Why do people apologise for the USA?

[MacCruiskeen]

I am sorry for your losses, and for the losses of the Vietnamese people. I am glad you protested, because, like millions of young Americans,you could see through the propaganda smokescreen.

That was then, and what has changed since? Whether you notice it or not, your entire current year-long spamming campaign at RI is propaganda for either cold or hot war against Russia, regurgitated from the same corporate media who sold the murder of two million Vietnamese humans and the "sacrifice" of your friends as a righteous war against evil.

[Jerky]

Funny how you never see anyone in Russia protesting that nation's war crimes, isn't it? Not much different now (Chechnya, Ukraine, Syria, Moldova, etc) than it was under the Soviet regime (Afghanistan, aka "Russia's Vietnam", which Mac seems intent on ignoring).

Must have something to do with how they're not as evil as the USA and all.

But surely Putin has done ONE thing that Mac disapproves of?

Attacking gay people? Treating their national athletes like lab rats in the quest for sports dominance? I mean, I already gave you killing 2 million civilians in Afghanistan ffs.

Maybe he cheated at poker one time?

SOMETHING, Mac! Come on!

J

[MacCruiskeen]

^^QED, yet again.

[seemslikeadream]

and so you sow your de haut en bas over and over and over

and refuse to answer simple questions

I am sorry for your losses, and for the losses of the Vietnamese people. I am glad you protested, because, like millions of young Americans,you could see through the propaganda smokescreen.

That was then, and what has changed since? Whether you notice it or not, your entire current year-long spamming campaign at RI is propaganda for either cold or hot war against Russia, regurgitated from the same corporate media who sold the murder of two million Vietnamese humans and the "sacrifice" of your friends as a righteous war against evil.

[Jerky]

Wow. This is NUTS.

I didn't realize they kept you guys on THAT tight of a leash, Mac.

You know it's not true that an undercover cop isn't allowed to do drugs to keep from being found out, right? I don't think your Kremlin overseer will hold it against you if you say just ONE thing that Putin has done that you disapprove of. I mean, you've more than shown your loyalty to the cause by now. Surely they will forgive you.

Or, wait a minute... maybe you WANT it to be obvious! Is that what this is, Mac? A desperate cry for help?

J

PS - Here's an idea for your next comeback! It's been almost half a day since you last tried to insult me by referring to the onanistic and/or otherwise disagreeable connotations of my nickname (which I chose for myself). Might be time to cycle that one back into your repertoire!

[Rory]

Wow. This is NUTS.

I didn't realize they kept you guys on THAT tight of a leash, Mac.

You know it's not true that an undercover cop isn't allowed to do drugs to keep from being found out, right? I don't think your Kremlin overseer will hold it against you if you say just ONE thing that Putin has done that you disapprove of. I mean, you've more than shown your loyalty to the cause by now. Surely they will forgive you.

Or, wait a minute... maybe you WANT it to be obvious! Is that what this is, Mac? A desperate cry for help?

J

PS - Here's an idea for your next comeback! It's been almost half a day since you last tried to insult me by referring to the onanistic and/or otherwise disagreeable connotations of my nickname (which I chose for myself). Might be time to cycle that one back into your repertoire!

This is explicitly verboten, nein?

[Jerky]

A note to the thick-headed: No, I am NOT literally accusing Mac of being a paid or kompromat-controlled asset of the Kremlin. I'm just having a bit of fun over his ridiculous refusal to identify even one Russian act of aggression or criminality, despite their being a shitload to choose from. - Jerky

[MacCruiskeen]

your Kremlin overseer

This is the level, this is the standard, this is the rigour of the intuition (and the quality of the "humour"). Hence this thread.

[Jerky]

A note to whoever else: I had written my post before Rory wrote his, so I am NOT calling Rory, specifically, thick-headed. - Jerky

[Jerky]

Dude. Just for the record? Ain't nobody gonna mistake you for a professional.

I mean, come on. Please.

J

your Kremlin overseer

This is the level, this is the standard, this is the rigour of the intuition (and the quality of the "humour"). Hence this thread.

[Jerky]

Nice catch with the edit.

And hey, *I* thought it was funny. Humour is in the eye of the beholder, I suppose.

J

your Kremlin overseer

This is the level, this is the standard, this is the rigour of the intuition (and the quality of the "humour"). Hence this thread.

[Elvis]

Funny how you never see anyone in Russia protesting that nation's war crimes, isn't it?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_anti ... _in_Russia

Anti-war demonstrations opposing the Russian military intervention in Ukraine (2014–present) have been ongoing.

A note to whoever else: I had written my post before Rory wrote his, so I am NOT calling Rory, specifically, thick-headed. - Jerky

Why did you wait more than an hour to post it?

CORRECTION ON EDIT: Writing in haste, I mixed up the posting times and for the record I retract my egregiously wrong question above about waiting an hour. I apologize for the error.

[Jerky]

Why did you wait more than an hour to post it?

You might want to check those numbers again, there, Elvis.

And no, to answer your since deleted "question", I am not "lying again". Just because I don't see the world through Elvis colored glasses, that doesn't mean I'm lying. Shocking, I know.

J

[seemslikeadream]

ok now can we get back to not apologizing for anything or apologizing for everything?

I'm sorry I said bad things about Putin

[Jerky]

Also, I am pleased to be proven wrong about the Russian people staging protests against the Ukrainian business. Compared to American opposition to the Vietnam war and Iraq invasion, 20,000 people barely qualifies as a drop in the bucket (which kind of puts paid to the idea of unique American evil), but goddamn if those 20,000 don't have balls and guts and brass.

I salute them.

However, my larger point remains. I never meant to criticize the Russian people, but the Putin regime. It is undeniable that it is substantially more dangerous for Russians to protest the actions of their government than it is for Americans to do so.

J