re: #163 Ming5000

Russia is trying to soften the deaths of their own soldiers to the citizenry. The passive language is sickening. Does this sell in Russia?

“While performing a special operation to demilitarize Ukraine, he tragically died in an unequal battle”
“During the special operation, he tragically died.”

At least Putin is handing our medals:

I don’t speak Russian, but I remember someone who does remarking that it is a language designed to make oneself unblamable for things that happen. The things apparently happen, but the language construction is such that they seem to happen with no agency involved in the process.