I know this is off topic, but what do you think of the Russian invasion of Ukraine? I view it as a violation of international law and support seizing sending military aid to Ukraine, seize all Russian assets in the West and launching a trade embargo.

On Thursday, February 24, 2022 at 7:42:55 PM UTC-6, Paulo Ricardo Canedo wrote:
> I know this is off topic, but what do you think of the Russian invasion of Ukraine? I view it as a violation of international law and support seizing sending military aid to Ukraine, seize all Russian assets in the West and launching a trade embargo.
I agree with everything you said and I believe that the reason Putin invaded is because the rest of the world said they would not send troops to Ukraine. A free pass!

On Friday, February 25, 2022 at 12:36:52 PM UTC-5, Lori wrote:
> On Thursday, February 24, 2022 at 7:42:55 PM UTC-6, Paulo Ricardo Canedo wrote:
> > I know this is off topic, but what do you think of the Russian invasion of Ukraine? I view it as a violation of international law and support seizing sending military aid to Ukraine, seize all Russian assets in the West and launching a trade embargo.
> I agree with everything you said and I believe that the reason Putin invaded is because the rest of the world said they would not send troops to Ukraine. A free pass!

It's because Trump got him all stirred up with silly flattery. Now under Biden, no one is paying attention so he has to do *something* to get noticed.

On Friday, February 25, 2022 at 1:24:05 PM UTC-5, ravinma...@yahoo.com wrote:
> On Friday, February 25, 2022 at 12:36:52 PM UTC-5, Lori wrote:
> > On Thursday, February 24, 2022 at 7:42:55 PM UTC-6, Paulo Ricardo Canedo wrote:
> > > I know this is off topic, but what do you think of the Russian invasion of Ukraine? I view it as a violation of international law and support seizing sending military aid to Ukraine, seize all Russian assets in the West and launching a trade embargo.
> > I agree with everything you said and I believe that the reason Putin invaded is because the rest of the world said they would not send troops to Ukraine. A free pass!
> It's because Trump got him all stirred up with silly flattery. Now under Biden, no one is paying attention so he has to do *something* to get noticed.

I fully support Ukraine's brave people. I thank God we do not have Trump to help Putin start WW3.
Nancy

PLEASE let's not do this.

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taf

A sexta-feira, 25 de fevereiro de 2022 à(s) 23:55:18 UTC, taf escreveu:
> PLEASE let's not do this.
>
> As much as one might want to talk about disturbing current events, people come here for medieval genealogy - in some cases specifically to escape current events. If we start having conversations about whatever interests us, what genealogy there still is here will become completely swamped. People here have been complaining about the occasional spam we get, a few flurries of messages a few times a month. Though odious, you ain't seen nothing yet if we start attracting political trolls - they feed off each other, follow each other around, and spammers follow them like flies on . . . . . Soc.history.medieval went down this road, and became a cesspool. There was a time when this group could withstand a little bit of low-level off-topic discussion without getting overwhelmed, but that is no longer the case. We no longer have the traffic to support it. If people have to sort the two or three relevant genealogy messages a day we are now getting from among 100 irrelevant ones, they will stop participating in the genealogy discussions that bring people here to begin with.
>
> taf

I am sorry. My only off topic posts before this were every year for Christmas and New Year and once at the start of the pandemic, to know how other members of the newsgroup were doing. Because of the dimension of this issue, I thought this would be acceptable.

> I am sorry. My only off topic posts before this were every year for Christmas and New Year and once at the start of the pandemic, to know how other members of the newsgroup were doing. Because of the dimension of this issue, I thought this would be acceptable.

It's understandable... I thought the one thing that everyone could agree on was that Putin was evil, but this century has been so abysmal so far especially here in the USA that nothing surprises me anymore. Caring about others these days is evidently not the norm...

On Friday, February 25, 2022 at 8:32:22 PM UTC-5, Darrell E. Larocque wrote:
> > I am sorry. My only off topic posts before this were every year for Christmas and New Year and once at the start of the pandemic, to know how other members of the newsgroup were doing. Because of the dimension of this issue, I thought this would be acceptable.
> It's understandable... I thought the one thing that everyone could agree on was that Putin was evil, but this century has been so abysmal so far especially here in the USA that nothing surprises me anymore. Caring about others these days is evidently not the norm...

Todd, you are right.
Nancy

A sábado, 26 de fevereiro de 2022 à(s) 01:32:22 UTC, Darrell E. Larocque escreveu:
> > I am sorry. My only off topic posts before this were every year for Christmas and New Year and once at the start of the pandemic, to know how other members of the newsgroup were doing. Because of the dimension of this issue, I thought this would be acceptable.
> It's understandable... I thought the one thing that everyone could agree on was that Putin was evil, but this century has been so abysmal so far especially here in the USA that nothing surprises me anymore. Caring about others these days is evidently not the norm...

Todd is not saying that Putin is not evil but simply that such a thread is not adequate for this newsgroup. I now agree with him.

A sábado, 26 de fevereiro de 2022 à(s) 02:16:36 UTC, guineapi...@gmail.com escreveu:
> On Friday, February 25, 2022 at 8:32:22 PM UTC-5, Darrell E. Larocque wrote:
> > > I am sorry. My only off topic posts before this were every year for Christmas and New Year and once at the start of the pandemic, to know how other members of the newsgroup were doing. Because of the dimension of this issue, I thought this would be acceptable.
> > It's understandable... I thought the one thing that everyone could agree on was that Putin was evil, but this century has been so abysmal so far especially here in the USA that nothing surprises me anymore. Caring about others these days is evidently not the norm...
> Todd, you are right.
> Nancy

No offense, but you quoted the wrong post.