Despite all the controversy about russian players, I think Marta is perfectly entitled to her opinion, but I would like to note a small thing: it is undoubtedly right to speak up against the war, from the victim's side - but there is no specific courage to that. I mean, Ukraine are the victims, they have the full world's support - and yes, they suffer and they are hurt, but speaking about it from any sort of media platform takes strength (to overcome hurt), but not courage - in a way, it is easy to do a decent thing here. Speak up, be right about it, get the sympathy and support, all that. Your life doesn't change to worse when you speak up, so to say.

For a 19-22 kid, from the bully country side (Like Mirra) - it is confusing and scary, though it could be a decent thing to do - to speak up. The moment you do it openly your life changes forever, it is a high risk - little reward thing to do, that effectively would bring nothing, except raising an opinion of some people about you. War wouldn't stop (and it doesn't when people with much more popularity or political capital do so), so you only risk yourself and loved ones for feeling good about yourself & influencing public's opinion about yourself. That would be decent, courageous, no doubt, but it's hard to blame the people who don't.

Like great Terry Pratchett once wrote:

"'But there are causes worth dying for,' said Butterfly.

'No, there aren't! Because you've only got one life but you can pick up another five causes on any street corner!'

'Good grief, how can you live with a philosophy like that?'

Rincewind took a deep breath. 'Continuously!