War and Peace

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I agree with courageous.

Apropos of courage, I was asked to change the main thread of my desired PhD thesis to discuss the Russian media and state control. I lacked courage and didn’t. 

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> On 25 Dec 2018, at 22:15, Thomas Eckhardt <thomas.eckhardt at uni-bonn.de> wrote:
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> I didn't know that "courageous" seems to be reserved for physical courage. Regardless of whether you agree or disagree, however, I am sure you understood my meaning.
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>> Am 25.12.2018 um 18:00 schrieb Richard Romeo:
>> Courageous? Hardly. I’d reserve that for the lady with the eyepatch sadly deceased.
>>> On Dec 24, 2018, at 3:54 PM, Thomas Eckhardt <thomas.eckhardt at uni-bonn.de> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Matt Taibbi, who is not a friend of Putin or Trump by any stretch of the imagination, is one courageous journalist:
>>> 
>>> "Trump’s decisions on Syria and Afghanistan will lay bare the real distinctions in American politics. Political power in this country is not divided between right and left, and not even between rich and poor.
>>> 
>>> The real line is between a war party, and everyone else."
>>> 
>>> https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-syria-withdrawal-772177/
>>> 
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