They were using oil tankers that were designed for river use on the black sea. Three of them snapped in two leaving a huge oil slick which they’re not bothering to clean up.

Then, a cargo ship on route to Syria to evacuate russian bases of equipment had its engine explode near Spain. That ship sank leaving the Spanish to rescue the crew.

The first case is using an inappropriate vessel. The second case appears to be that ships in this shadow fleet are no longer visiting any ports apart from russian ones and so don’t need to have their paperwork in shape. No paperwork means no maintenance. No maintenance means engine go boom.

Just blockade the Baltic Sea at this point. If they’re going to keep taking offensive actions by “oopsie!” then "Oopsie, we just commandeered your sanction dodging cargo ships.

You mean 日本 ?

It’s not slavery unless you’re beaten within an inch of your life?

We’re ok with entrapping people into forced labour.

You’re not.

It’s a cultural difference.

That, and use the power the people have given you to make things better for the people. Not corporations or GDP but what your people need to feel happier.

People ask “How can Chinese cars be so cheap?”.

This is how.

You do realise that saying “… it’s not the worst that’s happened” is also a form of erasure.

…but of course, you do.

I don’t think we need to play Topp Trumps Genocide Edition. Can we just agree that it’s horrific what Assad (and by extension, Putin) have been doing in Syria?

Arabic has lots of dialects. English has lots of dialects.

If a British person wants to “bum a fag” they want to cheeky “borrow” a cigarette. If an American wants to “bum a fag” they are using offensive terms for homosexual sex.

Dialects matter.