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you'd be surprised how cheap a politician can be

I was arguing with someone else and you came in with a tangent so fair enough. Also, nice spot, clearly spelling is too much of a burden.

Lots of fat shaming of Edward recently...

I did wonder about excess heat

1. Films that no-one has seen aren't going to be influencing peoples knowledge. I notice you haven't named any either. For more information please see: Burden of Proof
2. This discussion is about jol's claim that hollywood is responsible for covering up slavery in Brazil. Those are the goalposts. The fact that hollywood collaborates with the US military to promote their interests is only relevant if you can show a link to slavery in Brazil.

You definitely could if you removed Luc Besson's pedo fetishism

Belarus still stuck in the 20th century...

The point is that hollywood isn't making films that deny or refute slavery in Brazil, which was the original claim.

That's the first valid point in this thread!

Have there been any hollywood films denying slavery in Brazil? Hollywood propaganda on other topics isn't relevant here.

I'm not sure that's fair. Hollywood isn't the history channel, its job isn't to educate the world and they certainly aren't conspiring to suppress knowledge of the slave trade in Brazil. They just haven't made many films that feature it.

edit: If you're getting all your world knowledge from films, that's a problem.

It's funny how having aggressive people living on your street can change your behaviour. 'I don't want to end up like Volodymyr' you say to yourself as you sign up for self defence lessons and add the police phone number to speed dial.

Tesco's Finest ventoy theme

Edward is correct

That’s a great point, instead of bombing Donbas Zelensky should have followed through on his campaign promises to end the war with them instead of escalating it. You do realize that Ukraine attacked a region that seceded from it because of a Nazi-style putsch backed by western imperialists?

You're not actually responding to anything I've said here.

When the shoe is on the other foot refers to a situation which Europeans cannot imagine, one without a USA able to project enough power to permit them political impunity - which is what you are describing, with scarcely even a veneer of faux moral outrage. Europe currently gets to act as a larger than life diplomatic and financial entity.

That's not what 'the shoe is on the other foot' means. This is pure projection as only Russia was trying to project military power here.

You’re going to need to do something other than cycle through the same Atlantic Council bullet points to phase me, Kyle.

These are basic facts about the reality of the conflict: 1. Russia started it. 2. It is illegal. 3. Putin can end it at any time. 4. It is progressing an an unsustainable pace for Russia. 5. Russia is now importing oil from other nations due to Ukrainian strikes on refineries.

Not invading your neighbours is actually how you show that you're not Hitler. Putin can end this war any time he likes, no diplomacy with Trump or Starmer required.

Also, 'when the shoe is on the other foot'? you mean, 'when the UK invades its neighbours and ends up in an unwinnable stalemate with no real allies and international sanctions that leaves it begging for diplomacy while refusing to back down from a pointless, illegal war'?

Grow up Ivan, (and stay away from tall buildings if you're going to claim you're smarter than Putin)

"Please you can't keep ignoring us like this! We have so much of value to discuss and can be taken seriously!"

In reality the UK and Russia have nothing to discuss while the illegal invasion of Ukraine continues. Talks with Putin are futile (and Starmer isn't going to go behind Zelenski's back unlike certain other politicians). It also wouldn't be good for Starmer's image back home; red carpets look best when rolled out by friendly nations in the spirit of cooperation, not by KGB thugs with delusions of grandeur.

Wartime economies tend to have high employment rates. How are the non-military sectors doing?

They outsourced it to a different studio who slapped UE5 on top of the creation engine while Todd wasn't looking

Not if you are being compensated for your labour. The actual crime that describes stolen labour is "slavery"