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Mar 7 2022 12:42pm
Quote (Subwoofer @ Mar 7 2022 10:39am)
Promises are basis for expectation not obligation.

You're welcome again.


If you want me to talk to you, you have to start making sense. And btw, keep saying "you are welcome" at the end of every post does not help you cause.
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Mar 7 2022 12:46pm
Quote (fender @ Mar 7 2022 10:39am)
enlighten me: who promised what exactly? i can claim you promised to give me all your nerdcoins earlier in a pm - that alone doesn't make it true though. still, you did, so please keep your word and give me your 77.84fg. you aren't a weasel, right?


Indeed there should be some kind of paper or a contract outlining a promise between individuals, that's because individuals sometimes renege on their promise to one another. They are cheats and weasels. However, I expect more from nations' leaders and signing authorities from entities similar to the Nato.

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if there was any kind of official promise, there should be a record of it.


I never said there shouldn't be any paper record. I was just pointing out that santara was being stupid when he implied that promises can be broken if they are not written down. That's all that is.
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Mar 7 2022 12:46pm
Quote (JessiWan @ 7 Mar 2022 19:41)
I know they can. I am saying they shouldn't.

Nice to see that you think countries' leaders should be able to break promises made to one another. That's the perfect recipe for fostering trust and cooperation and world-peace, right?


where was that attitude when trump unilaterally withdrew from the iran deal, an ACTUAL treaty? or when he withheld military aid to ukraine in order to obtain dirt on his political opponent? or when he withdrew from the "open skies" treaty, also something the ukrainians begged him not to do?

it's strange that you keep going on about alleged "promises" to russia only... are you russian by any chance? i don't think so...
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Mar 7 2022 12:48pm
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where was that attitude when trump unilaterally withdrew from the iran deal, an ACTUAL treaty? or when he withheld military aid to ukraine in order to obtain dirt on his political opponent? or when he withdrew from the "open skies" treaty, also something the ukrainians begged him not to do?

it's strange that you keep going on about alleged "promises" to russia only... are you russian by any chance? i don't think so...


This conversation isn't about Trump.
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Mar 7 2022 12:50pm
Quote (JessiWan @ Mar 7 2022 12:39pm)
I never said it was or wasn't a promise. I was just having issues when you implied that a promise that isn't committed in writing can be broken.


When you just want to circle back to this, I'll just remind you that I already answered it, and that anything you wish to expand on is in your imagination then:

Quote (Santara @ Mar 7 2022 11:43am)
You don't get to determine what I think. If I were to make a verbal promise, I will treat it like a contract.

Deciding what is going to be binding on competing sovereigns? You get that shit in writing.
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Mar 7 2022 12:52pm
Quote (JessiWan @ 7 Mar 2022 19:48)
This conversation isn't about Trump.


this conversation is about "promises", treaties, diplomacy, "world-peace" (quoting you directly), and it was sparked by the discussion of alleged promises of nato to russia.

so my post is directly relevant not only to point out your double standards, but also because it directly relates to the situation that sparked the conversation.

bad dodge, 0/10.
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Mar 7 2022 12:53pm
Quote (Santara @ Mar 7 2022 10:50am)
When you just want to circle back to this, I'll just remind you that I already answered it, and that anything you wish to expand on is in your imagination then:


Then why did you say, "in my best lawyer voice: did you get it in writing"?

What is that supposed to mean? Apparently you say it doesn't mean what I think you mean.
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Mar 7 2022 12:54pm
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this conversation is about "promises", treaties, diplomacy, "world-peace" (quoting you directly), and it was sparked by the discussion of alleged promises of nato to russia.

so my post is directly relevant not only to point out your double standards, but also because it directly relates to the situation that sparked the conversation.

bad dodge, 0/10.


I could give two shits whether you thought I was dodging or not. But your obsession with Trump is rearing its ugly head again.
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Mar 7 2022 12:58pm
Quote (Santara @ Mar 7 2022 07:11pm)
There's war in Ukraine because Putin is a piece of shit dictator with dying dreams of Empire.


Apparently you're a pos who believes the West is entitled to a sphere of influence but other powers can't. It's called egomania


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1 / https://www.rbth.com/international/2014/10/16/mikhail_gorbachev_i_am_against_all_walls_40673.html

"The topic of ‘NATO expansion’ was not discussed at all, and it wasn’t brought up in those years."

2 / Show me the treaty text specifying what you are claiming. If you not, stop talking about it and join Putin army, they need you lol. Plain and simple.


It's right in there. I quote from the article that you linked

Gorbachev says:
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The decision for the U.S. and its allies to expand NATO into the east was decisively made in 1993. I called this a big mistake from the very beginning. It was definitely a violation of the spirit of the statements and assurances made to us in 1990.


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Mar 7 2022 01:00pm
Quote (JessiWan @ 7 Mar 2022 19:54)
I could give two shits whether you thought I was dodging or not. But your obsession with Trump is rearing its ugly head again.


you're mischaracterising your own double standard as my "obsession". you're dodging a valid and relevant point. the whole right-wing shilling for putin and russia thing is something that trump is directly responsible for btw - back in 2015, every single one of you whining about non-existent "promises" to papa putin would have been cheering for american boots on the ground in ukraine, lol.

again my question, where was your (obviously feigned) concern about "promises" and "world-peace" when ACTUAL treaties to further that cause were cancelled?
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