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No offense but how is that not obvious by second grade. Don't have a big mouth if you don't have a big stick too. Ireland doesn't have quiet opinions, but a rat
by missedthecue 11mo ago
No offense but how is that not obvious by second grade. Don't have a big mouth if you don't have a big stick too. Ireland doesn't have quiet opinions, but a rather big mouth about other nations' foreign policy.
- throw310822 11mo agoI find this position abject, but I'm curious what opinions are you talking about specifically. Can you elaborate?
- missedthecue 11mo agoSure they have very extreme opinions about the Ukraine situation that they make very clear at every EU parliament meeting.
- throw310822 11mo agoCan you point me to some examples? I have not followed closely but it seems that Ireland is on the same page as the other EU states in regards to supporting Ukraine. I'm also curious about what you consider a "very extreme opinion" to be in this regard.
- missedthecue 11mo agoHere is a specific example where an Irish MEP specifically speaks against sanctions on Russia and against NATO donating any weapons to Ukraine in front of the EU parliament. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpieZnTQorQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpieZnTQorQ Here is a different Irish MEP saying similar things. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qo1tgWr0KXI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qo1tgWr0KXI
- throw310822 11mo agoThey are two MPs, they can say whatever they want. Sadly they don't reflect the position of Ireland, and I hope you are not trying to say that Ireland or Europe should abolish their internal democracy. I say "sadly" because they're perfectly right. Daly: "the more arms you pump into Ukraine, the more the war will be prolonged, and the more Ukrainians will die [...] We will sit down with Russia, there will be a negotiated peace and this organisation should promote it earlier". She said this three years ago: in the meanwhile hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians and Russians have died, Ukraine has lost its territory anyway, we are sitting down with Russia and there is going to be a negotiated peace, and Europe is not part of it because it was never able to promote any diplomacy. Time proved her right on all points.
- tim333 11mo agoAt my school there were a lot of big mouths and no big sticks. Non armed debate is a thing.
- missedthecue 11mo ago"Armed debate" is a misread. The point of my comment was that there is little sympathy for people that bite the hand that feeds them or talk themselves into situations they don't have the wherewithal to navigate.
- happytoexplain 11mo agoBiting the hand that feeds is a nonsense characterization of disagreeing - even loudly - with the person who aids you. We do not own each other, as much as many of us would like to.
- jaredklewis 11mo agoWe can try having a non-armed debate with Putin, but I don’t think it’s going to be very productive.
- tim333 11mo agoNot that I'm recommending it but Putin's regime seems to behave much like the mafia and will get along with people who pay it protection money or ally with it.
- pixl97 11mo ago>Non armed debate is a thing Until your mouth writes a check that your ass can't cash.
- Lio 11mo agoIn your school. Where the kids were looked after by the teachers.
- happytoexplain 11mo agoYou're absolutely right that this immoral principle applies in second grade. But humans advance from that point, not stagnate (often).