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    +1 just for one wrong does not justify another. Commented Mar 16, 2022 at 14:21
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    Finally some voice of reason, and not hateful people bashing anyone who dares not hate the same people they hate. Well done. Commented Mar 16, 2022 at 14:28
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    ... Did you really just quote Yoda? Commented Mar 16, 2022 at 14:39
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    @Cerbrus In a way, yes.:-) But Yoda is a fictional character, so I ended up quoting those who thought up Yoda's words. They were real people who wanted to reach real people with their real message through a piece of fiction. ;-) Commented Mar 16, 2022 at 14:44
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    Fair enough, that explanation is! :D Commented Mar 16, 2022 at 14:47
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    @Cerbrus "Academically" it was not correct of me not to mention that not all these words are mine. So I edited my posting to clarify this and thus to avoid plagiarism ;-) Thank you for making me aware of this. Commented Mar 16, 2022 at 14:56
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    Yoda real is not? Much fiction there is to ponder. Commented Mar 18, 2022 at 13:41
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    "This ... can strengthen this regime" ... but this can also weaken the regime. You basically just spent 22 paragraphs writing a motivational speech, but... what's your actual counter-suggestion? To just ask the evil dictator very nicely if he'd be kind to other people, while he's firing missiles at people? Because that's pretty much what your answer seems to come down to. Or are you happy with the government sanctions? Although you do know that sanctions are going to affect the general population first and foremost, right? So then please explain how that belief is in any way consistent. 1/2 Commented Mar 23, 2022 at 18:25
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    Invading Russia is another (terrible) option, but I get the impression that you don't support that, so ... what's left then? An internal overthrow is pretty much the only way to stop a dictator leading a nuclear power, but that's not going to happen if we just sit back and let Russia do whatever it wants because we're afraid of causing any collateral damage. 2/2 Commented Mar 23, 2022 at 18:25
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    Why do Russia and NATO and Ukraine at all care about issues such as NATO's expansion to the East? In my estimation, this war is a consequence of the fact that the power blocs of this world forecast future wars, which will be about the increasingly scarce resources of this planet, and want to divide the world strategically favorable for themselves. These wars will cause the planet's scarce resources to be wasted even faster. Humanity must understand that it will only overcome the difficulties ahead if it unites and works together to sort out the mess, instead of working against each other. Commented Mar 23, 2022 at 21:29
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    @NotThatGuy Considering the range of topics Meta StackExchange covers, I've already gone out on a limb with what I've written. Your questions are important. They should be urgently discussed by as many as possible, as wise as possible, in appropriate/provided places. My opinion in a nutshell: As a short-term solution, Ukraine needs to get a status as an independent neutral zone as soon as possible, which will not belong to any alliance, which will not be courted or attacked militarily by any alliance, but can benefit from both relations with Russia and relations with the EU. Commented Mar 23, 2022 at 21:44
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    @UlrichDiez "Why do Russia and NATO and Ukraine at all care..." - nice job lumping in people who simply wanted security and safety for themselves and others (i.e. the exact goal of NATO) with a madman who decided to murder a bunch of people for his own vanity/paranoia. I hardly think NATO is perfect, but if you really believe that Ukraine joining NATO is a significant existential threat to Russia (as Russia claimed), or that making more alliances is "working against each other" and would increase division, rather than decrease it, then you've been listening to too much Russian propaganda. 1/2 Commented Mar 23, 2022 at 23:44
  • "My opinion in a nutshell: ... Ukraine needs to ..." - you're missing the point of what I've said. We have a maniacal dictator doing whatever he wants. My question to you is not what solution you'd propose to him to resolve the situation (which he could just say no to). My question is what do you propose we do to deal with him freely murdering a bunch of people, after all attempts to resolve things amicably has failed. 2/2 Commented Mar 23, 2022 at 23:44
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    @UlrichDiez Russia likely invaded Ukraine now because if they waited until after they joined NATO, attacking them without significant resistance would've been much less plausible for Russia. And NATO invading Russia will probably never be a serious consideration for NATO, possibly even without Russia's nukes (which is a significant deterrent). And you know what you call it when countries don't attack one another? Peace. I find it strange that you seem to oppose war, yet you also oppose this solution that would avoid it. Commented Mar 24, 2022 at 0:19
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    @Mari-LouAСлаваУкраїні First of all, unraveling exactly who all belongs to "Putin's people" and actually likes what this regime is doing is needed. Secondly, in order to have insight into one' s actions and the ethical dimension of one' s actions, one needs correct information. If sources of information are closed, people can conveniently say that they did not know anything. Those who press to withhold information, for example via censorship, are morally questionable because they distort people's insight and thus their ability to assess the ethical dimension, and fool people's conscience. Commented Apr 4, 2022 at 12:14