Re:What is really happening in Ukraine
by Igor_TN on Monday January 27, 2014 @10:25AM
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I also grew up in central Ukraine and have my close relatives there. As much as I despise the current government, I must say that this "beautifully done" presentation is completely one-sided, unbalanced, and manipulates with both real and made-up facts. And, this is always non-constructive and even dangerous. The situation is much more complicated. I am really afraid that this is going closer and closer towards a civil war and split of the country. Presentations like this one only work in favor of that.
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Re:What is really happening in Ukraine
by stargazer-3 on Monday January 27, 2014 @10:30AM
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I have to disagree with you. Care to elaborate on what facts are made-up?
Re:What is really happening in Ukraine
by thinkpad20 on Monday January 27, 2014 @11:09AM
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It's very obvious that the presentation is one-sided, and should be taken with a grain of salt. However, if you claim that it makes things up, you should point those things out specifically.
> I must say that this "beautifully done" presentation is completely one-sided, unbalanced, and manipulates with both real and made-up facts.
OK... How?
Re:What is really happening in Ukraine
by polymatter on Monday January 27, 2014 @11:27AM
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I am biased against the Ukrainian government, but this entire thing reads as a propaganda piece so much I can't trust a single 'fact'. It uses lots of appeals to emotion with vague, subjective terms. To anyone biased to support the government, its not exactly persuasive is it?
I am always suspicious about a story where there are goodies and baddies.
Is there any evidence or confirmation by the press of 'dozens of unidentified dead bodies?'
Not that I am aware of.
It is definitely one sided and propaganda, but it's better than absolute lack of information I am seeing in the West. I think scenario you mention here will happen only if the rest of Europe chooses to ignore and waive their hands.