Man, every time I see videos like that, my heart breaks. Those are actual human beings with families, loved ones, hopes and dreams… (I know Russia does much worse things to the other side, but that doesn’t change the feeling. Most conscripts are just brainwashed cannon fodder :()
Fuck war so much…
Article 1
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
Article 2
Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of the political, jurisdictional or international status of the country or territory to which a person belongs, whether it be independent, trust, non-self-governing or under any other limitation of sovereignty.
Article 3
Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person.
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Article 10
Everyone is entitled in full equality to a fair and public hearing by an independent and impartial tribunal, in the determination of his rights and obligations and of any criminal charge against him.
Article 11
- Everyone charged with a penal offence has the right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law in a public trial at which he has had all the guarantees necessary for his defence.
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Guess where this is coppied from …
Even the worst human is still a human. You can’t blame a person for lamenting the loss of a human life without losing your own humanity, in my opinion. Empathy saves lives.
Don’t be so naive. “Empathy saves lives”? You’d say that out loud to one of the innumerable Russian “soldiers” responsible for those vile crimes as they tried to do the same to you? That’s what you’d tell your rapist/murderer in that moment of sheer panic and terror? Are you fucking serious?
Oh. No? Hunh. Seems pretty easy to have such a rosy perspective when it’s so distant from your own safe little life. Go figure.
No, you can’t rape, torture, and murder without losing your own humanity. Humanizing monsters hurts the victims.
I’ve been watching the YouTube channel 1420 where they interview people on the streets of Moscow. Many of them are held hostage too. You can tell that they don’t want to speak freely for fear of criminal punishment. One guy even said something to the effect of, “Why don’t 100 Americans come over here and protest the war to see what happens.” The Russian government quells any form of rebellious organization. To take Putin out of power, it’s gonna have to come from the top or a sporadic mass protest after a Bloody Sunday a la 1917 Russian Revolution.
That’s a very simple way of putting things imo :)
The west also has internet access. Some people still end up hateful/believing in flat earth/conspiracy theories.
That doesn’t mean they’re bad people, just very misguided.
@Firipu It is always strange that there are people who pity the perpetrator and not the victim.
The war on Ukraine is not a natural disaster. It is made by russians. Go Figure!
Internet ≠ Internet. It’s heavily censored and monitored in Russia. They don’t have access to all the information we do. Plus, all other media are brainwashing them with propaganda. Makes it hard to believe if some website tells a completely different story.
However, there are those who stay informed and don’t support the war. They just can’t do it openly.
@fluxion That’s what you tell all the ukrainian girls after they have been tortured and gang raped by some “random poor fucks” from Russia.
what can i say except quote general Sherman:
War is cruelty, and you cannot refine it; and those who brought war into our country deserve all the curses and maledictions a people can pour out.
Would they not pull the trigger all the same if the situations were reversed?
Oh yeah, absolutely. And I’d feel horrible for the human being on the other side of the scope… I’m talking about the actual human being with a life being killed. Not the politics behind it.
That doesn’t mean I’m justifying the atrocities Russia commits or even remotely support their unprovoked attack. Russia is the bad guy, no discussion. But they’re still humans and I can still feel bad for the needless loss of human life.
Ugly, justified, but you need respect the professionalism.
Weirdest part of this (y’know, other than the presence of Russian terrorists in Ukraine) is the birds chirping. Two bangs from an extremely loud rifle, and they just carry on like nothing happened.
…or is the audio replaced for opsec or something?
Possibly. The shooter is pretty far from the targets. Looks like at least a full second of flight time before impact. Most big bore rifles are at least 2400 feet per second, so the target is 800+ yards away. That’s a hell of a difficult shot, and the way the cross hair is directly on the target leads me to believe this is a computerized scope which is compensating for bullet-drop and windage.
He almost sounds… unhappy? Frustrated? After he takes the first shot and is reloading. This sounds like a guy who doesn’t love what he has to do, but knows it needs to happen. I can respect that on a human level.
Miss Pavlichenko would be so proud. (She was Ukrainian.)
