JustAFan
The Adebayo Akinfenwa of football photoshoppers
What's the deal with that frog?
He's racist.
What's the deal with that frog?
What's the deal with that frog?
Just in case anyone is unsure about who are the bad guys here...
http://www.politico.eu/article/domestic-violence-russia-decriminalize/amp/?client=safari
the change was necessary to bring domestic violence offenses into line with other battery charges. Russia decriminalized assault and battery that did not lead to actual bodily harm in 2016.
In a speech to the Duma Wednesday, Mizulina said: “In the traditional family culture in Russia, parent-child relationships are built on the authority of the parents’ power,” adding: “The laws should support that family tradition.”
“If you slap your mischievous kid, you’re threatened with up to two years [in prison]. But if your neighbor beats your child — everything ends with an administrative punishment,”
possibly - as I say the strange one seems to be the reclassification of all non family assaults a few years ago which I certainly don't recall hearing about at the time - as it stands its a strange anomaly of law that would let you discipline my child but criminalise me for the same actions?The idea that assaulting anyone in your family should not carry any risk of being a criminal offence unless there's evidence of ABH is clearly abhorrent.
The same is true of assault on strangers fwiw. Can only assume that change in legislation was a reflection of Putin's alpha male macho bullshit.
possibly - as I say the strange one seems to be the reclassification of all non family assaults a few years ago which I certainly don't recall hearing about at the time - as it stands its a strange anomaly of law that would let you discipline my child but criminalise me for the same actions?
Spanking children etc, is still legal in parts of the world, including the US. I'm more surprised that Russia decriminalized non-family assault that doesn't lead to actual bodily harm. What could be the reasoning behind that? Does it aid other politically supported moves, such as the victimisation of gays or Putin's persecution of political opponents?
How is spanking someone *not* assaulting someone? What's the difference? In some states, even merely touching a stranger can be classed as assault.Yet assaulting them would be a crimiinal offence. A protection that the Russian parliament voted in an overwhelming majority to remove.
The difference between justifiable spanking and criminal assault might be vague but I'd rather a court of law make that decision than take it out of their hands entirely.
How is spanking someone *not* assaulting someone? What's the difference? In some states, even merely touching a stranger can be classed as assault.
Unfortunately I didn't have much time to follow up on this, but we could continue now, with you having an extra month worth of new info and facts, I assume...This article illustrates the work flow of how it was done. Nothing will be released in terms of hard information until the investigation is complete just before Obama leaves.
http://www.nytimes.com/news-event/russian-election-hacking
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/07/27/us/politics/trail-of-dnc-emails-russia-hacking.html?rref=collection/newseventcollection/russian-election-hacking
Oh Vlad....
Putin seems to have been president for a while, do they have election over there? When will he be out of office? Do they have maximum period over there?
He'll be around indefinitely as long as he can change the rules about how long a leader can stay in power.
You're allowed to be President for two consecutive terms, so when he finished his original two he switched over to Prime Minister instead and had Medvedev as President (in name), before coming back when he was constitutionally allowed to.Putin seems to have been president for a while, do they have election over there? When will he be out of office? Do they have maximum period over there?
He'll be around indefinitely as long as he can change the rules about how long a leader can stay in power.
To be fair, even with completely open elections, Putin would probably win as long as he was allowed to run. He's quite popular. Russians are also a little bit different than us in the west, they seem to be more pragmatic, and a considerable number, perhaps not an outright majority, seem to prefer a strong leader, to a completely democratic one.