Quittenbrot

Weil die einen ihre feuchten Träume der Totalüberwachung erst wieder in die Gesellschaft reinhämmern müssen, während die anderen ihre schönen Autobahnen schon längst haben und nur verteidigen müssen.

"Aber nur bei Terrorismus*.. ;)"

Wenn sein Benutzername ein Passwort ist, ist sein Passwort dann ein Benutzername?

Those at least could be real...

Das bitterste, was ich diesbezüglich gesehen habe, war eine Doku über Forscher in der Arktis. Sie wollten erstmals Aufnahmen vom Meeresboden am Nordpol machen und alle waren total aufgekratzt, was sie wohl entdecken würden. Eine der ersten Sachen, die sie entdeckt haben, war eine alte Alu-Dose, die da rumlag. Sogar am Nordpol.

Realistischerweise sind's wohl eher die Chinesen, die sich das schnappen werden. Aber der Ural wäre eine gute Grenze für ein neues, freies, demokratisches Russland. Sollen die Chinesen dahinter doch treiben, was sie wollen.

The conversation is indeed over. Just not for the reasons you state here. As I pointed out you contradicted yourself and now try to deal with it in a "face-saving" manner. Block me if it helps you, I made my point. Bye.

I don’t think that “exposing” is the right term here.

I think it is. Bit by bit you are revealing that you are not condemning Russia's invasion or maybe even apologise it, yourself treating it as a secret.

Russia did, and it had reasons for that. Whether I agree with the reasons is not the issue here, by the way

Oh, but it actually is! Your initial argument has been mocking those that complain about laws they don't like. Your point was: laws are laws, whether you like them or not. A very broad and universal statement. From a legal point of view, this invasion of Russia is most definitely illegal. So you saying now that Russia had reasons and it does not matter whether you agree with or I know these "reasons" is the final erosion of your own argument. Would you follow what you preached earlier, you would strictly oppose this invasion. Yet you do not. Go figure.

I do not hold the view that there are cruel and less cruel war crimes.

There are and I am sure that you do, too. In other conflicts, be it World War 2 or maybe Middle East, I'd be more than surprised seeing you make this claim that both sides are simply equally as bad and hence picking a side is difficult. In this conflict, it is simply convenient for you to hide from nasty, challenging truths by proclaiming a general pardon "both sides are equally bad!". As implausible as it might be.

This “aha, WHO attacked WHOM, huh? YOU SEE!!!” just misses the point of everything

From a legal point, it does not. And since legality is the core of this discussion, it is most relevant.

Could you please tone down your pitiful attempts at an ad-hominem discussion?

Ad hominems aim at irrelevant properties of a person. Whether the question where you are politically at home is aiming at something irrelevant can be debated, since it very likely is closely linked to your position in the conflict we are discussing. Nevertheless, it was a question and you are not obliged to answer it if it makes you uncomfortable.

Please let’s stay on track.

I won't stop you exposing yourself.

It’s not like Putin woke up one morning and thought “I’m bored, I’m gonna invade Ukraine”.

That's not an answer to my question. Who invaded?

Do you deny the fact that both sides committed (and continue to commit) war crimes?

Do you deny the extents of the crimes that happened in Butcha when attempting to "bothside" Ukraine and Russia here or do you actually think Ukraine has done equally horrible things?

It is debatable whether it was a “part of Ukraine” between the dissolution of the USSR and 1995.

From your source: In June 1992, the parties reached a compromise, that Crimea would have considerable autonomy but remain part of Ukraine.

I just found the phrase “Russia’s war” too simple.

Seeing how much difficulty you have to correctly name the country invading, I bet you do!

Let me ask: is it the German political landscape you are at home at or maybe even the Russian? Because even the putinophilic far-right nutjobs from the AfD only excuse Russia's invasion (as does the equally putinophilic and equally populistic self-declared "left" poster girl Sarah W), but denying it is new. In which rabbit hole do I have to crawl to find these kind of positions?

Jo, die muss man dazu nicht zwingen, die macht's aus Überzeugung.

Würde es mir auch. Ich habe es nur in meinem gesamten Autofahrerleben noch nicht ein einziges Mal erlebt. Und das ist ein Problem.

Siehe Busspur. Da fahren die entsprechenden Nasen mit ihren geleasten Prollkisten auch einfach mit 70 an den stehenden Autos vorbei.