I didn't mean to call you lazy, I hadn't seen any evidence that you see Beijing and Moscow as undifferentiated other, which is the habit of thought I did call lazy.

You are awfully contrarian for someone whose response to an argument is "that's not proven to my satisfaction" and when asked what citations would satisfy you replies "it's not my job to define what citations I will and won't admit".

You do you king, but it's not exactly the incandescent childlike wonder of the perpetual student's mind.

I'll wager your mind was made up before we started having a conversation.