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USA - Russia is mocking you for bringing home a junkie!

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Yes, that's my point entirely, I'm here strictly to call out the BS right in the headline, she's not a junkie no matter how you slice it. You want to debate other aspects of this? There are plenty of other people here interested to dissect those aspects of this, not me.

You don't get to dictate which parts of a story I can be interested in breaking down or not.
I'm not trying to dictate anything to you. Just trying to show you that there are more important things than what Russians call somebody.

It's weird that you are taking it so personally. Is she your girlfriend or something?
 

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First of all, that did sound cool. Second, if you reach any further youre going to fall over. youre absolutely ridiculous. You just keep retroactively modifying your already false syllogism until what you say doesn't even make sense.

Your prioritization of marijuana over your country's serviceman, international relations, and cultural understanding was established with the first comment you made on this thread. Sure, being "WeedZ" doesn't help your case, but it's not the point of contention, lol. You might as well hop off this thread, smoke a bowl, and consider the veracity of what I have been saying.

People shouting "propaganda" are literally debating the English and the nuances existing in their own culture.

If you think there has been a shift in my stance, it's probably because you are confusing my point of view with your own.

Russian state-sponsored media labeled her a junkie. So unless you're saying MSNBC speaks for you, let's not assume their media speaks for every individual in Russia. The only person we definitively know it speaks for is Putin.

I'm saying that MSNBC probably represents a good part of Americans. If US media and Russia media are comparable on any definite metric, I'd like to know. Unfortunately the rest of the world's understanding of America stems majorly from likes of CNN (same thing?), so it's probably safe to say that nobody knows wtf is up with America.
 
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This meme sums up the situation pretty well.

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Your prioritization of marijuana over your country's serviceman, international relations, and cultural understanding was established with the first comment you made on this thread. Sure, being "WeedZ" doesn't help your case, but it's not the point of contention, lol. You might as well hop off this thread, smoke a bowl, and consider the veracity of what I have been saying.

People shouting "propaganda" are literally debating the English and the nuances existing in their own culture.

If you think there has been a shift in my stance, it's probably because you are confusing my point of view with your own.



I'm saying that MSNBC probably represents a good part of Americans. If US media and Russia media are comparable on any definite metric, I'd like to know. Unfortunately the rest of the world's understanding of America stems majorly from likes of CNN (same thing?), so it's probably safe to say that nobody knows wtf is up with America.
Youre the one prioritizing marijuana over servicemen. You think someone who had a vape in their bag should serve a decade in a foreign country simply because its "their law". You know whats more illegal internationally? Espionage, yet you think we should have brought him home instead. So your logic doesn't compute no matter which way you spin it.
 

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Laws are meant to be broken. I joke, but somtimes not really.

Some laws are stupid and you shouldn't blindly follow them just because they are the law. People make dumb ass laws all the time.

People that lack critical thinking won't understand this.
 
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Laws are meant to be broken. I joke, but somtimes not really.

Some laws are stupid and you shouldn't blindly follow them just because they are the law. People make dumb ass laws all the time.

People that lack critical thinking won't understand this.
"You're so stupid for obeying the law that you lack critical thinking"
 

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Youre the one prioritizing marijuana over servicemen. You think someone who had a vape in their bag should serve a decade in a foreign country simply because its "their law".

I do not think that someone should serve a decade in prison and I think even the laws in Japan seem harsh. To suggest that she is innocent because you support her entering another country and breaking their laws is rooted in imperialism. She (he?) broke another country's law by her own volition vs the spy who was either framed or in service of his country. The fact that both Trump administration and Biden administration has little or nothing to say on the matter is troubling.

You know whats more illegal internationally? Espionage, yet you think we should have brought him home instead. So your logic doesn't compute no matter which way you spin it.

This needs to be addressed, because if espionage was being carried at the behest of US government, there'd need to be need accountability for that. Either the US knows he isn't guilty, and has abandoned him, or they do know he was caught and they do not want to acknowledge it, yet still abandon him.

Considering how much America lies about Russia, it wouldn't be surprising if it is the latter. I'm slightly amused, yet disappointed, that someone as intelligent as yourself would be willing to forgo all the lies your government is involved in (for the sake of breeding global instability) just to keep the "Russia is evil" dream alive. Is learning even of interest to you?
 
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It's shite being scottish!
You do know that you can move to another country, It's not like you are a prisoner and there's border walls surrounding the country keeping you in. If you don't like it - leave! Aeroplanes, cars, trains and boats etc were invented to make it easier to travel.......just saying.
 

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You do know that you can move to another country, It's not like you are a prisoner and there's border walls surrounding the country keeping you in. If you don't like it - leave! Aeroplanes, cars, trains and boats etc were invented to make it easier to travel.......just saying.
Chill @mrdude it is a line from a very famous Scottish film called Trainspotting. The main character of the film Renton goes on an epic rant about how its shite being Scottish.


 
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Chill @mrdude it is a line from a very famous Scottish film called Trainspotting. The main character of the film Renton goes on an epic rant about how its shite being Scottish.



I know what Trainspotting is. I know the line from the film, still if you don't like being Scottish or living in Scotland or anywhere else - stop whining about it and do something about it. Nobody likes listening to a whiney bitch.
 
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I know what Trainspotting is. I know the line from the film, still if you don't like being Scottish or living in Scotland or anywhere else - stop whining about it and do something about it. Nobody likes listening to a whiney bitch.
Nobody has posted a single thing it this thread moaning or whining about being Scottish. You are just trying to start an argument where there isn't one.
 

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Nobody has posted a single thing it this thread moaning or whining about being Scottish. You are just trying to start an argument where there isn't one.
He has no chill, he only has racism
 
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Point out a racist post I have made, you can't because that stuff only exists in your head. In my experience the people that go on about racism are the true racists.
the part where you used race in your rant when it shouldn't matter at all then proceed to be also unhappy about the fact a white male was left
", you traded a black lesbian junkie that hates America, and swapped her for an arms dealer. But you did leave a straight white male in Russia that's been convicted of spying....."
 
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