Oh noes! Won't anybody have pity on the poor woman who never had any problem with being married to one of the greatest mass murderers of recent history?
this post was submitted on 29 Dec 2024
175 points (100.0% liked)
World News
45319 readers
3055 users here now
A community for discussing events around the World
Rules:
-
Rule 1: posts have the following requirements:
- Post news articles only
- Video links are NOT articles and will be removed.
- Title must match the article headline
- Not United States Internal News
- Recent (Past 30 Days)
- Screenshots/links to other social media sites (Twitter/X/Facebook/Youtube/reddit, etc.) are explicitly forbidden, as are link shorteners.
-
Rule 2: Do not copy the entire article into your post. The key points in 1-2 paragraphs is allowed (even encouraged!), but large segments of articles posted in the body will result in the post being removed. If you have to stop and think "Is this fair use?", it probably isn't. Archive links, especially the ones created on link submission, are absolutely allowed but those that avoid paywalls are not.
-
Rule 3: Opinions articles, or Articles based on misinformation/propaganda may be removed. Sources that have a Low or Very Low factual reporting rating or MBFC Credibility Rating may be removed.
-
Rule 4: Posts or comments that are homophobic, transphobic, racist, sexist, anti-religious, or ableist will be removed. “Ironic” prejudice is just prejudiced.
-
Posts and comments must abide by the lemmy.world terms of service UPDATED AS OF 10/19
-
Rule 5: Keep it civil. It's OK to say the subject of an article is behaving like a (pejorative, pejorative). It's NOT OK to say another USER is (pejorative). Strong language is fine, just not directed at other members. Engage in good-faith and with respect! This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban.
Similarly, if you see posts along these lines, do not engage. Report them, block them, and live a happier life than they do. We see too many slapfights that boil down to "Mom! He's bugging me!" and "I'm not touching you!" Going forward, slapfights will result in removed comments and temp bans to cool off.
-
Rule 6: Memes, spam, other low effort posting, reposts, misinformation, advocating violence, off-topic, trolling, offensive, regarding the moderators or meta in content may be removed at any time.
-
Rule 7: We didn't USED to need a rule about how many posts one could make in a day, then someone posted NINETEEN articles in a single day. Not comments, FULL ARTICLES. If you're posting more than say, 10 or so, consider going outside and touching grass. We reserve the right to limit over-posting so a single user does not dominate the front page.
We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules, to use critical thinking when reading, posting or commenting. Users that post off-topic spam, advocate violence, have multiple comments or posts removed, weaponize reports or violate the code of conduct will be banned.
All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users.
Lemmy World Partners
News [email protected]
Politics [email protected]
World Politics [email protected]
Recommendations
For Firefox users, there is media bias / propaganda / fact check plugin.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/media-bias-fact-check/
- Consider including the article’s mediabiasfactcheck.com/ link
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
From what I hear, she was no passive beneficiary, making decisions and actively participating in the regime's crimes.
There's thousands of people out there with cancer who can't get the best care, or even adequate care. I hope no one is foolish enough to make her a priority
What is everyone having for dinner today?
Actually, a really nice Dahl as I'm getting over a recent sickness.
I can't eat solid food (it's a long story that I'm sure many people are sick of), but I have Amy's Golden Lentil dahl almost every day. I love it.
Mustard glazed pork chops and fettuccine Alfredo with spinach.
(Really, SwiftKey??)
Mustard-glazed pork chops sounds amazing. I'm gonna need an update on this one.
load more comments
(1 replies)
Ah, Swiftkey just wanted something themselves, that’s okay.
Weird that you have different votes in your view though, I see 27 up, 2 down.
Edit: wait, geico is insurance? Be safe op, Swiftkey may be warning you….
Vegan miso vite ramen with kimchi and a spicy ginger beer
Celebrated a bday today, so I got to have Cioppino, and then ~~Creme Brulee~~ Crème brûlée* for dessert
Crème brûlée doesn't taste the same without the accents.
A bit early for New Year's, but I wanted to try a recipe for yi mein that I think came out pretty good.
My wife made an amazing spiral cut ham with sauteed green bean and mashed taters.
We had nice Chinese food including braised pork belly, followed by some Christmas pudding. It was great!
Gumbo
I'm wife's hometown and we're meeting her childhood friends in a few hours at an izakaya for sushi, fish, and all sorts of stuff. Please have a moment of silence for my liver this weekend.
Macarona bashamel (long story, but it's good and you should try it) with a dash of dictator tears.
load more comments
(2 replies)
After reading the article, she is in Russia. I'm sure she will receive the best care moscow has to offer, which is still better than a lot of people.
That's true. Russia does have really good doctors - if you have money. And you have to be able to withstand yelling and belittling but as a Russian you get used to that.
what was it..138billion dollars that assad transferred to russia on the day he fled? should do.
That's a perverted amount of money. But yeah that should do.
So it's not like she is being denied treatment. She is being denied a specific treatment in a specific prestigious clinic in Britain. But honestly, Russians can cure cancer just as well ( - provided you have the money to pay them). Moscow has prestigious clinics and great resources. I'd much rather get treatment there than in some rural British hospital to be honest.
load more comments
(4 replies)
There was a great show about Russian healthcare a while back. Can't recall the name, but it had Jon Hamm and Harry Potter in it.
A young doctor's notebook - based on a Russian novel from Michael Bulgakov. I'm so sad they discontinued it 😭 I think about it once a week at least!
But it takes place around WWI, so... Not exactly a 1:1 portrayal of Russian medicine today
A friend of mine is truggling with that. I wouldn't have thought that Moscow's health care was so shitty. I was for some reason expecting the opposite.
load more comments
(1 replies)
How many Blyats does the average Russian medical chart contain?
To be blunt, I struggle to muster absolutely any sympathy for the significant other of an authoritarian dictator.
Oh no, I seem to have misplaced my tiny violin.
Oh no…
Anyway
holds both British and Syrian citizenship
lol, not anymore. Stateless guest of Russia now.
Awe shucks...Kudos to the UK for denying her entry.
Why not accept her, treat her, and try her for her crimes?
Has she actually committed any crimes? Yeah, she's married to a dictator who did but did she have any actual political power or responsibility herself?
I've read that she was personally involved in the brutality. Wikipedia gives some details and sources.
Maybe this is just an oversimplification on my part, but I think of it like this: Say that my INSERT RELEVANT FAMILY MEMBER HERE spends weeks/months/decades of their life ~~violently oppressing a population~~ just beating the absolute shit out of someone(s) in order to gain - or maintain - some sort of benefit. I'm fully aware of this activity, yet still have no problems availing myself of these clearly ill-gotten gains year after year. Have I committed any crimes? Yeah, maybe I was, say, married to a dictator who did, but... How responsible am I?
To put it another way: If you saw someone attempting to attack/stab/etc someone else across the street from you, do you feel that you have a moral imperative to call 911 even if you do not personally know either party (having no political power or responsibility, say)?
"All that is required for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing..."
Being immoral is not the same as actively doing something illegal.
Ok, and...? Do you have a point of some kind here, or are we just going to simplistically cut semantic hairs and call it a day? Cuz if it's gonna be the latter, I don't really even understand the point of commenting to begin with since we're apparently just going to go over vocabulary instead of, say, discussing... oh, I dunno, the actual point?
(The actual point of the conversation - and today's vocabulary word, coincidentally - is ETHICS. ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ )
The point was pretty clear, unless you make being obtuse on the internet a hobby of yours. Small advice: This is not how you get people to discuss with you. On the other hand, it's a great way to get most people to avoid talking to you at all.
load more comments
(1 replies)
The actual point of the conversation is "Has she actually committed any crimes?". If you look up the definition of today's vocabulary word, you'll find that it has no bearing on the actual point.
Uh who cares? Anyone who wholeheartedly embraced and benefitted from atrocities can go fuck them selfs.
The person who asked the question obviously cares.
load more comments
(2 replies)
Says every CEO.
load more comments
(1 replies)
I wondered this too, but she's already in Moscow. Any care she can receive there, is still equal to or better than what the average Russian can get.
Why is dying in quotes? She has cancer... she's kinda dying, not 'dying'.
It’s in quotes because the headline is quoting a source rather than reporting information that the newspaper has evaluated themselves.
ah, that makes sense. Thanks.
Good
view more: next ›