Timely and stated with strength - of mind, of heart, of word. I will always find the most frightening about the Pelicot case that there were so many men out there who wanted that. Who would not say anything. Who would *do* that. Truly horrifying.
The world of sexual deviancy is crazy. Have you read 'What Fluffy Thinks? Pets with benefits' by Amia Srinivasan. Similarly mindblowing about the extents of human sexual desire.
For one, government finance doesn't work that way. It's not the case that you could just dump money that the MoD has somewhere else (or at least not without some difficulty). Generally, aid to Ukraine comes out of MoD funds. At best, the MoD might appeal to the Treasury for extra funding given the situation as of 2022 - but this is something other departments (for instance, the DWP) can also do. It's then a question of cost-benefit for extra funds borrowed or raised.
Two: the amounts don't really add up. The WASPIs are demanding more money (just over £10,000,000,000) than has been given to Ukraine as military aid over the last almost three years (just below £8,000,000,000). When you factor in non-military aid this figure goes over the ten billion the WASPIs want, but I doubt any compassionate man would begrudge innocent civilians their medical aid. One needn't agree with Hamas to believe that a Palestinian child deserves support from a trained doctor.
Finally, if I may be a little sharper: it's hardly Ukraine's fault that Putin invaded them. I don't think it a very sensible analysis to blame Ukraine for the war, and would love to hear a justification of that thesis that goes beyond Russian propaganda talking-points. Ukraine is simply not 'one of the most corrupt governments in the world', unless you're speaking from a plane of existence as yet uncontaminated by fact.
The V-DEM Index and Corruption Perceptions Index (which is a poll of experts, in case you're unaware) both have Ukraine as being slightly more corrupt than the global average. By - pointed - contrast, they also both put Russia much lower on the list. It's almost unarguably more corrupt. For all Ukraine's problems - which are certainly many - I do not think it fair, objective, or analytically coherent to class it as a warmongering hub of corruption.
I'm very open to polite discussion on this. I've abbreviated my points, and am more than happy to expand them considerably on request.
Timely and stated with strength - of mind, of heart, of word. I will always find the most frightening about the Pelicot case that there were so many men out there who wanted that. Who would not say anything. Who would *do* that. Truly horrifying.
The world of sexual deviancy is crazy. Have you read 'What Fluffy Thinks? Pets with benefits' by Amia Srinivasan. Similarly mindblowing about the extents of human sexual desire.
you write rage very well
thank you so much, nadav. i have never ever been told this before and it is fantastically liberating somehow
It's truly awful. And yes, unfortunately---you are so right. A mess of one's own making by many accounts.
On WASPIs - your explanation isn't quite right.
For one, government finance doesn't work that way. It's not the case that you could just dump money that the MoD has somewhere else (or at least not without some difficulty). Generally, aid to Ukraine comes out of MoD funds. At best, the MoD might appeal to the Treasury for extra funding given the situation as of 2022 - but this is something other departments (for instance, the DWP) can also do. It's then a question of cost-benefit for extra funds borrowed or raised.
Two: the amounts don't really add up. The WASPIs are demanding more money (just over £10,000,000,000) than has been given to Ukraine as military aid over the last almost three years (just below £8,000,000,000). When you factor in non-military aid this figure goes over the ten billion the WASPIs want, but I doubt any compassionate man would begrudge innocent civilians their medical aid. One needn't agree with Hamas to believe that a Palestinian child deserves support from a trained doctor.
Finally, if I may be a little sharper: it's hardly Ukraine's fault that Putin invaded them. I don't think it a very sensible analysis to blame Ukraine for the war, and would love to hear a justification of that thesis that goes beyond Russian propaganda talking-points. Ukraine is simply not 'one of the most corrupt governments in the world', unless you're speaking from a plane of existence as yet uncontaminated by fact.
The V-DEM Index and Corruption Perceptions Index (which is a poll of experts, in case you're unaware) both have Ukraine as being slightly more corrupt than the global average. By - pointed - contrast, they also both put Russia much lower on the list. It's almost unarguably more corrupt. For all Ukraine's problems - which are certainly many - I do not think it fair, objective, or analytically coherent to class it as a warmongering hub of corruption.
I'm very open to polite discussion on this. I've abbreviated my points, and am more than happy to expand them considerably on request.