Oso planning to go pro
A peace agreement would be nice. However, the only way to achieve that, it would seem, is for Ukraine to give up parts of their country. You believe that they should do that? If so, it negs the question: should larger, more powerful countries be allowed to take other parts of smaller, less powerful countries?Ukraine and the Ukrainians don't seem the slightest bit interested in that deal. As long as they are willing to fight, I think we continue to support them.
I would give up Texas and Florida in a heartbeat if someone even just gave me a dirty look.
For what, your peace of mind? It's an actual war for the people in the war zone.
Quite the contrary. I think the best way to help Ukraine would be negotiating a peace agreement. Our current strategy is just prolonging the conflict which ensures more lives lost and further destruction of Ukraine.
I get both the sentiment and the jest. But out of curiosity. If Mexico was willing (and able) to lay Texas and New Mexico to ruin, as well as the rest of the continental US, killing up to 1M Americans and leveling much of the infrastructure, housing, and business in the US, and they offered a peace deal before hand that if we give them back Texas and New Mexico, would you take the deal?What if, no matter what, we were still going to lose Texas and New Mexico. So either way they are gone, but if we negotiate and sign the deal, the rest doesn't happen?What would you do?
I think you don’t quite understand the concept of a joke.
Lot's of stress these days makes forgetful a dull boy.
Interesting thread on one person's (informed) view of the current state of the war:https://twitter.com/michaeldweiss/status/1521163752296660992
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/kremlin-says-no-agreement-reached-possible-meeting-between-putin-pope-francis-2022-05-04/?utm_term=OZY&utm_campaign=pdb&utm_content=Thursday_05.05.22&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=emailLONDON, May 4 (Reuters) - The Russian Orthodox Church scolded Pope Francis on Wednesday for using the wrong tone after he urged Patriarch Kirill not to become the Kremlin's "altar boy", cautioning the Vatican that such remarks would hurt dialogue between the churches.Francis told Italy's Corriere Della Sera newspaper that Kirill, who has given the Ukraine war his backing, "cannot become [President Vladimir] Putin's altar boy". read moreThe Russian Orthodox Church said it was regrettable that a month and a half after Francis and Kirill, the patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, had spoken directly, the pope had adopted such a tone."Pope Francis chose an incorrect tone to convey the content of this conversation," the Moscow Patriarchy said, though it did not explicitly mention the "altar boy" comment."Such statements are unlikely to contribute to the establishment of a constructive dialogue between the Roman Catholic and Russian Orthodox Churches, which is especially necessary at the present time."Kirill, 75, a close ally of Putin, sees the war as a bulwark against a West he considers decadent, particularly over the acceptance of homosexuality.The problem here isn't that this "man of God" is a Putin apologist who supports war crimes against Ukrainians and who would gladly have LGBTQ people burned at the stake. No, the problem is the pope's "tone."
The Catholic Church has never been shy about aligning itself with dictators and mass murderers.They are an organization that craves power, and sucking up is the way to get it.
"Pope Francis chose an incorrect tone to convey the content of this conversation," the Moscow Patriarchy said, though it did not explicitly mention the "altar boy" comment."Such statements are unlikely to contribute to the establishment of a constructive dialogue between the Roman Catholic and Russian Orthodox Churches, which is especially necessary at the present time."
This article is about how the Vatican is standing up to the Russian Orthodox church.But you be you.
TAMUI do know, Newsie is right on you knowing ball.
The Russian Orthodox Church is Catholic, just not Roman Catholic.
What? They are orthodox. Just like the Greek Orthodox and other eastern churches. The Russian church isn't under Rome in any way, shape or form.The Great Schism, aina?
Catholic nounCath·o·lic | \ ˈkath-lik , ˈka-thə- \1: a member of a Catholic churchespecially : ROMAN CATHOLIC2: a person who belongs to the universal Christian churchIt's basically a synonym for "Christian."
https://www.oca.org/questions/romancatholicism/catholic-and-orthodoxThe orthodox church considers itself to be catholic. Little c catholic, not big Catholic