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Listed below are comments made by IDFerrer between Sunday, 10th August 2008 and Monday, 20th October 2008.

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Technology - lessons from history 6:57pm on 20 Oct 2008 Extremely interesting article.

But I think that the main question it raises is:- why the hell would you want to go to Wrexham?
Georgian and Russian athletes share emotional embrace 10:56pm on 10 Aug 2008 To sammy - yeah, fair enough, sorry, I did mean UK as opposed to Great Britain.

To jaksap - how is it hypocritical of me? I in no way (in what I said there at least) endorsed the actions of my government in relation to Kosovo. If you think that our government's actions are truly representative of all of their citizens then you are sadly mistaken. That'd be impossible, anyway, as opinions differ etc.

And when it comes to crossing boundaries on international law - I think that a few violations doesn't mean that suddenly all international law is invalid. From a pragmatic point of view it could be argued that certain laws do have a higher status than others - the breaking of some laws to be more condemned than the breaking of others. Breaking laws in relation to recognising a country's independence when they aren't legally independent may be considered a lesser offence than intervening militarily as Russia did.

And I think NATO's actions would on occasion be considered to be more justified purely on the basis that there are more nations that constitute the organisation. However, still illegal, in reality.

And I don't in anyway endorse the military actions of my country or the West in general. In fact, I think Blair's policy of "ethical intervention" is despicable in its flagrant abuse of international law relating to sovereignty.
Empty seats strike bum note 4:33pm on 10 Aug 2008 ''Not really a surprise is it? Cronyism, elitism and favouritism alive and kicking, even in a communist country - who'd have thought!'

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Cronyism, elitism and favouritism are what a communist country is all about. some animals more equal than others and all that. its the party stooges who sort out (read tout) tickets round sponsors and those with the deepest pockets.'

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China's not really a communist country anyway. More just an authoritarian regime. Their communist ideals are long gone (mostly).
Georgian and Russian athletes share emotional embrace 4:18pm on 10 Aug 2008 To Sammy G007. Your analogy doesn't work, I'm afraid. Northern Ireland is an official part of Great Britain - South Ossetia is not an official part of Russia. This matters a great deal in international politics.

However, I do agree that what Davydenko said is not so bad, if showing a little bit of (understandable) bias towards his home country by not condemning his own country's reactions a weeny bit.

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