EPTRussia Plans To Enforce Anti-Gay Law at Olympics - Page 13
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Olli
Austria24422 Posts
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Mutineer
New Zealand179 Posts
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Meatex
Australia285 Posts
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WombaT
Northern Ireland26337 Posts
On August 02 2013 18:33 DarkLordOlli wrote: Will Tyson Gay be able to participate or is he considered walking propaganda? Drugban? | ||
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WombaT
Northern Ireland26337 Posts
On August 02 2013 18:34 Mutineer wrote: Did you read the law? it is not agains the law in Russia to do anything you want in a privacy of your own bedroom between adalts. Law is agains promotin ben gay. Read the thread. Jesus H Christ, some people. If you disagree with plenty of the additional discussion, by all means go ahead. Don't just come into a thread where people are discussing what the law might/does allow and disregard heaps of comments. Pathetic. | ||
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hfglgg
Germany5372 Posts
but beside those big happenings, what is showing off? i can not have a problem with rainbow flags or things like that because i see 100s of different political symbols every day. fight capitalism, fight fascism, too much foreigners, more money for X, less money for Y, taxes are too high, taxes are too low, taxes are right but used for the wrong things. you name it. so happenings are special and symbols are part of my everyday life. well what is left? talking about it? please, people talk about _everything_. if i found talking about stuff offensive, i wouldnt live in germany (and berlin of all places). there is one thing left though: acting upon it. but i hope no one here is honestly saying that kissing his boyfriend / girlfriend is something oh so terrible. | ||
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opisska
Poland8852 Posts
On August 02 2013 18:33 Wombat_NI wrote: The Qatar success in getting the football worldcup is the last straw for me. A World Cup, a gathering of the fans in a place that is too hot to play the games in summer, where alcohol is banned, not to mention the sexual repression there. It's a complete kick in the teeth of the supporters who make such events what they are, and who travel en masse. I don't mind the Olympics if it wasn't for the pious shit around it about the 'Olympic family' or 'the Olympic values'. If people weren't kicked out of certain Olympic venues in London for drinking Pepsi instead of coke it's an easier case to argue. If a company associated with the Bhopal disaster wasn't a sponsor. It's a joke. I mean, it's only a small thing but I'm not watching them, despite being a sport fan they are overblown monstrosities. Ups, sorry, it's Qatar, that's what I coulnd't find squat on the UAE thing, it doesn't exist  | ||
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Talin
Montenegro10532 Posts
On August 02 2013 18:34 Meatex wrote: Wish they had a law like this for religions and political parties See, they kind of do. Or at least they are able to imprison people for it based on some sort of laws. | ||
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PerryHooter
Sweden268 Posts
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thirtyapm
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sexual tension. | ||
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Godwrath
Spain10138 Posts
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iMAniaC
Norway703 Posts
The Russian law against “gay propaganda” is not going to apply to the participants and guests of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, a top lawmaker said. “The Olympics is a major international event. Our task is to be as politically correct and tolerant as we can be. That’s why we made the decision not to raise this issue during the Games,” Interfax news agency cites said Igor Ananskikh, the head of the Russian Duma Committee on physical training, sports and youth, as saying. [...] The less stringent approach voiced by the Russian lawmaker is more in line with a previous statement by the International Olympic Committee, saying that it had “received assurances from the highest level of government in Russia that the legislation will not affect those attending or taking part in the Games.” Source: Russia Today Is Russia Today a reliable news source? I've somehow got the impression that they're not, but I can't seem to remember how I've got that impression. Either way, if the news are correct, at least that's a small step in the right direction. | ||
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AeroGear
Canada652 Posts
On August 02 2013 18:34 Mutineer wrote: Did you read the law? it is not agains the law in Russia to do anything you want in a privacy of your own bedroom between adalts. Law is agains promotin ben gay. Wether or not gays are tolerated is not the point. The point is that such a law is repressive and discriminatory. Look around you and you'll notice hundreds of heterosexual "so-called propaganda", pictures of couples kissing or holding hands during a vacation, wedding ads, etc. It also sets a tone, implicitly, that gays are NOT wanted in Russia. Edit: Lol@the guy who banned himself earlier | ||
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zeo
Serbia6336 Posts
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Sbrubbles
Brazil5776 Posts
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voltaic
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Steveling
Greece10806 Posts
Go russia! | ||
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marvellosity
United Kingdom36161 Posts
On August 02 2013 18:20 PiPoGevy wrote: There is nothing wrong with this in my opinion, it's not hurting anyone Yeah, it's not hurting anyone. Because the society in Russia isn't letting tonnes of shit like this happen. Everything is fine. ... | ||
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IAmWithStupid
Russian Federation1016 Posts
Unfortunately, there is no english version of this article, but forbes is well respected source. I remember how the sh"t went down in foreign mass media in august 2008 when "Russians started bloody war during olympics". I don't want to argue about the whole thing with human rights, gay proud etc., I just want to remind you that 2 decades ago it was the whole other country, basically police state. And not much has changed since that. Becides, it is not only about the state, it is about the whole other culture. Of course, we want to declare ourselves a developed, civilized country, but the little town out in the ass-end of nowhere in Siberia (where I'm from) still looks like it is 19th centure. | ||
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Evilmystic
Russian Federation266 Posts
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