thaibeachlovers

I support your opinion, but be prepared for the attacks from those claiming you are a Putin sycophant for not saying Putin bad, Putin bad in every post.

Such as? Some actual facts would be helpful.

Well said. When the great powers stand by and let the world's forests burn in pursuit of mammon it's all over bar the shouting, IMO. I'm wondering if covid and the Ukraine conflict is the beginning of the end.

Russia only joined the war against Japan in August 1945, so they likely did so to gain territory. However, given the way the Japanese behaved in China they were lucky to get away with only losing a few islands, IMO.

It's pretty effective "blackmail" then. Countries all over the world have been trying for nuclear weapons for decades, and some have succeeded, and the world is indeed a dangerous place. However, IMO the most likely use of atomic weapons is more likely from a terrorist organization or government than from Russia.

Never heard of Tibet then?

I suppose you include me in that "veiled" attack, but I've never supported war from any side, and am attempting ( and obviously failing ) to bring some balance to the thread amidst the posts with nothing more to say than "Putin bad man" over and over and over, and those that detail the horrible things that happen in any war, but have little to contribute to the debate. IMO there is more to this conflict than is apparent, and if any that try to see both sides are shouted down and cancelled those doing the shouting and cancelling do the debate a dis service. Closed minded attitudes never solved anything. Let's remember that all we can do is give our opinions, as I'm pretty sure that no one on here is part of those that actually make the decisions in the halls of power, and attacking those that disagree with you does nothing for the conversation, but it does say something about those that resort to personal attacks.

Be sure to inform KhaoYai who's post I quoted and responded to of that. IMO it had relevance given the context.

Are you baiting me? Sure seems like it.

I don't have to so long as I'm clear that they are my opinions. I'm not the one posting "facts" without any links to back them up.

While it's hopelessly off topic I'll bite. If you are correct it'll solve the overpopulation problem, but as I don't know what the planet will be like in 50 years time I'm not making any predictions on that. For all I know we'll be living in floating cities and eating seaweed. However, I can agree that if we don't stop polluting the environment it's not going to bode well for humanity ( and a lot of other species ). Of course the planet will carry on regardless, as it always does after a major environmental catastrophe eg the meteor impact that killed off the dinosaurs. PS, I doubt humanity actually cares enough to do more than give lip service to reducing population, stopping pollution and living in harmony with nature, so if the scientists are correct, IMO humanity is doomed. Air pollution makes for lovely sunsets, so enjoy, while you can.

Once again I have to remind you that I'm not the topic.

Are you for real? Bored or something? Nobody knows what the world will be like in 50 years. I'm assuming it will be something like what it is now, but I'm not psychic.

The relevant passage is defenses against all arsenal currently in existence.

By not posting the entire post you changed the meaning of what I posted. That's against forum rules. You know very well that clip was in relation to the USS Gerald R Ford.

Firstly I haven't been "called out" on anything; secondly I can say anything not against forum rules and thirdly the topic isn't me. All you did was waste pixels attacking me personally.

I'm sure he had a reason that seemed good to him, even if others disagree with it.

I doubt the entire German nation even knew about the camps, or if they did how bad they were, so no, they might not have supported that. Politicians have always used dislike/ hatred of the other to gain/ retain power. Nothing new there. Quite a bit of it going on these days in more than one country.

Given that we appear to be entering a new cold war, or cold war part 2, the arms boffins will be addressing just that situation. IMO no such thing as "nothing will get near it" for long, as each side comes up with better ways to kill each other. Pity, as we are in such strife from inflation that's hardly got started, and we don't need to spending large on ways to kill other people. However, it may eventually solve the overpopulation problem. BTW, how will the Ford avoid being eliminated by a missile traveling at mach 5? Google gives us Russian BrahMos The Indian/Russian BrahMos, currently the fastest operational supersonic missile capable of speeds of around 2,100–2,300 mph, is the most well-known supersonic missile. A hypersonic missile is five times faster than the speed of sound and exceeds Mach-5 (3,800 mph).

Unusually, I agree with you, and have been saying that in a couple of posts.

Seriously? However I agree with your last sentence. IMO in an equivalence with the Roman Empire we are almost at the point that the hired mercenaries decided to take over. Western society IMO is too divided, too soft and too corrupt to withstand a determined enemy, and I'm not referring to Russia. We may yet, IMO, see a nuclear war as a last resort by the west.

or yours. Your point is.........................?

I once had a bargirl for a couple weeks that asked for a night to go visit her mother. I was somewhat surprised to find her exiting Marine disco with a farang, and asked mama san for bar fine back, but she refused to give it to me. I had been a good customer at that barbeer till then, but no more. I suspect it went badly for the girl though. The only one that tried the "I don't feel well" scam was a Filipina in Cyprus, but she only got the bar fine cut as I didn't give her anything. Would have been some what difficult getting the actual bar fine back as it was an extremely overpriced bottle of booze which was consumed. They did things differently in Cyprus back then- I have no idea of the current procedure.

As I've pointed out a few times in other threads I've lost a great deal of weight since giving up sugar. I'm now below my 1996 weight ( when I was pretty fit ) though much of it is likely lost muscle, as my arms are now 2/3rd the size they used to be in my prime.

I assume it's similar to NZ non residency for tax. One still has to pay tax on anything earned in the country, but at a lower rate. It just means that one doesn't pay tax on anything earned OUTSIDE the country.