Re:Stop Putin, Block Russia from Swift
by tetromino_ on Friday February 25, 2022 @03:13PM
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> If I'd linked you an article that said the Russian people wouldn't be hurt but that the sanctions were likely to change Putin's policies, then would you feel the opposite?
Of course.
> It seems like you're trying to play both sides of the coin here.
It seems like your telepathy machine is broken.
> There is no intervention on Earth that would guarantee the changing of Putin's mind short of a gun to his head.
That might be the case. But if you think that is the case, why are you suggesting a different, ineffective but cruel intervention? An uncharitable interpretation of your proposal is that you want to hurt ordinary Russian people because you want to see someone suffer for Putin's actions.
Of course.
> It seems like you're trying to play both sides of the coin here.
It seems like your telepathy machine is broken.
> There is no intervention on Earth that would guarantee the changing of Putin's mind short of a gun to his head.
That might be the case. But if you think that is the case, why are you suggesting a different, ineffective but cruel intervention? An uncharitable interpretation of your proposal is that you want to hurt ordinary Russian people because you want to see someone suffer for Putin's actions.