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[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I prefer appropriate measures over reputation.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Sure. What can Finland do to Russia for an appropriate measure? Now we seem to just try to hassle the other people stuck in the situation without a valid reasoning

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What can Finland do to Russia for an appropriate measure

Shut that shit down by closing the border. It's unfortunate Russia is using those people as a tool, now they might have to travel to a different border.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well they kinda don't. We need to (and should) pick them up wherever they cross. So Russia actually doesn't need to care about this show.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

There are places and proper border crossings to apply for EU asylum, visa that Russia isn't using as part of their hybrid operation. They can go there. Those places are also much closer to their place of origin, so won't have to travel so far either. Finland was just seen as an easy ticket to EU and Russia encouraged this.

Too bad for those who have already paid to be brought to our border or were brought in by Russia, but it's Russia who is to blame for the situation. They caused it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Of course Russia is to blame. The blame just simply can't be let out towards the bystanders.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They're the tools in this, not just bystanders. Unless you're talking about those going to fill up their car in Russia or something, but I don't think that's a huge concern.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

A human tool is still a human, instead of an object. The only principle in this whole bread and circus is that no harm is caused to other beings who are not responsible.

So we're left to observe if we're under a ruling class which fucks that up

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A human tool is still a human, instead of an object.

I was replying to you calling them bystanders.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just seemed like a strange point consider I don't think their status as humans was in doubt. Just whether we should stop Russian action or not.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's a direction the current cabinet might be inching towards. Manufactured consent

On a larger level this won't stop whatever the next step of escalation will be and I'm not guaranteed Finland has enough planned with the EU to figure this shit out fast.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not sure where it is escalating after the border is closed.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We'll see some sort of "bullying" as Niinistö phrased

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And we'll deal with that bullying too when we come to it. Giving into it isn't a great option.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Maybe we need someone else dealing with that in the future.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'd hope everyone else would be as determined to shut the bullying down. It's not like there's many other ways to deal with Russia.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Maybe we just saw the most Russia-minded response we have available

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Nothing more Russia-minded than wanting to shut down Russia's attempts at bullying us.