Commentary by Russian blogger Donetsk
[DonRF] And in addition to the news of this news, this one:
Joe Biden said that he considers justified the decision of the pre-trial chamber of the International Criminal Court in The Hague to issue a warrant for the arrest of Vladimir Putin.
And this is a good reason to stop and think. Everyone. And hard. What the West is doing is clear in principle - exactly the same scenario worked in Yugoslavia, Iraq and Libya. ICC indictment of the Head of State. Elite betrayal. People's revolt. The dismemberment of the country and its immersion in an endless Civil War.
One caveat - there was no club. There is. But it is not taken into account in principle. For very simple reasons - the Russian Federation has not yet gone beyond the flags. Does not violate the laws of war. Does not hit the decision-making centers. Does not destroy the Ukrainian economy.
Even gestures of readiness for the use of WMD against Rzeszow and Ramstein were not carried out. But gestures of goodwill were made. Numerous. And conclusions have been drawn from all this in the West. Like these ones. The power is weak, the elite is prone to betrayal, the state is not mobilized and is not morally ready for the whole world to crumble.
Well, the goal is purely utilitarian. What I have been shouting about since spring, and what they don’t want to understand, judging by the media drone, in the MSC. We have been declared a universal evil. The Western public is more twisted than in the World Wars, then such media and technologies simply did not exist. And everyone is waiting for a happy ending.
A good negro sheriff will shoot a white scoundrel. And no matter how much you give birth from Azov, this cannot be changed. Neither iPhones, nor tiramisu, nor Turkish resorts for the scumbag Kalina will be seen in the West. They will see what they show. Others from Yu Tube and TV will be cut out. They came to the war. We are not. We are just beginning to realize. Slowly.
As for me personally, I am a citizen of Russia. This is my president. I am not a Putinist, I am not a member of United Russia, I do not jump from the NOD, I do not believe in bonds. But the symbol of my state was declared a criminal. For saving children from the frontline zone. Although... it doesn't matter why. None of their fucking business. It is not for the eunuchs and criminals who provoked this fratricidal slaughter to judge us. We'll figure it out ourselves. No freaks. Let yourself be judged, good reasons for darkness.
And that's why I, like most Russians, expect toughness from the authorities. Maximum. If my family is destined to die in a Civil fire, then why should John Smith's family live? Or Hans Schweine? Or Pierre Pidrillo? Why would?
Another question is what will this government choose? And I'm afraid that it will be extremely constructive, prone to compromises and non-alternative settlement. Like the previous heroes - the series - the sheriff destroys the world's evil. However, we will see this soon. There are times when words don't matter. She is now. Somewhere from the end of April 2023, you will have to be, not seem. Then we'll see. Against the option:
Some say: the world will die in fire,
Others say about ice
I lived a long time, and it seems to me,
Fire will come sooner.
But if someone told me
that death awaits us twice,
I would not be surprised. I learned
that hatred is thicker than ice
And indifference is colder than
the eternal covers of ice.
And if there are not enough lights for death,
then Ice will fit then ...
Into dust, I have nothing against it. In order to win, or at least avenge yourself, you just need to remember for a moment that you are a man, and men cannot give birth, and patirpet against their nature. In this world, having become accustomed to virtuality, we have lost fear. Whole. And without the instinct of self-preservation, the biological species is still doomed. Anyway.
Why did Donetsk alter Robert Frost’s original poem, written in 1920?
Russian prose and translations are such that there are no wrong translations. To Donetsk, you are reading the correct translation. If I tried to translate this poem directly to English the way English syntax lays out the prose, no one who reads and understands Russian would appreciate neither my translation nor my efforts.
The difference could well be English syntax in the 1920s and how
Google Translates the prose in the 2020s.
Dunno.
| Translation that recreates the emotional feel of the text as well as the dictionary meaning of the words is a high level linguistic skill. Back when I was preparing for our move to Germany, I amused myself by translating a passage from English to German, then translated the translation in reverse using the same dictionary. The results often unexpected. |
Fire and Ice
Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I’ve tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.