I know he's derided as some kind of jester, but that was almost largely a persona really. There is a thoughtful person behind that and his ideas come from a good place. He's open to people of different perspectives as long as its in good faith and they approach it as such. It could be argued I suppose, that he could possibly be used by people to somewhat sanitise their full perspective, and that there are sometimes dangers in that, but I see no alternative really where there is a desire to converse with various outlooks, and at a time where doing so is almost taboo I think it's good to have people like him around. He's a kind of moderating factor.. and yes I know that's a weird thing to be saying about Russell Brand of all people, but there's some truth to it.

Typical SS only the insult.

True, for example the tractor that tows away the "Russian" APC. The troop carrier turns from tracked to wheeled halfway through.

This is not happening in a bubble.

It has a major impact on food and fuel supply, as well as the displacement of people.

It also threatens escalation, since we don't know Putin's mental state.
He is endangering world peace and will only respect strength.

You better hope he is smart enough to know where to stop, or that he even cares about the potential consequences of his actions.

Edited by Hrolf The Ganger (02 Mar 2022 3.18pm)

I agree entirely.

I do struggle to afford time to those whose absolute commitment to a position renders them unable to see logic or admit fault in their position when it is sufficiently countered whether that be a 'left wing nut-job' or 'right wing lunatic'.

Very much a summary of society for me these days in that there are ideological wars being raged by members on both sides who I would be inclined to think, but not fully committed to (and willing to admit it may be a very cruel statement), have failed to garner attention or find solace via their personalities or achievements in life, hence attaching and identifying themselves through no doubt somebody else's thoughts and opinions who they ultimately trust and believe in more than their own.

In this instance, I myself believe I have a healthy scepticism for both the mainstream and alternate media and choose to reach my own conclusions. In this particular situation, I do find it lunacy to invest belief in absolute truth of either Western or Eastern media/reporting/motives however struggle to bring myself to justify any war or human suffering, let alone this one.

I prefer to break it down to it's simplest component, and happy to factually state I struggle to feel to deeply for things that do not directly affect me (as I'd suggest many do), but seeing the displacement of peoples, death, panic etc. does ignite a primal instinct in me to condemn it, especially when I am very far from convinced by the reasoning behind it. A punch up at football, drunkenly in a pub etc. are not beyond me to comprehend or claim innocence from being involved in (embarrassingly I don't have a great track record with abstaining from violence in confrontations, although that was in the main as a younger man growing up in Lewisham.. and never at football) but this whole thing stinks to high heaven and any justification of it seems to be either weak or almost fictitious if not completely so.

War is, and almost always will be, an epic f**king failure on behalf of human beings.

Now Zaha's got a bit of green grass ahead of him here... and finds Ambrose... not a bad effort!!!!

I only despise liars and those that are willing to hurt the innocent.

If a man is honest I will listen to him regardless of his position.

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)