Posts by LoveUniHateExams

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England v Ukraine

by BoogerMan in

so nice to see thousands upon thousands of fighting-age ukrainian men managed to escape the war and reach wembley to support their national football team yesterday.

things must be improving, eh?.

LoveUniHateExams

@peacefulpete

No, you haven't been very useful here.

Ukrainian national pride is just one aspect to this conflict.

The sooner both sides meet around the negotiating table the better.

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England v Ukraine

by BoogerMan in

so nice to see thousands upon thousands of fighting-age ukrainian men managed to escape the war and reach wembley to support their national football team yesterday.

things must be improving, eh?.

LoveUniHateExams

Yeah, interesting essay.

If Putin does decide to invade Lithuania, Latvia or Estonia, then these NATO member states will rightly defend themselves, aided by other NATO countries.

I have already heard about Putin's essay, which the author links to. Putin does indeed argue that Ukrainians, Belorussians and Russians are the same people. Although it's perhaps important to note that he doesn't include ethnic Lithuanians, Latvians or Estonians in his analysis.

I'm not 100% on whether Putin will attack the Balkans. If he does then he can have no qualms when the UK and US get properly involved.

Personally, I feel that if Putin has a next target it will be Moldova. Transnistria is an eastern area in Moldova which is populated by ethnic Russians who are looking to Moscow.

There's one thing I wonder about the West's wonderful relationship with Ukraine and it's this:

What does the West get out of it?

I understand what Ukraine gets out of it - lots of free military hardware costing billions of pounds/dollars.

Does Zalenskyy intend to pay us back at some point?

Let's imagine that in 5 years time, Argentina invades the Falklands. Would Ukraine give us some military hardware and equipment, or help us in some other way?

The West-Ukraine relationship seems to be one-way. Relationships without reciprocity rarely last long.

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England v Ukraine

by BoogerMan in

so nice to see thousands upon thousands of fighting-age ukrainian men managed to escape the war and reach wembley to support their national football team yesterday.

things must be improving, eh?.

LoveUniHateExams

Thanks, Cofty.

Will read the link ...

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England v Ukraine

by BoogerMan in

so nice to see thousands upon thousands of fighting-age ukrainian men managed to escape the war and reach wembley to support their national football team yesterday.

things must be improving, eh?.

LoveUniHateExams

@Cofty - unfortunately I don't have that book to hand at the moment.

All I'm asking for is evidence that Putin intends to attack the Balkan states ( Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia) after he's done with Ukraine.

NB - Volodymyr Zalenskiy's ranting doesn't count has evidence, lol.

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England v Ukraine

by BoogerMan in

so nice to see thousands upon thousands of fighting-age ukrainian men managed to escape the war and reach wembley to support their national football team yesterday.

things must be improving, eh?.

LoveUniHateExams

@Cofty - I'm not sure it's a good idea to compare today's situation with the Nazis of the 30s and 40s.

For a start, Hitler wasn't threatening to nuke The West.

And, I'm not sure what evidence you or anyone else has re Putin planning to attack other former Soviet states after he's done with Ukraine. Please present evidence.

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England v Ukraine

by BoogerMan in

so nice to see thousands upon thousands of fighting-age ukrainian men managed to escape the war and reach wembley to support their national football team yesterday.

things must be improving, eh?.

LoveUniHateExams

The situation in Ukraine, Crimea, Donbas and south west Russia is quite complex.

Of course, you get useful idiots like peacefulpete who, having spent decades deriding people as racist and Little Englanders for caring about England's national interest, have now discovered how important national identity is.

Well, this complex problem won't be solved by these people. In fact, these people (e.g. Boris Johnson) have actually prolonged the war by giving Ukraine lots of free shit - munitions, tanks, etc.

I once knew a Russian student when I was at Bromley College. One day it was snowing while we walked to class. I made small talk with her, saying she should be used to the weather because she comes from Russia. She replied that she wasn't, because she came from the south. She didn't tell me exactly where she came from. But I was interested in trying to work it out. I looked at maps of Russia in winter, and realised that the further east you go, the colder it gets, even at southern latitudes. The best I could pinpoint where she came from was the furthest west, furthest south in Russia or Ukraine. She likely came from the southernmost tip of Crimea, which was still Ukrainian at the time (this was in 2009-10). And yet she still referred to herself as Russian.

There are plenty of people in Donbas and Crimea who want to be ruled by Moscow. That is just a fact that people like peacefulpete seem not to acknowledge.

This war will likely drag on until both parties get around the negotiating table. It won't be won on the battlefield - only prolonged.

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Scotland's New First Minister is Racist

by cofty in

here he is in holyrood ranting about how scotland is too white.

he is the 'continuity candidate' who will carry on sturgeon's woke agenda.

this does not represent the people of scotland.

LoveUniHateExams

@cofty - he's not only racist, he's also a moron.

Of course Scottish parliament and other senior positions are dominated by white people - approx. 97% of the Scottish population is white.

Some people are just idiots, aren't they

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Let The Right One In (novel)

by LoveUniHateExams in

so, i've already posted stuff about the 2008 film of the same title, directed by tomas alfredson.. i rate that film very highly, so i thought i'd treat myself over the xmas holidays with the novel by john ajvide lindqvist.

the book is a lot darker in some aspects - the film sensibly tones down the paedophile desires and exploits of haakan, the girl vampire's carer.

nobody wants to see that kind of stuff on screen.

LoveUniHateExams

So, I finished reading Let The Right One In about three weeks after I bought it. Yeah, it's great.

I really wanted to know what happened to Oskar and Eli so I bought Let The Old Dreams Die which is a collection of short stories. The title story, Let The Old Dreams Die, hints at what becomes of the pair. Eli and Oskar mix their blood and therefore Oskar becomes a vampire. Awww, how sweet 🥰

But seriously John Ajvide Lindqvist is a great writer as far as I can tell. 👍

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England v Ukraine

by BoogerMan in

so nice to see thousands upon thousands of fighting-age ukrainian men managed to escape the war and reach wembley to support their national football team yesterday.

things must be improving, eh?.

LoveUniHateExams

@peacefulpete

Your flippant comment has proved me right.

You, and people who think like you, just cannot say 'England for the English'.

Black majority rule in South Africa - wonderful.

Palestine for Palestinians - great.

Chago Island for the Chago Islanders - marvellous.

But not 'England for the English'. Very, very strange.

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England v Ukraine

by BoogerMan in

so nice to see thousands upon thousands of fighting-age ukrainian men managed to escape the war and reach wembley to support their national football team yesterday.

things must be improving, eh?.

LoveUniHateExams

@peacefulpete: do you think national pride is a good thing? - oh, course.

Yeah, right. 🙄

I know how it plays out with people like you ...

Palestine for the Palestinians - yayyy!

Ireland for the Irish - yayyy!

Ukraine for the Ukrainians - yayyy!

England for the English - don't be racist!