(June 13, 2024 at 9:25 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote:(June 13, 2024 at 6:59 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: I’m aware, which is why I used the past tense.
Boru
Right, but comparing the UK from 100 years ago or America from 60 years ago to modern-day Russia is not apt. We're not talking about the past; we're talking about the here-and-now. That's why I used the term "nowadays".
It's apples and oranges. Dragging up a tu quoque from decades ago has a point, I'm sure, but I'm not sure what it is.
The point was that using convicted criminals as ersatz soldiers is nothing new. It’s a deplorable practice no matter who does it or when they did it.
Boru
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