jeffw@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoUkrainian Olympic weightlifter Oleksandr Pielieshenko dies in war with Russiawww.usatoday.comexternal-linkmessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up1357arrow-down15
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minus-squarealcoholicorn@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down43·5 months agoThey’re even drafting Olympic athletes?
minus-squareSkua@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up31arrow-down1·5 months agoWhy would Olympic athletes not be drafted?
minus-squarealcoholicorn@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down39·5 months agoBecause Olympic athletes getting blown up in a dumb war is bad for morale.
minus-squareSkua@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up28arrow-down1·5 months agoThe Ukrainian government clearly reckons that famous people getting special treatment is worse
minus-squarefuckingkangaroos@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down3·5 months agoGod I’m tired of Lemmy.ml users
minus-squarethallamabond@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·5 months agoMight be bad for morale, but I assure you it would strengthen my resolve.
minus-squarechemicalprophet@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·5 months agoSee Mohammed Ali. See Elvis Presley.
minus-squarealcoholicorn@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down5·edit-25 months agoIn both cases, they were seen as subversives who reactionaries were glad to be rid of. It’s not an automatic system, they stood in front of a draft board who ruled they’ll either join the army or go to prison.
minus-squarefunkless_eck@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoI’m too old and a foreign national, but since my late teen years I was committed to doing a ted nugent if it came to it.
They’re even drafting Olympic athletes?
He volunteered.
Why would Olympic athletes not be drafted?
Because Olympic athletes getting blown up in a dumb war is bad for morale.
The Ukrainian government clearly reckons that famous people getting special treatment is worse
God I’m tired of Lemmy.ml users
Might be bad for morale, but I assure you it would strengthen my resolve.
See Mohammed Ali. See Elvis Presley.
In both cases, they were seen as subversives who reactionaries were glad to be rid of.
It’s not an automatic system, they stood in front of a draft board who ruled they’ll either join the army or go to prison.
I’m too old and a foreign national, but since my late teen years I was committed to doing a ted nugent if it came to it.