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[–] blastofffox@lemmy.world 91 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (5 children)

I am an Indian and I request you to ignore the trash talk these insignificant politicians do on a "live debate shows" to get views for news channels. These notorious news channels pays "politicians" to come to their show to fight, get insulted, speak gibberish and anything that can be done to increase viewership.

Update: The person asking to nuke is a random dude, not a politician.

[–] Wage_slave@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 years ago

I am Canadian, and thank you for pointing this out. What a fucking mess, eh?

Hope you're doing well, and all this gets figured out soon.

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[–] MooseBoys@lemmy.world 64 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Nuclear Gandhi has entered the chat…

[–] remotedev@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

We're just living in a game of civ

[–] XTornado@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

I hope not one of mine, I am terrible at it.

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[–] FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world 46 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Quick question: What the fuck dude?

Nationalism is a hell of a drug

[–] Ryantific_theory@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah, I always figured Canada would be the last to fall in nuclear holocaust because they're, you know, Canada. Yet here we are.

[–] FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

That's the thing about nuclear holocausts: Everybody falls in a nuclear holocaust.

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[–] Why9@lemmy.world 35 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Why though? Why Canada?

India has its hands full already with China, and there's no ally to be found across their border with Pakistan either.

So what gives? Why go pick on Canada, just because a guy there wanted to entertain the thought of a sikh state free from India?

[–] KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 27 points 2 years ago

Because Canada had the balls to say “yo why the fuck you killing someone in Canada?”

The absolute gall.

[–] zephyreks@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago

India and China both understand that they aren't each other's greatest military rivals solely because the Himalayas make any large military action impossible. They also understand that they aren't each other's greatest economic rivals because their states of development complement each other.

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[–] BirdyBoogleBop@lemmy.dbzer0.com 28 points 2 years ago (11 children)

What would happen if a non aligned country nukes NATO? I know India is aligning themselves with Russia or atleast the news is presenting it that way but. Would all nuclear armed countries nuke India? Would it cause Russia to Nuke the USA and vice versa or would everyone nuke India or only a back and forth between NATO and India?

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[–] sneezymrmilo@lemmy.world 26 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Jesus christ how unhinged do you have to be to go on live television just fucking say that out loud? Actual loonies running the country there.

[–] vertigo3pc@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

Decades of elections and "leadership" across most countries means lots of places have lots of people who think they know what they're doing, but really don't. So they think being in power means threatening use of power.

[–] Godric@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago

"How dare you accuse us of murder? If you keep this up, we'll show you our peaceful ways by force!"

[–] xerazal@lemmy.zip 21 points 2 years ago

Can we fucking not? India. Dafuq.

[–] Harpsist@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago

Nothing says "we didn't do it" like threatening to nuke one of the most peaceful countries in the world.

After all the worry about NATO and Russia starting WW3. It would be almost comical if it was India that did it.

Out of curiosity. What countries would back India's unprecedented surprise nuking of Canada? Or would they just be opening themselves up to being attacked by the entire planet at that point?

[–] Grant_M@lemmy.ca 15 points 2 years ago

Further proving the authoritarian Indian government are very similar to the Kremlin regime

[–] CA0311@hexbear.net 13 points 2 years ago

this article showed up on r/worldnews too. i wonder why they don't get any more specific than "an indian politician"

[–] canis_majoris@lemmy.ca 12 points 2 years ago

My favorite fact about Indian nuclear weapons is that the only way they got the tritium for the bombs from a Canadian-designed CANDU reactor. They were not supposed to generate too much tritium as a byproduct but eventually there was enough for the Indians to build the tamper for a Teller-Ulam nuke.

[–] Lemmygradwontallowme@hexbear.net 11 points 2 years ago

Honestly, I couldn't agree more... even if I live in Canada.

[–] Cracks_InTheWalls@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

So hold up - does anyone have a better source? Who is this guy? What's his story? How much influence does he wield?

[–] asg101@hexbear.net 8 points 2 years ago

I suppose if they just got Alberta we might be better off.

[–] rez_doggie@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago
[–] Thordros@hexbear.net 6 points 2 years ago

Uhhhh, I may be wrong here, but I'm pretty sure the dude in the video is the show's host, not the guest.

[–] Farman@hexbear.net 5 points 2 years ago
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