@Roscosity@JP__75@DHughesy@aaronsmith That’s great, Ross… but you know as well as I do he won’t respond.
They’re experts at personal attacks, deflections and changing the subject. Disputing the actual facts? Not so much
Oh where did I hear this one before? 😂
@cronknaa@IAPonomarenko@LauraLoomer For sure, I understand this point entirely. I don’t think people are beyond change, but those who profit off it, either directly or through engagement, I am just not fond of.
Each to their own of course!
@IAPonomarenko@LauraLoomer Do we just accept grifters no matter what, though? I mean, I'm all for people coming to the realisation, but at what point do they just jump sides when it suits them and not from a point of trying to make a difference?
@i0milesniper3@FOS@MMcCarthyREV In football, shit decisions happen and you have to live with them until there are systems in place that warrant a change - I agree, protocol shouldn’t be broken, but what’s done is done. We shouldn’t be changing things after the fact (first time ever) based on political pull.
@FOS@MMcCarthyREV The issue isn’t Balogun. It’s the precedent. If political pressure can influence who serves a suspension before a World Cup match, every future disciplinary decision will be questioned. Rules only matter if they apply equally to everyone.
@FOS@MMcCarthyREV I don’t see how they’re completely blameless. FIFA deserves the criticism, but USA still had a choice. They knowingly benefit the decision many believe was influenced and then fielded the player. That’s legal if FIFA allows it, but legality and sportsmanship aren’t the same thing
@TrollOfAngband@jotstheman@DylanBurns1776 The point was more so the fact that people died in far greater numbers; 100,000 is a lot but not in comparison to what was. Even if you considered the 14 million from Russia itself then it’s only 0.71% and population has increased since then.
@jotstheman@DylanBurns1776 You say that because it’s incomprehensible to most of us. 27 million Russians died during ww2 which, up until recently, was more than the entire population of Australia.
100k is crazy numbers, but when you’re looking at 150~ odd million people and many without a choice, it isnt