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A Boring Dystopia

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[–] [email protected] 41 points 2 months ago (7 children)

I hate Putin and any Russian war sympathizer as much as the next guy, but...

My grandfather got a white phosphorus burn during WW2. He told me it was the most terrible pain he ever felt in his entire life, you can't extinguish it, and he wouldn't wish it on his worst enemy. I heard the same kind of stories from people who got napalm burns in Vietnam.

I'm pretty sure thermite munitions are in the same category of basically inhumane weapons regardless of the circumstances, right up there with NBCs, mines, napalm and white phosphorus, and I can't say I fully side with the Ukrainians on this one. I mean I understand why they do it, but I also remember my grandfather's leg and the horror of what he told me.

[–] [email protected] 58 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (14 children)

Russia is welcome to withdraw from its genocidal, imperialist, unilateral invasion at any time.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (28 children)

"it's not a war crime if we're defending ourselves"

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That's awful! Please keep doing that.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 months ago (6 children)

What if the Russians didn't start a war?

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