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Jun 1 2023 01:23am
Quote (IceMage @ 1 Jun 2023 15:20)
Can I point out something relevant to this thread? Pretending this Ukraine war has no moral implications and is simply a matter of a piece on the chessboard between major powers is completely absurd. There's no coherent justification for that view. Those who hold a viewpoint that exists in the middle are moral cowards.


There is no morality in war and the struggle between super powers and their insatiable need to bring one another down to maintain Hegemony. A classic case of Geo Economics and Geo Politics.
Thucydides Trap.

To pretend there is morality and calling those viewpoints as moral cowards is an extremely naive take.

The lesser evil for you is a greater evil for some of us. You are not the world.

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There is no morality in war and the struggle between super powers and their insatiable need to bring one another down to maintain Hegemony. A classic case of Geo Economics and Geo Politics.
Thucydides Trap.

To pretend there is morality and calling those viewpoints as moral cowards is an extremely naive take.

The lesser evil for you is a greater evil for some of us. You are not the world.


The idea that we as people cannot determine morality in a conflict between nations is laughable, particularly in a situation as clear cut as the Ukraine war. Russia invaded without just cause, therefore the Ukrainians are just in repelling them. It's not complicated.
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Quote (IceMage @ Jun 1 2023 09:20am)
Can I point out something relevant to this thread? Pretending this Ukraine war has no moral implications and is simply a matter of a piece on the chessboard between major powers is completely absurd. There's no coherent justification for that view. Those who hold a viewpoint that exists in the middle are moral cowards.

And calling them cowards is being diplomatic.


That is exactly what it is. You applying moralism to a field that is fundamentally amoral by default is the problem. There are also problems with morals, it is all a matter of perspective. Not long ago Ukrainians were killing innocent Iraqis 3000km away, their deaths today is just god playing a game of irony. (this is a whataboutism joke, unless that wasn´t clear for the 50 iq monkies)

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Haye bro, haven't spoken to you for a while, thanks for the update on the Ukraine side. I am monitoring everyday on the Eastern front, the tensions are heating up day by day.
We have the recent spy plane incident 2 days back in South China Sea, the defense ministry from China will not meet up with Austin in Singapore during Shangri La security summit.

And it looks as if the KMT in Taiwan is having some internal problems and might lose to the DPP in the next Taiwan elections.
The next potential Taiwan President is trying to declare Taiwan Independence and things might just escalate.


Hang seng is getting shoveled.. There is a few other interesting pieces of news
-Gerans are being used far more abundantly, and they have improved tracking/motion control
-Re-deployment of akhmat stormers that have been AFK for like 11 months
-Movement around marinka and bilohorivka

I dont expect any big maneuvers though, seems more like slow forward grind and steady digging in.

Quote (IceMage @ Jun 1 2023 09:31am)
The idea that we as people cannot determine morality in a conflict between nations is laughable, particularly in a situation as clear cut as the Ukraine war. Russia invaded without just cause, therefore the Ukrainians are just in repelling them. It's not complicated.


Without cause in your eyes. The real cause was to avenge the dead iraqis that ukranians killed between 2003-2011.

Also you don´t have to morally agree with something to understand why it happens, to say "invaded without cause", is like saying your mother got pregnant without cause. Sure from our perspective, it would´ve been preferable if you weren´t born, and your mother probably equivalently terrible as your downsy writings

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The idea that we as people cannot determine morality in a conflict between nations is laughable, particularly in a situation as clear cut as the Ukraine war. Russia invaded without just cause, therefore the Ukrainians are just in repelling them. It's not complicated.


No one here thinks that war is moral.
Whether is it

Russia / Ukraine
Russisa / Afghanistan
Potential China / Taiwan
USA / Iraq ( Second war ) / Panama / Mid East / Yugoslavia / Vietnam etc etc etc

Everyone can determine morality in a conflict between nations . We are discussing the root cause and why in happen, at least for some of us here.
If we are going to discuss the morality of it, the whole thread will be Spam with endless Russia are orcs and we can all circle jerk around one another and feel good about ourselves being Saints and morally upright citizens of the world.

Basically you talk a lot of bullshit chastising Russia and those poster who are not hugging you screaming and calling Russia orcs you scream at them calling them names.
In the end of the day like school shootings, you will end up with the classic Thoughts and Prayers , Russia Evil and here are some weapons, this will satisfy your moral needs , this will satisfy your military industry complex wallets , this will satisfy your foreign policy establishment.
Awesome

Perhaps this is the exact situation domestically in a lot of Western countries at the moment and more so for the United States. Left versus Right , you wrong I right, Trump is Evil , Biden is evil.

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Quote (Hamsterbaby @ Jun 1 2023 09:42am)
No one here thinks that war is moral.
Whether is it

Russia / Ukraine
Russisa / Afghanistan
Potential China / Taiwan
USA / Iraq ( Second war ) / Panama / Mid East / Yugoslavia / Vietnam etc etc etc

Everyone can determine morality in a conflict between nations . We are discussing the root cause and why in happen, at least for some of us here.
If we are going to discuss the morality of it, the whole thread will be Spam with endless Russia are orcs and we can all circle jerk around one another and feel good about ourselves being Saints and morally upright citizens of the world.

Basically you talk a lot of bullshit chastising Russia and those poster who are not hugging you screaming and calling Russia orcs you scream and them calling them names.
In the end of the day like school shootings, you will end up with the classic Thoughts and Prayers , Russia Evil and here are some weapons, this will satisfy your moral needs , this will satisfy your military industry complex wallets , this will satisfy your foreign policy establishment.
Awesome

Perhaps this is the exact situation domestically in a lot of Western countries at the moment and more so for the United States. Left versus Right , you wrong I right, Trump is Evil , Biden is evil.


Nah, moralism is all about hollywood producing movies about how bad they felt shooting up brownies 10 year after the fact.

I dont mind moralists, i just despise selective moralists by the way. Because all you are doing is stroking your sociopathic ego only in regards to "those" you find relatable.

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Nah, moralism is all about hollywood producing movies about how bad they felt shooting up brownies 10 year after the fact.


The most famous feel good actor in Hollywood.


Mark Wahlberg
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The most famous feel good actor in Hollywood.


Mark Wahlberg


Drug addict who:

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-While living in Boston in the 1980s Wahlberg was twice charged for race-related hate crimes, serving time in jail for one of the attacks.
-For the latter, Wahlberg was charged with attempted murder, but pleaded guilty to felony assault, claiming that he was intoxicated and that the attacks weren’t race related. At time Trinh was said to have been blinded in one eye.
-Wahlberg knocked Johnny Trinh to the ground as he fled other attack and then shouted racial abuse about 'g***s'
-“Kill the n*****s” until an ambulance driver intervened


ALSO:
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“The murder of George Floyd is heartbreaking. We must all work together to fix this problem,” he wrote. “I’m praying for all of us. God bless.”


Accurate representation of 90% of the ppl in this topic. I can see meanwhile doing these things if he wasnt a "female"

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Drug addict who:



ALSO:


Accurate representation of 90% of the ppl in this topic. I can see meanwhile doing these things if he wasnt a "female"


All you need to do is look at his Sig and quote says it all. I wonder why he talks about morals.
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Quote (ownyaah @ Jun 1 2023 03:39am)
That is exactly what it is. You applying moralism to a field that is fundamentally amoral by default is the problem. There are also problems with morals, it is all a matter of perspective. Not long ago Ukrainians were killing innocent Iraqis 3000km away, their deaths today is just god playing a game of irony. (this is a whataboutism joke, unless that wasn´t clear for the 50 iq monkies)


This post is incoherent. You pretend morals don't matter and then go on to accuse the Ukrainians as being immoral toward Iraqis.

Morals matter. It doesn't matter if you acknowledge that, what matters is that human beings generally acknowledge it.

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Without cause in your eyes. The real cause was to avenge the dead iraqis that ukranians killed between 2003-2011.

Also you don´t have to morally agree with something to understand why it happens, to say "invaded without cause", is like saying your mother got pregnant without cause. Sure from our perspective, it would´ve been preferable if you weren´t born, and your mother probably equivalently terrible as your downsy writings


Intent and justification matters. Russians invaded Ukraine.. they pursued a genocidal mission. It's wrong for those reasons, but it's also wrong for other reasons.
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Quote (IceMage @ 1 Jun 2023 15:59)
This post is incoherent. You pretend morals don't matter and then go on to accuse the Ukrainians as being immoral toward Iraqis.

Morals matter. It doesn't matter if you acknowledge that, what matters is that human beings generally acknowledge it.



Intent and justification matters. Russians invaded Ukraine.. they pursued a genocidal mission. It's wrong for those reasons, but it's also wrong for other reasons.


Look at your own quote mate, there is absolutely nothing wrong championing and protecting your country's interest.

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