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"At some point that queue will fill, but that's a separate issue" Would you recommend something to read about that?

Honestly, I find the dialog here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36270224 much more toxic and against the guidelines. I hope you just missed something while reading it. Anyway…

"I don't think they crossed the line at which we would moderate comments, and I don't think they violated the rules nearly as badly as you did in this thread" Seriously? Where have…

I cannot say I'm surprised by the lack of response but that's disappointing nonetheless. I guess the comments I asked about 'fit the culture here'.

"multiple explanations to you" Actually, the last two were about someone else's comments and the one before that was a misunderstanding ("you've made yourself a straw man" wasn't a…

True -- there are some comments I'm not proud of. At the same time I'm not sure where exactly contradicting someone ends and 'battle and flamewar' starts.

Too bad. I find my comments quite informative and intellectually interesting.

These documents are primary sources. Gorbachev says contradictory things. "Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, who participated in the 1990 negotiations, subsequently spoke out abo…

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"you keep neglecting to mention" But I did mention. [0] "how obscenely ridiculous it is" No more obscenely ridiculous than saying that the US exists for 200 years. Ever heard of Na…

I'll bet be the US will never do it. They pushed the Ukraine to disarm for a reason and that reason still stands -- no one wants them selling warheads to the highest bidder.

"There is no practical difference between the two." Soviet leadership acted in the interests of the Soviet Union (and their own), not in the interests of RSFSR. "we can also say th…

"Declassified documents show security assurances against NATO expansion to Soviet leaders from Baker, Bush, Genscher, Kohl, Gates, Mitterrand, Thatcher, Hurd, Major, and Woerner" […

"And how did Russia come to "own" the peninsula again?" By fighting the Ottoman Empire and their protectorate -- the remains of the Golden Horde known as Crimean Khanate [0]. The l…

How exactly does that make Crimea Ukrainian? "people like you" What's that supposed to mean? "it just blends in with all the other ethnic cleansing and genocide" It's ironic to hea…