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The fact that you speak French doesn't mean you are actually a citizen of France. I know a lot of people that speak French fluently (including slangs and verlang) - but that doesn't make them citizens of France. Every time people invoke France here in PARD is not a personal attack against you, but is a comparison between eg the way France does things and other nations do things. You are more welcome to bring much needed nuance if you think you understand the situation better given your knowledge of French.
After all France is the founding country of what became the European Union so their track record and performance are closely interlinked with that of Europe as a whole. So e.g. a bedbug problem in Paris might spread to Amsterdam, Berlin, Madrid and Milan as those are closely connected by constant flow of tourists and business people alike.
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because i said something related to the ukrainian-russian topic your guys didnt like.
You were given an extensive answer to your attempt to dodge and divert the discussion by invoking Chechnya. You somehow consider this bona-fide debate attempt as a personal attack. Well, it is not. It is a post in a debating subforum based on facts and arguments, showcasing knowledge of historical events, contemporary news as well as making use of media to supplant the message.
If you are unable to debate this topic further - it is sometimes worth it to admit you are out of arguments (hence the "grasping at straws" reference when you tried to divert discussion further to Finland?).
If you are not willing to debate in good faith or lack knowledge of the subject, I personally recommend refraining from engaging in debates for the time being as you might feel insulted if you lose the debate based on your lack of argumentation and knowledge of the subject matter. Memes and propaganda excerpts from NAFO twitter accounts do not constitute such knowledge. Do not forget that you are at a disadvantage here as you have no skin in the game in this conflict as you are neither Ukranian, nor Russian possessing neither the cultural background to understand the implications of certain political decisions, nor the Ukrainian or Russian language to understand original sources of information. ChatGPT cannot substitute nuance that comes with learning a language.
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PS: I honestly, strongly recommend to listen to this 2.5 hour podcast episode by Darryl Cooper to learn a bit of historical perspective on what we have been debating here for almost 2 years. Keep in mind this was released on 14th of March 2022.
This post was edited by Malopox on Dec 8 2023 06:43am