Under pressure to mobilise 200,000 extra soldiers, Ukraine army recruiters are resorting to checkpoints, bundling men off the street and ignoring exemptions
Critics have condemned such “Soviet” tactics as counterproductive. But Tim Willasey-Wilsey, a lecturer in defence and security at King’s College London, said: “The liberals in us all want to say this is self-defeating. On the other hand, I was speaking with a Ukrainian friend whose husband has been on the front line since 2022 and she said it was disgraceful for fighting-age men to hide from conscription.
But Tim Willasey-Wilsey, a lecturer in defence and security at King’s College London, said: “The liberals in us all want to say this is self-defeating. On the other hand
Translation: Well it’s not happening to me, my family, or my social class so this time it’s fine
This is the case with off-screen violence for 999/1000 people who advocate for war, forceful suppression, etc. - they’d change their mind really, really quickly if someone in a suit so much as made a weird face at them.
Being stuck underneath someone in a novice level competition is a really uncomfortable experience. Being stuck underneath someone who you can’t double tap to make them stop is terrifying. Being stuck underneath someone who wants to harm you is a nightmare. Being stuck underneath someone who wants to harm you with a weapon is worse. Being stuck underneath someone who wants to torture you with a weapon while their friends cheer them on is a tragedy. Then when you hear about that shit happening to your neighbor after 20% of Koreans died during a war, suddenly the guy with nuclear weapons who says he’s against that sort of thing seems like a nice guy to you.
There it is again that funny feeling
Translation: Well it’s not happening to me, my family, or my social class so this time it’s fine
This is the case with off-screen violence for 999/1000 people who advocate for war, forceful suppression, etc. - they’d change their mind really, really quickly if someone in a suit so much as made a weird face at them.
Being stuck underneath someone in a novice level competition is a really uncomfortable experience. Being stuck underneath someone who you can’t double tap to make them stop is terrifying. Being stuck underneath someone who wants to harm you is a nightmare. Being stuck underneath someone who wants to harm you with a weapon is worse. Being stuck underneath someone who wants to torture you with a weapon while their friends cheer them on is a tragedy. Then when you hear about that shit happening to your neighbor after 20% of Koreans died during a war, suddenly the guy with nuclear weapons who says he’s against that sort of thing seems like a nice guy to you.