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Re:Ukraine officially recognized the Northern Territories as... by tpmx on Friday October 07, 2022 @05:20PM (#33126994)
It's absolutely top notch.

Here's something that got a lot of attention in Sweden yesterday: A small housing co-op/tenant-owner's association (BRF Vinkeln 12 in Stockholm) decided to donate $3500 to a Ukranian defense cause. In return they got a video showing a signed shell being fired towards the invaders at the front. Of course this will go viral in the source country because of the sheer absurdity of a co-op building arming a country at war with Russia. Genius.

Screenshot: https://static.cdn-expressen.se/images/00/b5/00b54a16e2314e6...

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Re:Ukraine officially recognized the Northern Territories as... by okasaki on Friday October 07, 2022 @05:36PM (#33127151)
Surely I'm not the only one who finds that disgusting?
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Re:Ukraine officially recognized the Northern Territories as... by tpmx on Friday October 07, 2022 @05:39PM (#33127176)
You're disgusted by volunteer financing of Ukraine's defense against the Russian invasion?
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Re:Ukraine officially recognized the Northern Territories as... by hdjjhhvvhga on Friday October 07, 2022 @05:43PM (#33127220)
Personally I'm torn on this. And I'm not the only one. On the one hand, this means basically killing people. On the other hand, they are protecting their homeland, their homes, their families. So as a compromise I try to donate for civilian causes, not military.

Although, frankly, I sometimes do wonder if I'm not a hypocrite. I want to defend the image of myself as a person who would never support killing. But in this case, it means innocent people will die attacked by Russians if everybody has the same outlook like me. So I have this doubt, and I don't believe is an easy decision for anyone in the West who really understands the consequences.

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Re:Ukraine officially recognized the Northern Territories as... by throwaway6734 on Friday October 07, 2022 @05:49PM (#33127294)
What about it?
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Re:Ukraine officially recognized the Northern Territories as... by ShivShankaran on Friday October 07, 2022 @05:55PM (#33127353)
there are some civilized who do find these disgusting. the ones shouting for "peace" are all flagged, deleted, removed and purged from the internet.
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Re:Ukraine officially recognized the Northern Territories as... by tpmx on Friday October 07, 2022 @06:32PM (#33127669)
There are some civilized that are disgusted by e.g. India/Modi's inability to comdemn Russia's invasion.
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Re:Ukraine officially recognized the Northern Territories as... by mlindner on Saturday October 08, 2022 @08:30AM (#33131746)
Do you tell someone being assaulted that they should stop fighting back against their assaulter and submit? Because that's what people shouting for "peace" are doing.
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Re:Ukraine officially recognized the Northern Territories as... by KptMarchewa on Monday October 10, 2022 @02:41PM (#33154999)
The only peace is achieved by superior firepower.
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