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bbwolff t1_jboxbuw wrote

Reply to comment by m0viestar in Mikaela Shiffrin gets her record 86th World Cup victory by Jokobib

I usually sit on my couch, sometime I'm standing, lying, waking, riding a bike. I've watched a run out two in my car... . It's more of a tea and coffee event, but it depends, I've seen some with a beer or wine in my hands.then there are times when you go live, when the event is somewhere close. It's important to dress well cause it gets freezing at times. It's more of a beer /cooked wine event in those occasions.

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LeBonLapin t1_jbowruo wrote

Reply to comment by TheGunslingerStory in Mikaela Shiffrin gets her record 86th World Cup victory by Jokobib

Right, but it's not called a "World Cup" when Phelps does it. World Cup in almost all sports the term is used in refers to an event that at most happens annually. Why not call it a gold medal? A blue ribbon? A championship title? World Cup implies world champion and it's sort of weird to potentially crown a new one every 6-8 weeks.

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a_canadian_abroad t1_jbovvaa wrote

Reply to comment by JeffFromSchool in Former Canadian Olympians call to block Russians from Games. by PrincessBananas85

Canada and the us were settled at the same time. Jamestown and Quebec City were the first two permanent European settlements in North America. And settled within months of each other. The history of Europeans in Canada didn’t begin in 1867 just like the history of Europeans in the united states doesn’t begin in 1776.

Before the 20th century the United States was almost completely isolationist. This discussion was about international conflicts. Since the Spanish American war the United States has become involved with a large number of foreign conflicts, some have benefited the world, the Second World War, the Korean War, (both of which Canada also fought in). More recently, the Bosnian conflict, the Grenadian conflict, Rwanda and other have all been defensible if not outright boons to freedom, democracy and good government.

There have been others, named above in previous comments where the unites states has pursued self interest to the detriment of human rights, democracy, and common decency. Can you name a single conflict in which Canada has done the same?

To your last point, if only countries without any marks on their records can comment on the records of others, by what right do you judge Russian foreign policy?

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923kjd t1_jbosmyn wrote

Reply to Former Canadian Olympians call to block Russians from Games. by PrincessBananas85

Russia CANNOT take part in the Olympics, nor in fact any facet of civilized global life until they show complete contrition and take full responsibility for their actions in Ukraine and elsewhere. This must include reparations in full for the destruction they have caused. This will not happen in a single generation. Until then, fuck them one and all. And for Christ’s sake kick them the hell out of the UN altogether. Never mind the Security Council. Do it right fucking now!

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AWiscool t1_jbosjmn wrote

Reply to Former Canadian Olympians call to block Russians from Games. by PrincessBananas85

If Russia is banned from participating because they illegally started military operations against another country than we should also ban the US, half of Africa, almost all of the middle east and half of southern/central Asia.

See map of ongoing conflicts: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ongoing_armed_conflicts#/media/File:Ongoing_conflicts_around_the_world.svg

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