u/Own_Friend1577

Hi, everyone.
I'd like to ask you about the Volyn massacre and the events that preceded it.

A little background: today I had a conversation with a Ukrainian who said that all Russian people, even those who are against the war, should bear collective responsibility and suffer for the war with Ukraine. I asked him: but what about the Volyn massacre? Do you think that all Ukrainians, even those who dont support Stepan Bandera and Ukrainian nationalism should be held accountable and suffer for the Volyn massacre?

He suddenly became very aggressive and called me stupid for not knowing that the Volyn massacre (!) was a response to Polish pacification policy. I didn't really know that it was a response to pacification, it seemed to me that the massacre had COMPLETELY different reasons.
I didn't argue further because my knowledge of Polish history is very limited, and I wasn't prepared for an argument. So I'd like to ask you about what actions were taken during the pacification period(repressions, victims, murders of Ukrainians by Poles?), and do you think the Volyn massacre happened because of pacification? Because this guy (btw he's ~30, not some insane old man) clearly sees it as a justification for the massacre and a reason why they shouldn't be held accountable.

Thanks everyone for your replies.

I've been to several doctors, most of whom said I inherited my gout from my mother, but 1 doctor said it can occur in healthy people if they consume too many purines. This raises my doubts, as other doctors have told me that gout would never occur in a 40-year-old overweight person with bad eating habits and alcohol abuse without a history of gout, but it would occur in a 20-year-old healthy eater with a poor family history.

Which of these is true?

A little backstory: I'm 30F, a year ago my big toe started hurting. I thought it was a sports injury, but a month ago, I ate some dried pork, and the same joint swelled 1000 times more. I couldn't walk, and it became clear it was gout; two doctors confirmed it. My mom also has gout. The previous times, it went away on its own. This time, I was prescribed NSAIDs, a diet, and a uric acid test. The kidneys were checked, they are normal. My uric acid was 248 (lower limit 150, upper limit 350) at the peak of the flare-up. Thanks to the NSAIDs, the main inflammation went away, and I can now walk, but the joint still hurts, and when I break my diet SLIGHTLY (yesterday I ate a LITTLE boiled chicken fillet), it gets worse again and not only my big toe hurts, my entire foot hurts. While I'm on the diet, the pain still remains, albeit slightly.

The doctors don't know what to do about it and have been shrugging their shoulders for a month now.

Have you ever had this nasty thing that didn't go away for over a month? What should I do about it? I've already thought about starting allopurinol, but my acid is only 248... And what about colchicine? Or is this normal for someone with gout, and should I just accept that my foot will always hurt and the mild inflammation and pain will never go away from the moment the joint was affected?