seanessay.com Reminder: The Kremlin said the troops were massing for peaceful purposes and would never cross the Ukraine border. In the first weeks of the “special military operation” Russian civilians refused to believe their own relatives who told them Russia was shelling their buildings, and soon the Kremlin said the Ukrainians were shelling themselves. Remember? […]
Sharing the World With Orcs
seanessay.com I have never been to Russia, I can’t directly say whether Russians are ready for the responsibilities of democracy. What I can say is I saw a Youtube video where many people in a nice modern Russian city were interviewed on camera. To the question about Ukraine, “Do you feel guilty?” person after person, […]
Responsibility is Hard Here and in Russia
seanessay.com I hesitate to write about responsibility because I’ll get heck. I dimly recall a lunch hour volleyball intramural series among boys in their early teens. A few boys were earnestly trying to have proper teamwork; most boys were smacking the ball with their fists, sending it in a random direction, and laughing. I’m sure […]