# In defence of Russia **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 6, 2022, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-defence-of-russia/969166 "2022-08-06T00:49:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 139
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2022, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-defence-of-russia/969166/139 "2022-08-06T07:19:00Z")
> [@Kedikat](#): > > This is my first time in the pit. Not really. > [@Armed Police Drones in ND](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/armed-police-drones-in-nd/729117/9): > > So people can bring down the drone and score some fun “non lethal” toys. A police drone has a more limited ( camera ) field of view, audio, general situational awareness. So I see the possibility for more mistakes. Miss fires, bad targeting. Mass targeting. Being a police officer is a difficult, dangerous job. But distancing the officer from the citizens makes the officer a more dangerous force. Be it technology or training that infers an us and them mentality. More distance between us and the… > [@Russia shipping Ukrainians to far-off depressed areas of Russia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-shipping-ukrainians-to-far-off-depressed-areas-of-russia/961646/12): > > Does not seem sensible. Most Ukrainians that are exiting to Russia are likely already very Russian. When things finally settle in Ukraine, if Russia gets what it wants. I think the plan would be to get those folks back to Ukraine. Particularly in the Donbass region. Ukraine is quite West/East split as to Ukraine majority areas versus Russian areas, as far as the people’s ethnicity and ethnic leanings go. It is more likely for the Russian folks to want to and be able to get out of the war zone t… > [@In the name of fuck website designers, WTF is wrong with you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-name-of-fuck-website-designers-wtf-is-wrong-with-you/967687/8): > > Style over substance, usability, seems to be taking over a lot of websites. As well as the OP peeve, I get really pissed off at big box hardware sites such as Home Depot, that have pathetic search systems. A thousand of a certain type of item. But no decent way to narrow it down by sizes or other important things. Your first time was 7 years ago. You’ve posted in a couple of other threads in the Pit this year. I very much remember our interactions here. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-defence-of-russia/969166)._