Quote (El1te @ 21 Oct 2024 00:59)

English is mandated by JSP - it is against the rules to communicate in another language, there are subforums for it

English is a Germanic language with Latin influences. The syntax is over 80% Germanic, the term English itself is derived from Anglish from the Germanic tribe of the Angles. In the present, it is a Protestant Christian language, Anglican to be precise.

It is lingua franca because our culture is the superior/dominant culture of the world. Just a statement of fact, not to put down other cultures - it's been like this since we were the victorious Northern European tribe in the war of the Age of Discovery. All the other big languages are subordinate to common English.

Quote (Hamsterbaby @ Oct 20 2024 10:03am)

Well the British Empire conquered 3/4 of the world.
That being said, English is rather direct and straightforward, as of now, it is the most pragmatic language and communication method for business worldwide.

Quote (Hamsterbaby @ Oct 21 2024 01:55am)

You realize we won't take you too seriously if you try posting a meme pic to prove your point ya?

This is not 9gag. :lol:

Quote (Fnall @ Oct 20 2024 10:15am)

False Positive

Not meme, Russia actually gives cheetos to mother/relative of dead/missing soldier as "cheer up gifts" :lol:

Quote (El1te @ Oct 21 2024 02:32am)

Is that somehow worse than press ganging children & old men to be sent into the meat grinder?

Ukraine is going to go the way of Carthage if they keep this up

Quote (Norlander @ 21 Oct 2024 20:22)

Meanwhile Tsukuryne, Donetsk Oblast

https://i.imgur.com/gwsdBMY.jpeg

Quote (Hamsterbaby @ 21 Oct 2024 15:44)

Photoshop.

:rofl:

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The emergency calls became increasingly desperate. “When are you coming? It’s already burning and there are people inside,” a woman told the fire brigade dispatcher. Minutes later, callers started describing how people were jumping from the upper floors.

“Have you lost your minds?” one man asked, his voice breaking. “There are women and children in the building!” another man yelled.

In one of the most deadly episodes in Ukraine’s turbulent 2014 power transition, 48 people were killed and hundreds injured on 2 May last year in the Black Sea port of Odessa. Street battles culminated in a fatal fire at Soviet-era building where hundreds of pro-Russia activists were barricaded in.

As the one-year anniversary approaches, multiple investigations have shed little light on events. There is not even an official list of the dead, and none of the pro-Ukraine activists involved have been put on trial. Many allege that investigators are dragging their feet for political reasons, possibly to cover up high-level complicity. At least one participant formally accused of murder and attempted murder remains free while awaiting trial.

The events in Odessa last year played a key role in the unfolding violence further east, where Russia-backed separatists rose up against Ukrainian authorities. Russian state-owned media characterised the day’s events as a “massacre” planned by “fascists” in Kiev, a narrative that has gained widespread traction.

Rumours swirl of a higher death toll, the use of poisonous gas and the body of a pregnant woman garrotted by pro-Ukraine fanatics. Russian officials have compared the events to Nazi war crimes, and many Russian fighters battling Kiev in eastern Ukraine cite what happened in Odessa as their motivation for joining the separatist cause.

Quote (ofthevoid @ 21 Oct 2024 18:33)

Things that have been memory holed in western media as part of the 'unprovoked war' narrative.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/apr/30/there-was-heroism-and-cruelty-on-both-sides-the-truth-behind-one-of-ukraines-deadliest-days