sadness of war

There is no much difference in destroying one tribe from other tribe 100.000 years ago and today war against Ukraine. It's about territory, resources, slaves, religion etc., and we humans are the same in that matter, nothing changed in 100.000 years. OK, weaponry changed, so today it's much easier to kill many more people in shorter period of time.
Why I am sad? Tyrants/dictators/aggressors exists, yesterday, today and we'll have them tomorrow, no doubt. But I am sad, very sad, about the silence. We are living in 2022, not middle age, not in 1914, not in 1939, that somebody can say "I don't/din't know what is happening". And the silence of Russian people today is LOUD. Except few honorable cases I can hear this silence very loud. Even here, gathering and playing with ordinary but also smart, and very smart people nobody from them said almost nothing like: "I do not support Putin, he is not doing this in my name", "I am Russian but I do not think Ukraine needs de-nazification" or something similar, or anything. Sad.

@LuxiManijakLOL said in #1:
> There is no much difference in destroying one tribe from other tribe 100.000 years ago and today war against Ukraine. It's about territory, resources, slaves, religion etc., and we humans are the same in that matter, nothing changed in 100.000 years. OK, weaponry changed, so today it's much easier to kill many more people in shorter period of time.
> Why I am sad? Tyrants/dictators/aggressors exists, yesterday, today and we'll have them tomorrow, no doubt. But I am sad, very sad, about the silence. We are living in 2022, not middle age, not in 1914, not in 1939, that somebody can say "I don't/din't know what is happening". And the silence of Russian people today is LOUD. Except few honorable cases I can hear this silence very loud. Even here, gathering and playing with ordinary but also smart, and very smart people nobody from them said almost nothing like: "I do not support Putin, he is not doing this in my name", "I am Russian but I do not think Ukraine needs de-nazification" or something similar, or anything. Sad.
Great speech! SO POST THIS in a blog!

Thank you.

Regrettably, no. This is not war for resourses or territory. This a kind of "personal war".

Text from a person who speaks better than I do. I'm just quoting.

www.pravda.com.ua/columns/2022/03/21/7333269/
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But the main thing that needs to be understood and accepted is that Putin's goal in this war has nothing to do with the reason he publicly stated about the attack.

All these absurd accusations of Nazism, the creation of the atomic bomb and the training of killer sparrows are nothing more than dust in the eyes.
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The reason is love of freedom, independence, rebelliousness of Ukraine. Her un-Russianness. The dissimilarity is internal, preserved despite more than three hundred years of living together.

We show his subjects a bad example.

If you have heard his delusional lecture about Ukrainians and Ukraine, this deceitful, illiterate and insulting excursion into history for us, then you will understand why I say this.

The question of the destruction of Ukraine is more important for Putin than the survival of his own country. Or he and Russia, or we. There is no third.

In such cases, mercy is not expected, it is not asked for, it is not even spoken about. A matter of victory is a matter of survival.
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Yan Valetov, writer
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@MaugliUA said in #4:
> Regrettably, no. This is not war for resourses or territory. This a kind of "personal war".

Don't want to argue because that's not my point, there will always be some reason(s). I am disappointed with people in Russia who are nicely playing chess with us, easily drink tea or vodka, and nobody say to you: "Hay man, I'm sorry, this is not my war, I do not support this. Please note many of us do not support Putin ...". I asked some Russians players about that, but nothing, just silence.

@LuxiManijakLOL said in #5:
> Don't want to argue because that's not my point, there will always be some reason(s). I am disappointed with people in Russia who are nicely playing chess with us, easily drink tea or vodka, and nobody say to you: "Hay man, I'm sorry, this is not my war, I do not support this. Please note many of us do not support Putin ...". I asked some Russians players about that, but nothing, just silence.

They support. World should undestand that, at least. They support putin.

@MaugliUA said in #6:
> They support. World should undestand that, at least. They support putin.

Yes, I can not explain differently as you said.
Lichess claim " There are also many Russians and Belarusians who disagree with the war and are protesting it..." but this is not truth, truth is almost 180 degrees different.

You cannot draw general conclusions from a very small sample size.

For example: ALL my Russian friends are against the war and against Putin. Does that mean that most of the Russian people are against this war? Sadly, no.

I agree. And its starting to disturb me. I see some Russians doing vlogs on youtube saying many Russians oppose the war. But where? Not on lichess. Absolutely not on reddit. Not anywhere else I've seen. And the youtube channels I see of people interviewing Russians in the streets of Moscow and St Petersberg, the people seem to be totally indifferent, or they state they support the war. At first I was just telling myself they are scared but I no longer believe that. First of all what about those few making videos? They face no repercussions? And are we to believe that so many people are opposing the war in their towns face to face with people, but won't even claim so anonymously on the internet?

I've tried to change my approach with Putin sympathizers but I think its hopeless.

We must be careful not to jump to judgment of the average person in Russia.

We are not exposed to the barrage of propaganda they face , nor do we suffer from arrest for speaking out in public against Putin.

The long history of Russia is filled with tragedy and oppression from the STATE.

Generations have grown up there learning to fear their government.