Coke is just as stupid, referring to any soft drink

The state governor explicitly disagrees with their use, so not applicable

Understandable

I mean, ‘sch’ is basically one consonant

I mean, that’s just because Europeans (and places Europeans colonized) are not used to tonal languages. I started leaning mandarin recently, and while the tones take some getting used to, they are quite clear to differentiate

Alternatively, it was used (most prominently by Maoists) to mean non-aligned countries in the cold war.

But when these dickheads say it, they mean “brown people”

Holy shit, that’s some next level victim blaming. Ewww

this video puts it amazingly:

The south bank of the Rubicon - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YFdwfNh5vs

I am not a lawyer, and doubly so when it comes to international law. But what Ukraine was doing in these operations might, might constitute a war crime, since this is transporting materiel and launching an attack from trucks that are driven by enemy civilians. That’s pretty close to a human shield. I am not sure if trickery, as opposed to coercion, makes a difference when it comes to these things, and also, for them to be human shields someone has to figure out there’s a target there in the first place.

When Russia is, y’know, just straight up using human shields: https://lieber.westpoint.edu/weaponizing-civilians-human-shields-ukraine/

I’m not saying this to demean the operation, it was brilliant. But international law is complicated, so I’m sure there’s some war crimes to be found when you dig deep enough.

Слава Україні!

Hoi4, no question

In capitalist america, they shoot you for blocking traffic

Only protest where no one is inconvenienced and you can easily be ignored, mkay?

What’s fucking bonkers is car infrastructure. Highways trap me in place all the time when I want to talk a a walk or cycle.

Opium

Tho why they don’t spell it out, idk

So TL;DR, no, this is legitimate deception, as long as it’s not coming from anything that pretends to be humanitarian aid or other protected status

The only potentially war-crime part is making Russian civilians unwitting accomplices and potential targets.

Ein Clan Orcas baut rund um die Straße von Gibraltar fleißig Segel-U-Boote

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Haka isn’t even religious, what are you on about?

Before now, the longest suspension of a parliamentarian in New Zealand was three days.

Tun sie doch. Sonst würde Putin nicht so händeringend Öl und Gas nach China bzw. Indien für Spottpreise verkaufen. Wenn überhaupt, dann waren die Sanktionen zu langsam und inkonsequent