and the inability to come to a common understanding is what is prevents peace.
December 7, 2025 at 2:10 PM
None of this happened in a vacuum and the inability to come to a common understanding is what is prevents peace.
It’s going to eat itself from the inside out.
December 7, 2025 at 2:03 PM
It’s going to eat itself from the inside out.
Too bad you don’t have all that cheap oil and rare minerals anymore. Hardly surprising you’re broke when you can’t invade other countries to steal their resources. Oh wait there’s Venezuela.
December 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Too bad you don’t have all that cheap oil and rare minerals anymore. Hardly surprising you’re broke when you can’t invade other countries to steal their resources. Oh wait there’s Venezuela.
*South America enters the chat*
December 7, 2025 at 1:56 PM
*South America enters the chat*
I’m saying that a peaceful solution would be best and that the West is not in a position to preach peace.
December 7, 2025 at 1:45 PM
I’m saying that a peaceful solution would be best and that the West is not in a position to preach peace.