Quote Originally Posted by UhOhXplode View Post
Anyway, I only need enough freedom to write (fiction, nothing political), study, explore (especially the outdoors), and basically have a happy and productive life (I'm very active and ambitious). So I really don't care what country that's in unless it's North Korea.
It might not be the right place to put this up, but since you already touched upon this subject...

Russia Approves Law Imposing Stricter Rules On Bloggers

So, your freedom to write is being seriously restricted in a certain country, and the scariest part of that is that it only seems to be the beginning...

Quote Originally Posted by UhOhXplode View Post
1. Why doesn't Russia have the right to interfere?
2. What solid proof do you have that Russia is interfering?
3. What solid proof do you have that there are Russian provocateurs in Ukraine?
4. Why is there no justification for Russian intervention?
If answers ##1 & 4 aren't obvious to you, then would you mind answering if ANY OTHER country has a right to interfere there, and if such an interference would be justified, and if not, then why?

Quote Originally Posted by UhOhXplode View Post
But how any of the Ukrainians feel about the conflict, only Ukrainians really know. And it wasn't the focus of my debate.
And it should have been. For that conflict is happening on the Ukrainian territory, and it's the Ukrainians who have the final word in that argument.