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    Quote Originally Posted by eisenherz View Post
    while I can understand Serge's logic with this question, I for one feel that reasonable debate and exchange of opinions should be encouraged rather than banned. These are after all real and current world happenings that affect people's life. If we can't talk even about them, who can?
    Do you mean that the happenings in South-East of Ukraine don't affect people's life? Or do you mean that the inhabitants of that region are not people at all?

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    Quote Originally Posted by SergeMak View Post
    Do you mean that the happenings in South-East of Ukraine don't affect people's life? Or do you mean that the inhabitants of that region are not people at all?

    Where do you see negative? Didn't he say "affect"?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lampada View Post
    Where do you see negative? Didn't he say affect?
    Of course, see no evil, hear no evil! It's so convenient. "let's come together right now oh yeah in sweet harmony"


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    Quote Originally Posted by SergeMak View Post
    Of course, see no evil, hear no evil! It's so convenient. "let's come together right now oh yeah in sweet harmony" ...
    Не знаю, что сказать... Пожалуй, здесь лучше мне остаться в непонятках.
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    Quote Originally Posted by SergeMak View Post
    Do you mean that the happenings in South-East of Ukraine don't affect people's life? Or do you mean that the inhabitants of that region are not people at all?
    with all respect I do not understand how you read either of the two into my post;
    i merely expressed my thinking that I prefer debate and exchange of opinions as opposed to discussions being banned.
    please always correct my (often poor) russian

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