There is a very unfunny irony here that a threat to the West results in us throwing away that which makes the West different. Individual rights.

Extraordinary times? There have been wars non stop the entire time we've been alive. It's just that the media told us we are to care about this one.

"Extraordinary times" is no excuse to abandon individual rights. Its always extraordinary times.

Collectivised thinking, seeing people as their nationality, is exactly what Russia is doing now. Why can people not see this?

I'm off.