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Originally Posted by PeteMoss
And I'm sure there's a bunch who are just getting screwed over. But I do agree with Itse in that they could have protested when this thing started and tried to end it. But they didn't - so here we are.
I'm not saying I wouldn't have done the same thing they did if I was Russian but I also can't say I feel tremendously bad about it.
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I think you can both feel bad for people but also wish that the moderates would stay in Russia to help the country develop a conscience and disseminate dissent. Canada is full of people who left unjust regimes to start a new life, many of whom were in very similar situations where their country was oppressive, they passively accept it, and then leave once it affects them personally.