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> Oh yes? What glee you appear to exhibit at the thought of 150 odd million people being thrown in to turmoil. Please specify exactly where this glee is suppos

> Oh yes? What glee you appear to exhibit at the thought of 150 odd million people being thrown in to turmoil. Please specify exactly where this glee is supposed to be apparent. I was originally only saying that I think there is going to be a big economic upswing in Ukraine when russia collapses. But since you seem interested: As for russia, that is just sad. I'm one of those who used to study russian back when the iron curtain fell. But in the choice between: - russia inevitably collapsing and utterly destroying other countries along with it - and russia inevitably collapsing and only for a limited time damaging other countries in the process I take the last one. Edit: As for the nuclear weapons, we can probably make a new Budapest Memorandum and russia can give the nuclear warheads to China as payments. It worked so well with Ukraine. Can't see any problems with that /s

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TheSpiceIsLife 2y ago
> take advantage of what I see as an almost inevitable economic boom as soon as russia collapses I read that as something you’re looking forward to. Happy to be corrected.
- skinkestek 2y ago
  Late but it is not something I look forward to. I probably have more Russian friends and ex-colleagues than most people, although that doesn't prevent me from being extremely clear about the situation being caused by russia. I'd much rather take advantage of Russia stabilizing and becoming a major trade partner to Europe. That was my original motivation for trying to learn Russian 20-30 years ago. (Trying to understand where the misunderstanding come from and I am starting to wonder if I misuse the expression "take advantage of". I've always thought there was a difference between "taking advantage of <someone>" which I thought was always bad and "taking advantage of <something>" which I thought could be good or bad depending on the situation. If I have misunderstood, then apologies for the confusion.
  - TheSpiceIsLife 2y ago
    Thanks for clearing that up.

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TheSpiceIsLife 2y ago

> take advantage of what I see as an almost inevitable economic boom as soon as russia collapses I read that as something you’re looking forward to. Happy to be corrected.

skinkestek 2y ago
Late but it is not something I look forward to. I probably have more Russian friends and ex-colleagues than most people, although that doesn't prevent me from being extremely clear about the situation being caused by russia. I'd much rather take advantage of Russia stabilizing and becoming a major trade partner to Europe. That was my original motivation for trying to learn Russian 20-30 years ago. (Trying to understand where the misunderstanding come from and I am starting to wonder if I misuse the expression "take advantage of". I've always thought there was a difference between "taking advantage of <someone>" which I thought was always bad and "taking advantage of <something>" which I thought could be good or bad depending on the situation. If I have misunderstood, then apologies for the confusion.
- TheSpiceIsLife 2y ago
  Thanks for clearing that up.