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    #11
    Originally posted by darmstadt View Post
    So if they're found to to be agents of the Saudi government attacking people on British soil, it's okay as long as they don't kill anyone?
    No, it’s not ok - it’s a very minor diplomatic accident

    Killing a British citizen with weapons grade nerv agent is an act of war

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      #12
      Simple morale - don’t be enemy of Britain

      Works for me

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        #13
        Originally posted by AtW View Post
        Simple morale - don’t be enemy of Britain

        Works for me
        Careful not to protest the fact too much though - they might think you're a double agent pulling the wool over their eyes...
        "Is someone you don't like allowed to say something you don't like? If that is the case then we have free speech."- Elon Musk

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          #14
          It’s like to say punishment for minor speeding should be the same as for deliberately driving into people with intent to kill (and succeeding)

          Can’t you see the difference, or you just don’t want to?

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            #15
            Originally posted by AtW View Post
            It’s like to say punishment for minor speeding should be the same as for deliberately driving into people with intent to kill (and succeeding)

            Can’t you see the difference, or you just don’t want to?
            Depends who's driving/speeding and who's being driven into.
            "Is someone you don't like allowed to say something you don't like? If that is the case then we have free speech."- Elon Musk

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              #16
              Originally posted by Jog On View Post
              Depends who's driving/speeding and who's being driven into.
              No it does not, same thing here - the accident is minor and does not warrant (weak) sanctions applied against Russia who has so far conducted acts of using chemical warfare and radioactive substance in murders of BRITISH CITTIZENS ON BRITISH SOIL.

              What did Saudi Arabia do again, intimidated some guy? A strong word wih ambassador will more than do

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                #17
                Originally posted by AtW View Post
                No it does not
                Oh yes it does!
                "Is someone you don't like allowed to say something you don't like? If that is the case then we have free speech."- Elon Musk

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                  #18
                  Originally posted by Jog On View Post
                  Yes it's all about 'friends' vs 'enemies' - doesn't matter what they do, just what side of the fence they are on. Which I believe is what OP was getting at.

                  Bit like when a friend we support at one time does some pretty awful things but it's fine because he's a friend so he can do whatever he likes and we'll look the other way.

                  Until that same friend stops being a friend and becomes an enemy, then all those terrible things he did and does are now a major concern - so much so that we'll tell everyone that he can (and will!) drop WMDs on us that can reach us in 45 minutes - all the evidence confirms it, my peers agree with my suspicions. So we better 'liberate' his country immediately.
                  its a combination of many factors.

                  Key things with Salisbury is that is fairly likely that it was state sponsored. by a state we do not count as an ally and was intended to be lethal.

                  If it had been Russian football fans beating up some British ones it would have been treated differently.
                  Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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                    #19
                    Jog On is just a Mor On

                    Mods should really update this title to reflect it

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                      #20
                      Originally posted by AtW View Post
                      Jog On is just a Mor On

                      Mods should really update this title to reflect it
                      Surely they could make you mod for a day - shall we start a petition?
                      "Is someone you don't like allowed to say something you don't like? If that is the case then we have free speech."- Elon Musk

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