Re:Twitter based map of Russian troop movements
by rayiner on Thursday February 24, 2022 @08:02PM
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Well that’s not how anything works. E.g. how many babies might be saved by Russian economic development from having access to the sea through Ukraine? At this scale the moral calculus isn’t easy.
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Re:Twitter based map of Russian troop movements
by jacquesm on Friday February 25, 2022 @01:52AM
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Of all the disgusting comments this really takes the cake.
Russian economic development through war doesn't save Russian babies, it will kill them.
Re:Twitter based map of Russian troop movements
by rayiner on Friday February 25, 2022 @08:06AM
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War has led to plenty of development through history, and development saves babies. Do you think Italy or Germany would have been better off as bickering principalities, without Giribaldi or Bismarck? Do you think China would have been better off as a bunch of warring states?
Re:Twitter based map of Russian troop movements
by euroclydon on Friday February 25, 2022 @08:58AM
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So we got it wrong with the sanctions then. We should actually be providing economic stimulus to Russia right now
Re:Twitter based map of Russian troop movements
by rayiner on Friday February 25, 2022 @12:18PM
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We shouldn’t be economically sanctioning countries that aren’t threatening us directly. It causes tremendous suffering and death, e.g. in Iran: https://mcgillbusinessreview.com/articles/the-human-cost-of-...
Re:Twitter based map of Russian troop movements
by euroclydon on Friday February 25, 2022 @08:42PM
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I agree on Iran but this is different. We could have sold steel and fuel to the Germans and Japanese in WW2, but we didn’t because they were engaged in something evil.