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[Mr. Strange]

* Strange starts passing vodka around

Well, if we're not gonna kill any russians soviet apologists we might as well get drunk with them...

[nenjin]

Back to the point... Where have we slipped into history and racial cleansing from Crimean/Ukrainian events, guys?

Because those are the fears of many involved in the Crimean Annexation. There's precedent. And given that Putin is willing to say one thing (Local militias) and do another (Russian military), no one is exactly filled with reassurance for the future. Putin seems immune to international attention to what he's doing, so what's to stop him from ordering the thing everyone is afraid of?

Or maybe even worse, that he's willing to stand aside while the unchecked passions of Crimeans rage and people get victimized.

[Toady One]

Well, if people are satisfied, I'll just leave the reports alone.  On the other hand, I don't want to keep handling trouble here, and this isn't the first time.  I understand that people want to continue talking about this ongoing topic, but if there are difficulties doing so in a civil fashion, I'll either have to start putting individuals on time-out, or lock the topic down entirely, at my discretion.

[mainiac]

Russia strikes back: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/21/us/politics/us-expanding-sanctions-against-russia-over-ukraine.html

I found this very funny:

In a statement accompanying the list, Russia’s Foreign Ministry denounced the American sanctions as a tool “from the arsenal of the past” that would backfire.

Yeah, of all the stuff being done here it's definitely the sanctions that are clearly misguided throwbacks to the past.

[Dutchling]

Heh. That's pretty awesome.

[Helgoland]

Well, if people are satisfied, I'll just leave the reports alone.

That's why I really like this thread: We have Soviet revisionists, Ukrainian nationalists, Europeans of all sorts, some Americans, in a situation where there's a real possibility that we'll be drafted and sent to kill each other within the next five years. But every time stuff starts getting heated, we somehow sort it out. You don't see that very often.

GI, Comrade, and all you other Russians: How do you think will the Russian economy react to the sanctions? In Germany, summer is getting started, I went out in a T-shirt today - for the next ~9 months oil and gas won't be too desperately needed...

[smirk]

Obama rules out military force in Ukraine. And where the US won't go, NATO won't go. Yet. Of course if things get a lot worse over there it might be revisited, but it'd hafta get really bad methinks.

I wasn't expecting any military involvement on the States' part anyway, but official announcement is official announcement.

[Dutchling]

* Dutchling joins the fight

Spoiler: somewhat entertaining image (click to show/hide)

funfact: I am listening to the Red Army Choir right now >.>

[smirk]

* Dutchling joins the fight

Spoiler: somewhat entertaining image (click to show/hide)

funfact: I am listening to the Red Army Choir right now >.>

>_<  C'mon man, that's not the kind of attitude we need in this thread right now. Keeping it civil, informative and unlocked is a big enough challenge =P

[Dutchling]

I should probably have linked to the article where I got it from, titled:
"Good News From Ukraine: Everyone Still Hates Hitler"

[Helgoland]

Spoiler: The correct response to 'Heil X' (click to show/hide)

Heil du ihn doch.

[Mictlantecuhtli]

I should probably have linked to the article where I got it from, titled:
"Good News From Ukraine: Everyone Still Hates Hitler"

Russian and Western leaders don't see eye-to-eye on the crisis in Ukraine, but they've reached consensus on another important issue: Adolf Hitler was bad.

Did the Onion write this? My sides. What a great article, heh.

[Dutchling]

I found it on /r/nottheonion, so you're not the only one to think so

[MarcAFK]

Well, if people are satisfied, I'll just leave the reports alone.

That's why I really like this thread: We have Soviet revisionists, Ukrainian nationalists, Europeans of all sorts, some Americans, in a situation where there's a real possibility that we'll be drafted and sent to kill each other within the next five years. But every time stuff starts getting heated, we somehow sort it out. You don't see that very often.

I'm glad things have calmed down in here, like many on the forum I'm actually relying on this thread for somewhat more informed unbiased information than I could get from local news alone. Sure there are many in here who are only partly informed, and with their own personal bias, but with civil discourse everyone's opinion and knowledge can be digested in an intelligent manner.

[MarcAFK]

Spoiler: The correct response to 'Heil X' (click to show/hide)

Heil du ihn doch.

I'll translate this for anyone who doesn't understand german or whatever.
 "heilen" also means to cure somebody from a sickness. So:
"2 Irrenärzte treffen sich, sagt der eine: Heil Hitler! Darauf der andere: Heil du ihn doch!" Translates to:
"2 mad-doctors meet, one says: Heil Hitler! wheron the other says: Heil him yourself!"

ahh, sorry for the doublepost.