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<blockquote data-quote="vantexan" data-source="post: 5235230" data-attributes="member: 24302"><p>Of course you are.&nbsp; You don&#039;t truly know or understand much of the history of the world or even our country.&nbsp; You try to BS your way through and when called on it you can only attack personally.&nbsp; You want what you want and you want it now!&nbsp; That&#039;s childish.&nbsp; You say you aren&#039;t taking sides but you take the Russian side all the time.&nbsp; You know why I&#039;m against Russia?&nbsp; For generations they oppressed hundreds of millions with a failed ideology.&nbsp; They want to dominate everyone around them and cry foul when they don&#039;t get their way.&nbsp; And they&#039;re willing to slaughter innocent civilians in an attempt to get their way.&nbsp; Other than admiring some boxers out of Ukraine I&#039;m totally ambivalent towards the country.&nbsp; Spent a month there in Lviv and went away neither hot nor cold for the country.&nbsp; But I absolutely despise what the Russians are doing to them.&nbsp; And I despise anyone who makes excuses for what the Russians are doing.&nbsp; It&#039;s about time nations learn to build trade and markets both inside and outside their countries instead of taking from others by brute force.&nbsp; Many Russians long for the days when they were top dog and support Putin because they think he&#039;ll put them back in charge.&nbsp; It&#039;s time they learn there&#039;s a better way just as many Southerners had to learn slavery is a despicable practice and has no place in the modern world.&nbsp; And I&#039;m not saying it should have ever happened but there was a time when people of every race practiced slavery against people of every race to handle hard labor.&nbsp; Russia is one of the last vestiges of that mindset and it&#039;s time they learn differently.&nbsp; By the way there were plenty of Northerners who supported the South and vice versa.&nbsp; Not as cut and dried as you like to portray it.&nbsp; And so you know I was born and raised in Florida.&nbsp; Was living in Texas when I joined this forum.&nbsp; And you don&#039;t have any idea what a real Texan is if you believe Texans see themselves as not American but Texans first.&nbsp; More Texans have fought for the United States than any other state.&nbsp; And they&#039;re damn proud of it and love the flag.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="vantexan, post: 5235230, member: 24302"] Of course you are. You don't truly know or understand much of the history of the world or even our country. You try to BS your way through and when called on it you can only attack personally. You want what you want and you want it now! That's childish. You say you aren't taking sides but you take the Russian side all the time. You know why I'm against Russia? For generations they oppressed hundreds of millions with a failed ideology. They want to dominate everyone around them and cry foul when they don't get their way. And they're willing to slaughter innocent civilians in an attempt to get their way. Other than admiring some boxers out of Ukraine I'm totally ambivalent towards the country. Spent a month there in Lviv and went away neither hot nor cold for the country. But I absolutely despise what the Russians are doing to them. And I despise anyone who makes excuses for what the Russians are doing. It's about time nations learn to build trade and markets both inside and outside their countries instead of taking from others by brute force. Many Russians long for the days when they were top dog and support Putin because they think he'll put them back in charge. It's time they learn there's a better way just as many Southerners had to learn slavery is a despicable practice and has no place in the modern world. And I'm not saying it should have ever happened but there was a time when people of every race practiced slavery against people of every race to handle hard labor. Russia is one of the last vestiges of that mindset and it's time they learn differently. By the way there were plenty of Northerners who supported the South and vice versa. Not as cut and dried as you like to portray it. And so you know I was born and raised in Florida. Was living in Texas when I joined this forum. And you don't have any idea what a real Texan is if you believe Texans see themselves as not American but Texans first. More Texans have fought for the United States than any other state. And they're damn proud of it and love the flag. [/QUOTE]

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