He's racist.
Russia's at it again
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He's racist.
Heard an interesting interview with the guy who first drew Pepe the frog. He's a left-leaning liberal and gutted about its appropriation by the right.
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
http://www.politico.eu/article/domestic-violence-russia-decriminalize/amp/?client=safari
So currently smacking your childs bum would be a criminal offence with up to 2 years in prison- but your neighbour wouldnt be committing a criminal offence?
In truth that probably does warrant some legislation (and you could of course argue you need to criminalise it both ways but in truth some consistency would seem needed)
probably more nuanced and complex than the title headline suggests but we are not exactly in an age of balanced and nuanced reporting so yeah russia is legalising battering your wife half to death etc etc
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.
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?
It is an anomaly. One that came about because of the 2016 legislation. This most recent change isn't any less despicable because the ball was set rolling a while ago. Like I said, their whole mindset is regressive macho bullshit and it's clear that's coming from the top down.
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?
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.
Like I said, that's for the courts to decide.
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...
So what you're saying is, all what Russia is accused of right now, and the whole thing you're mad about was just revealing to the public how the democratic party operates? Is that what "rigged the whole election"? Is your "democracy" dependent to this extent on hiding the truth from the public and lying to them that the moment the people know what kind of sh*t they're voting for, it's broken?
I went to Russia in 2009, its one scary place. I would hate to live there.
This isn't really surprising. Though the extent to which this, let's say...'official attitude,' towards the press is spreading in America is.
He's invaded Korea now. Someone has to stop him before it's too late.
Passwordio
Wow
Who would want him dead and why?
He was an overweight old man in a stressful job, so it's not beyond imagining that it was an unaided heart attack.
Oh Vlad....Those fake stamps are great!
Another one bites the dust....
The hell is going on?
In the same vein, their state media was complaining that media criticism and investigation of Trump is undermining the democratic process. You have to admire it in a way...
What's the point in killing ambassadors?
Richard Spencer hilariously playing the race card in defending Uncle Vlad
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/feb/22/vladimir-putin-killer-genius-kleptocrat-spy-myths
Killer, kleptocrat, genius, spy: the many myths of Vladimir Putin
Russia’s role in Trump’s election has led to a boom in Putinology. But do all these theories say more about us than Putin?
Killer, kleptocrat, genius, spy: the many myths of Vladimir Putin
Russia’s role in Trump’s election has led to a boom in Putinology. But do all these theories say more about us than Putin?
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.
Im no russia expert, but it seems he's a good leader for the russian people, although what's good for them probably isn't good for others
Read an article today that said Russian banks and the Central Russian Bank are getting clobbered by SWIFT hacks and other payments fraud. 2.87 billion roubles worth of these were attempted in early 2016 alone.
Estimates are that Russian banks lost 1.8 billion roubles between August 2015 and February 2016...all to a group known as Buhtrap.
Estimates are that Russian banks lost 1.8 billion roubles between August 2015 and February 2016...all to a group known as Buhtrap.
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.
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.
From what I know they dig a strong man at the helm. Putin would handily win open elections.