Defiant Putin accuses US of 'helping Georgia' as fighting escalates amid fears of ground invasion

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[zqt3344 21]

Maybe Russia should invade Moldova or Canada, then maybe they might understand better what you are trying to explain without trying to judge you.

Gee, I wonder why.

So do I. Russian Empire got them out of German control. Then Bolsheviks gave them their first independence in 1918. In 1940 they joined the Soviet Union voluntarily. In 1944 the Soviet Union reclaimed what already belonged to them. Puzzle.

Really now? Did you read that in a Soviet textbook?

Where did you get your info? Canadian textbook?

Have you actually ever been to Latvia? Have you ever been to Russia? Georgia?

[Ilya R. 0]

For all of you that thought Russia leveled S. Ossetia's capital here is some reading material from real people.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7558619.stm

http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/0...gers/index.html

http://nytimes.com/2008/08/13/washington/1...0rYv3QiqVK9qhyg

Some of the information that leaks out from western press ofcourse thats not front page.

[Ilya R. 0]

Gee, I wonder why.

So do I. Russian Empire got them out of German control. Then Bolsheviks gave them their first independence in 1918. In 1940 they joined the Soviet Union voluntarily. In 1944 the Soviet Union reclaimed what already belonged to them. Puzzle.

Really now? Did you read that in a Soviet textbook?

Where did you get your info? Canadian textbook?

Have you actually ever been to Latvia? Have you ever been to Russia? Georgia?

No, Yes, Yes, No.

So you've been to Russia, and everyone was a bigot, racist? Somehow thats hard to believe.(The part where you actually visited those places) And you've been to Latvia too? Why would you need Wikipedia to know what happened between Russians and Latvians if you've been there first hand?

[zqt3344 21]

Gee, I wonder why.

So do I. Russian Empire got them out of German control. Then Bolsheviks gave them their first independence in 1918. In 1940 they joined the Soviet Union voluntarily. In 1944 the Soviet Union reclaimed what already belonged to them. Puzzle.

Really now? Did you read that in a Soviet textbook?

Where did you get your info? Canadian textbook?

Have you actually ever been to Latvia? Have you ever been to Russia? Georgia?

No, Yes, Yes, No.

So you've been to Russia, and everyone was a bigot, racist? Somehow thats hard to believe.(The part where you actually visited those places) And you've been to Latvia too? Why would you need Wikipedia to know what happened between Russians and Latvians if you've been there first hand?

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So you've been to Russia, and everyone was a bigot, racist? Somehow thats hard to believe.(The part where you actually visited those places)

Most people, yes. Racist out of ignorance, rather than bad experiences - you won't find much diversity in terms of race in most of Russia.

And you've been to Latvia too? Why would you need Wikipedia to know what happened between Russians and Latvians if you've been there first hand?

Who says I need Wikipedia? I don't even use the damn thing.

[Ilya R. 0]

So you've been to Russia, and everyone was a bigot, racist? Somehow thats hard to believe.(The part where you actually visited those places)

Most people, yes. Racist out of ignorance, rather than bad experiences - you won't find much diversity in terms of race in most of Russia.

And you've been to Latvia too? Why would you need Wikipedia to know what happened between Russians and Latvians if you've been there first hand?

Who says I need Wikipedia? I don't even use the damn thing.

Out of Ignorance? Please set an example kind sir.

I wont waste my time after hearing the most ignorant statements from a person that is obviously blind, and confused.

Edited August 13, 2008 by Ilya R.

[bob_bonner 0]

Out of Ignorance? Please set an example kind sir.

"According to Semyon Charny of the Moscow Human Rights Bureau, there are an estimated 70,000 skinheads in Russia, and surveys show that xenophobia and other racist expressions affect 50 percent of Russians."

Racism in Russia

(There - I used Wikipedia. Happy now?)

[bob_bonner 0]

A small note from personal experience.

Most commonly asked question: "Are there many nigg*rs/blacks in Canada?"

[Ilya R. 0]

So I gather when you visited Moscow/Russia, you visited your skinhead friend? And now we are all skinheads Neo-Nazzis? Cool...

I wonder if you go down to South of US, and attend KKK rally, will you than come to the boards and claim that all Americans are bigots and racist? I wonder, how many KKK members are there(wiki)?

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A small note from personal experience.

Most commonly asked question: "Are there many nigg*rs/blacks in Canada?"

"Negro" is a commonly acceptable designation of the race in Russian, "black" however is the offensive one. So what's wrong with that question?

[bob_bonner 0]

So I gather when you visited Moscow/Russia, you visited your skinhead friend? And now we are all skinheads Neo-Nazzis? Cool...

I don't have any "skinhead friends".

I wonder if you go down to South of US, and attend KKK rally, will you than come to the boards and claim that all Americans are bigots and racist? I wonder, how many KKK members are there(wiki)?

According to Wiki, about 8,000 members, and they don't exactly go around lynching and killing people these days.

I don't claim that most Americans are bigots and racists because they are not. Most Russians are.

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For all of you that thought Russia leveled S. Ossetia's capital here is some reading material from real people.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7558619.stm

http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/0...gers/index.html

http://nytimes.com/2008/08/13/washington/1...0rYv3QiqVK9qhyg

Some of the information that leaks out from western press ofcourse thats not front page.

Yay... so one group says the other fired on them first and the other says the opposite. This is where international peacekeepers would have come in handy.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

So I gather when you visited Moscow/Russia, you visited your skinhead friend? And now we are all skinheads Neo-Nazzis? Cool...

I don't have any "skinhead friends".

I wonder if you go down to South of US, and attend KKK rally, will you than come to the boards and claim that all Americans are bigots and racist? I wonder, how many KKK members are there(wiki)?

According to Wiki, about 8,000 members, and they don't exactly go around lynching and killing people these days.

I don't claim that most Americans are bigots and racists because they are not. Most Russians are.

You realise of course that this is a completely unjustifiable statement...

[Ban Hammer 13,352]

So I gather when you visited Moscow/Russia, you visited your skinhead friend? And now we are all skinheads Neo-Nazzis? Cool...

I wonder if you go down to South of US, and attend KKK rally, will you than come to the boards and claim that all Americans are bigots and racist? I wonder, how many KKK members are there(wiki)?

kkk rallies are not just held in the south.