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JohnSJ

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1. What is the source of this? Link?

Reply to TomWilm (Original post)

Thu Apr 14, 2022, 06:20 AM

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2,200 Ukrainians will be punished as deserters [View all] TomWilm Apr 2022 OP

What is the source of this? Link? JohnSJ Apr 2022 #1

Link is all those underlined words in the text :) TomWilm Apr 2022 #6

Thanks JohnSJ Apr 2022 #14

I'm sure the true number is much higher. SmallFry Apr 2022 #2

"Ukrainian war opponents are hung out as traitors" speak easy Apr 2022 #3

What is this source? Conflating draft dodging with deserting? BlackSkimmer Apr 2022 #4

Nope. I am not a native English speaker! TomWilm Apr 2022 #7

And your native language is? wnylib Apr 2022 #12

🤦 TomWilm Apr 2022 #17

Sign language? wnylib Apr 2022 #21

Emoji? BlackSkimmer Apr 2022 #31

I mean what the f*ck could my answer to that do for you ... TomWilm Apr 2022 #36

I guess it might give some insight into what you posted as an OP and why. Emrys Apr 2022 #39

Because such a question normally are followed by accusation of being Russian ... TomWilm Apr 2022 #40

Here are the Exceptions Listed in your article: Also the link to he Article from THE CONVERSATION" Budi Apr 2022 #5

... I quoted myself some of the possible exceptions ... TomWilm Apr 2022 #8

And you are entitled to believe what you do. Budi Apr 2022 #15

Actually During Time Of War It Is Not, Sir The Magistrate Apr 2022 #24

+1. a mistake to confuse 'sympathize', with legal or protected -(nt)- stopdiggin Apr 2022 #29

Ahem ... stopdiggin Apr 2022 #30

Yes, your right not to serve as a soldier, is not a right not to serve in a civil function, BUT ... TomWilm Apr 2022 #37

you made a claim about an absolute stopdiggin Apr 2022 #38

I hope none of us will be denied the right to flee a war zone ... TomWilm Apr 2022 #41

Thanks Budi. During Viet Nam when there was a draft, a valid CO would would be able to serve in a JohnSJ Apr 2022 #10

That's true, thanks for the reminder Budi Apr 2022 #16

It is very difficult to get status as a Conscientious Objector in Ukraine ... TomWilm Apr 2022 #19

ULIE: Civilians are not deserters. speak easy Apr 2022 #9

What do you then call people who flee from military services? TomWilm Apr 2022 #18

Draft dodgers at worst. speak easy Apr 2022 #20

That was also a quite weird accusation ... TomWilm Apr 2022 #22

Registration is just a list of potentially eligible soldiers. wnylib Apr 2022 #23

Point taken! Lets call them draft dodgers. TomWilm Apr 2022 #25

Or, let's just call the OP not factual enough to bother with. wnylib Apr 2022 #27

Well, some of us still like to human rights ... TomWilm Apr 2022 #28

Thank you. nt BlackSkimmer Apr 2022 #35

Deserters are those already in the military. BlackSkimmer Apr 2022 #32

Thank you for this thought-provoking post. A huge aspect that doesn't get enough attention. Evolve Dammit Apr 2022 #11

Thought provoking, indeed, e.g. wnylib Apr 2022 #13

I remember in my youth when you could be punished here Emile Apr 2022 #26

Ukraine seems kind of bad too in some respects. Oneironaut Apr 2022 #33

The 'Azov' Is Dying In Mariupol, Ma'am The Magistrate Apr 2022 #34

I actually see Zelinsky as a good man but in way too deep water ... TomWilm Apr 2022 #42