Path: ...!news.mixmin.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Cryptoengineer Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written,rec.arts.sf.fandom Subject: Re: Babel Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2024 19:45:20 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 31 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2024 23:45:20 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="8a37abffa008efde9824de9a7639a102"; logging-data="3305506"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+/8nGS/qIfnxyuNNX+8dN+dtYzYqc9f5s=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:jx6B/77q75rlqimknCcnIZwBkPU= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: Bytes: 2052 On 3/27/2024 5:46 PM, Tim Illingworth wrote: > On 3/27/2024 7:47 AM, Cryptoengineer wrote: > >> >> Regardless of nigglined edge cases, the point remains. Russia has >> been invaded many times in history, while the US mainland has not. >> >> pt >> > December 1814 not count? It was certainly an invasion, but 'one' is not 'many'. The point is, Russia has the notion of 'we're going to get invaded again, unless we push out the borders'. The US doesn't - its last mainland invasion was over 200 years ago. Putin, and other Russian propagandists, are fond of saying things like 'Russia has no border', meaning that neighboring states independence is an unfortunate circumstance which needs fixing. Once again, learn about 'Russki Mir' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_world The only solution I can see is the breakup of Russia. pt