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Lucas
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Captain Corea
Joined: 28 Feb 2005
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Yeah, those pics made for a good morning chuckle.
I'm wondering who the Russian media is spinning all of this |
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actionjackson
Joined: 30 Dec 2007
Location: Any place I'm at
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| I've looked through several pictures on various sites and it's hard to believe how many buildings look like they're so far from being completed. There are some that look like they won't be finished before the olympics are over. |
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Smithington
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As someone who isn't particularly into sports, my main interest in the Olympics is political. The Olympics have 'Putin' written all over them. Their failure could topple him, and there might even be forces at work trying to ensure that he comes out of this poorly. Then there's the whole 'no gays' thing. And that's before we even get to the terrorist thrreat against the games. The choice of location seems insane. It would have made more sense to locate the games somewhere a bit further away from a zone reknowned for Islamist extremism. Oh, and a place that just occasionally has snowfall. The 'not quite ready' status of so many things is good for a chuckle, but the outcome of these games could have some serious repercussions.
Now bring on the hot Russian girls.  |
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catman
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Hopefully no one is blown up in the name of you know who.
Seriously though, I'm afraid there will be some type of terrorist attack. I just hope it is outside of Sochi. |
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guavashake
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| Posted: Fri Feb 07, 2014 6:10 am Post subject: |
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| Smithington wrote: |
As someone who isn't particularly into sports, my main interest in the Olympics is political. The Olympics have 'Putin' written all over them. Their failure could topple him, and there might even be forces at work trying to ensure that he comes out of this poorly. Then there's the whole 'no gays' thing.
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A gigantic fraud that has nothing to do with gay rights...
The hysterical outcry against the Russian “anti-gay” law is a monumental public relations scam and has nothing to do with genuine concerns about gay rights. Find out what it’s really about in this video.
http://www.infowars.com/the-truth-about-russias-anti-gay-law/
10 Things You Didn’t Know About
Russia’s so-called Anti-Gay Law & LGBT Rights
1. The law never mentions or uses the word gay, lesbian, homosexual or any other
LGBT identifier. [Chapter 2 & Appendix]
2. The law focuses on children, it’s title is “On Protections of Minors from Propaganda
of Non-Traditional Sexual Relations”. The messaging and strategy to bring the ban
on propaganda from the law of several regions to national laws is part of a larger
family values push and is based on the successful anti-same sex marriage push in
the United States. [Chapter 2]
3. Russia is actually expanding protections of members of the LGBT community: On
September 20, 2013 the official delegation of the Russia Federation announced
their willingness to take all required measures to prevent homophobic hate crimes
and discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation at the 24th UN Human Rights
Council. [Chapter 2]
4. There have been regional (much harsher) versions of the propaganda ban in effect
for 7 years and there were only 2 convictions for violations of the regional laws and
both were overturned. [Chapter 3]
5. In 6 months of the Federal Law there have been 3 convictions: 2 were acts of civil
disobedience to challenge the legality of the law, the other is a story which you must
read. [Chapter 3]
6. Statistically you are far more likely to be the victim of an anti-LGBT Hate Crime in
the United States than in Russia. [Chapter 4]
7. In Russia you cannot be fired from your job for being an LGBT individual, in the
United States you can. [Chapter 4]
8. Since 1993 gay sex was made legal in Russia, in 12 US States gay sex is a crime.
[Chapter 4]
9. While President Obama says “I have no patience for countries that try to treat gays
or lesbians or transgender persons in ways that intimidate them or are harmful to
them.” his policies demonstrate he has nothing but patience. [Chapter 5]
10. The group impacted most if found to be in violation of the law: multinational corporations |
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Chaparrastique
Joined: 01 Jan 2014
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| Posted: Fri Feb 07, 2014 9:42 am Post subject: |
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A gigantic fraud that has nothing to do with gay rights...
The hysterical outcry against the Russian “anti-gay” law is a monumental public relations scam |
Agreed. I'm a little tired of self-righteous westerners trying to make every other nation in their own image.
KBS COVERAGE has started with the predictable speed skating, with the Koreans swerving into everyone elses lane as usual.
The korean commentators did not laugh when a Japanese skater wiped out though. The only difference. |
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Leon
Joined: 31 May 2010
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| Posted: Fri Feb 07, 2014 10:38 am Post subject: |
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| guavashake wrote: |
| Smithington wrote: |
As someone who isn't particularly into sports, my main interest in the Olympics is political. The Olympics have 'Putin' written all over them. Their failure could topple him, and there might even be forces at work trying to ensure that he comes out of this poorly. Then there's the whole 'no gays' thing.
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A gigantic fraud that has nothing to do with gay rights...
The hysterical outcry against the Russian “anti-gay” law is a monumental public relations scam and has nothing to do with genuine concerns about gay rights. Find out what it’s really about in this video.
http://www.infowars.com/the-truth-about-russias-anti-gay-law/
10 Things You Didn’t Know About
Russia’s so-called Anti-Gay Law & LGBT Rights
1. The law never mentions or uses the word gay, lesbian, homosexual or any other
LGBT identifier. [Chapter 2 & Appendix]
2. The law focuses on children, it’s title is “On Protections of Minors from Propaganda
of Non-Traditional Sexual Relations”. The messaging and strategy to bring the ban
on propaganda from the law of several regions to national laws is part of a larger
family values push and is based on the successful anti-same sex marriage push in
the United States. [Chapter 2]
3. Russia is actually expanding protections of members of the LGBT community: On
September 20, 2013 the official delegation of the Russia Federation announced
their willingness to take all required measures to prevent homophobic hate crimes
and discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation at the 24th UN Human Rights
Council. [Chapter 2]
4. There have been regional (much harsher) versions of the propaganda ban in effect
for 7 years and there were only 2 convictions for violations of the regional laws and
both were overturned. [Chapter 3]
5. In 6 months of the Federal Law there have been 3 convictions: 2 were acts of civil
disobedience to challenge the legality of the law, the other is a story which you must
read. [Chapter 3]
6. Statistically you are far more likely to be the victim of an anti-LGBT Hate Crime in
the United States than in Russia. [Chapter 4]
7. In Russia you cannot be fired from your job for being an LGBT individual, in the
United States you can. [Chapter 4]
8. Since 1993 gay sex was made legal in Russia, in 12 US States gay sex is a crime.
[Chapter 4]
9. While President Obama says “I have no patience for countries that try to treat gays
or lesbians or transgender persons in ways that intimidate them or are harmful to
them.” his policies demonstrate he has nothing but patience. [Chapter 5]
10. The group impacted most if found to be in violation of the law: multinational corporations |
1) Russian law as it is written is not the same as Russian law as it works
2) Your info is from infowars, so unless you kind find it somewhere else it is not believable. Also, anti-gay sex laws are not enforceable anywhere in the US because of Supreme Court rulings, so if something that prominent is wrong/misleading it is hard to believe the rest of it. |
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Chaparrastique
Joined: 01 Jan 2014
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NBC’s Olympic-Sized Bias: 13 Times More Coverage to Russian Anti-Gay Law Than Attacks on Syrian Christians
Journalists love to preen as human rights watchdogs, congratulating themselves publicly for their roles – real or imagined – in securing the life and liberty of the downtrodden. That is, as long as it’s the right sort of downtrodden.
Take, for example, NBC’s coverage in the run up to the Sochi Winter Olympics. Because of Russian restrictions on gays’ free speechfor homosexuals, the official Olympic network repeatedly fretted about gay “human rights.” NBC speculated about the rights and safety of gay athletes and visitors to Sochi, reported extensively on Russia’s gay community, talked to every gay athlete in the NBC phone book and hyped President Obama’s appointing of prominent gays to the U.S. Olympic Delegation. Network hosts also tried to encourage athletes to make pro-gay statements while at the Games, at the risk of disqualifying themselves from competition.
All of which might not arouse comment if NBC were also reporting on the plight of Christians in war-torn Syria. Some of the world’s oldest communities of Christians of varying denominations are facing annihilation. Islamist clerics call for the slaughter of all Christians “for being infidels.” Al Qaeda-aligned rebels have kidnapped and killed nuns, priests and bishops. Islamist factions have destroyed Christian homes and churches, shelled Christian schools and took displaced entire neighborhood and village populations. The civil war has displaced millions of Syrians, but it has driven tens of thousands of Christians away in fear, and Pope Francis has spoken on the “exodus of Christians” from the country. Catholic and other Christian news organizations and international NGOs are trying to | | | |
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