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Seems like brinkmanship from the Royal Navy, trying to test Russian resolve on this. I mean what is the point in further flaring up international tensions at th
by publicola1990 5y ago
Seems like brinkmanship from the Royal Navy, trying to test Russian resolve on this. I mean what is the point in further flaring up international tensions at this juncture.
- detritus 5y agoDon't Russia play this game themselves with Bears (as in Tupolov, not hairy) flying close to [insert relevant territory, e.g Scotland] fairly frequently?
- Koshkin 5y agoQuod licet Beari...
- detritus 5y ago- ed Sorry, I realise you were riffing that phrase, more cleverly than I appreciated! </ed> I had to Google that as I'm not Roman and my last latin lesson was as a 9 year old many decades ago, but having Googled, should that have been "quod licet Iovi, non licet bovi"[1]? If so, I love it - thanks! And, you're not wrong, but I feel I'm within my rights to be bemused at any irritation the Russian government might express. [1] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:List_of_Latin_phrases_(P%E2%80%93Z) https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:List_of_Latin_phrase...