Demitri_C Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 Shouldnt the next step being banning russia from international sports events like world cup, euros, and other major events? Could anyone see these kind of scenarios happening? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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sidcow Posted February 25, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted February 25, 2022 8 minutes ago, osmark86 said: I'm pretty sure it's a bit 50/50 on that one no? The saying goes the apple don't fall far from the tree, but that completely discounts the rebel apples who take a long roll down the hill away from the tree. Sorry, I can't respond on that. You've asked a question then ended it with "no?" so all my senses have shut down due to the incandescent rage burning within me. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippo Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 3 minutes ago, magnkarl said: Russia supplies a third of Europes winter gas supply. It's not unfeasable for Norway and USA\Mexico to step up and cover at least part of that deficit. It'll hurt for sure but it needs to be done. Maybe - but I don't see us not buying Russian gas anytime soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 3 minutes ago, Demitri_C said: Shouldnt the next step being banning russia from international sports events like world cup, euros, and other major events? Could anyone see these kind of scenarios happening? They did that 5 years ago for the Olympics and they still have a team 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnkarl Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 Just now, hippo said: Maybe - but I don't see us not buying Russian gas anytime soon. We actually don't buy Russian gas. We buy Norwegian gas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 Just now, Demitri_C said: Shouldnt the next step being banning russia from international sports events like world cup, euros, and other major events? Could anyone see these kind of scenarios happening? Putin wouldn’t care about that in the grand scheme of things Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnkarl Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 4 minutes ago, BleedClaretAndBlue said: I do wonder where this fighter would have been stationed? Lviv? Is it a vertical take off craft stationed somewhere else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 2 minutes ago, nick76 said: Putin wouldn’t care about that in the grand scheme of things He wont but the russian people will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 4 minutes ago, Zatman said: They did that 5 years ago for the Olympics and they still have a team I wonder how the Russian Football Committee will get on at the World Cup. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 Just now, Demitri_C said: He wont but the russian people will but you think he cares enough about that to change what he wants to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 2 minutes ago, magnkarl said: I do wonder where this fighter would have been stationed? Lviv? Is it a vertical take off craft stationed somewhere else? Is Lviv not too far away on Polish border 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 Just now, nick76 said: but you think he cares enough about that to change what he wants to do. If you push enough of your own people they will eventually start causing massive problems for putin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 3 minutes ago, Zatman said: Is Lviv not too far away on Polish border Yeah, Lviv is surely the wrong end of the country. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 1 minute ago, Demitri_C said: If you push enough of your own people they will eventually start causing massive problems for putin. Considerably less so in Russia and sporting events won’t move the needle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icouldtelltheworld Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 30 minutes ago, cyrusr said: Yeah my mum (also not a moron) but her political stance changed when she started reading the mail online. She use to prefer the times but as it wasn’t free she didn’t want to pay. Since then she started spouting more and more DM rhetoric which is really frustrating. I have an auntie who has been really suckered in by online right wing conspiracy stuff. Posts huge diatribes to her 34 Facebook friends about George Floyd, black lives matter and the election being stolen from trump. Really makes you think - if a fairly middle class woman in her 70s from Sutton coldfield can be sucked in by this stuff, you can only imagine the effect it has on angry young men with genuine grievances about their lot in life. Quite scary 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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fightoffyour Posted February 25, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted February 25, 2022 What about the sooner-to-be-happening WC qualifiers (priorities right)? Obviously won't take place in Moscow but will they play Russia at all? The Poland match will be extra spicy if they do! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Herman22 Posted February 25, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 25, 2022 24 minutes ago, hippo said: Yes - but Europe isn't about to stop buying Russian gas anytime soon. Germany is more or less dependent on it. Russia still supplied Europes gas even throughout the cold war years. Surely this is the push that Europe need towards proper sustainable solutions. Environmental engineers and scientists call Ireland the Saudi Arabia of renewable energy as we have unlimited and consistent wind energy, but due to government inaction (and misinformation by the oil and gas industry) Ireland haven’t built an offshore wind farm in 20+ years! It would be a multi billion euro investment but surely it would be the best money ever spent! 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCDAN Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 (edited) 3 minutes ago, icouldtelltheworld said: I have an auntie who has been really suckered in by online right wing conspiracy stuff. Posts huge diatribes to her 34 Facebook friends about George Floyd, black lives matter and the election being stolen from trump. Really makes you think - if a fairly middle class woman in her 70s from Sutton coldfield can be sucked in by this stuff, you can only imagine the effect it has on angry young men with genuine grievances about their lot in life. Quite scary It’s amazing how quickly and efficiently an echo chamber can completely change and then reinforce someone’s views. That algorithm can be very dangerous. Edited February 25, 2022 by AVFCDAN 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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