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I yet to see a single positive report on the Sochi Olympics. If I was a conspiracy theorist, I might think there's a semi-hidden agenda to discredit the games.
One of the things that I think is going on here is that there is a bias (and for very good reason) towards Russia and other Eastern European countries due to the number of malicious activity encountered from the likes of malware and security attacks. However, one thing that everyone should keep in mind is that Russians do not "shit where they eat". It is not very common for any Russian group to specifically target pe…
Can we please get back to discussing how Russia is abusing the US yogurt company Chobani by not letting its yogurt cups into the country. This is all over the news wire, every outlet is reporting on it, the Obama administration has intervened, and it needs to be on top page of HN like now. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/06/nyregion/russia-blocking-a... (*sarcasm) Is there any story about Russia right now that's not a…
The U.S. blocks the spontaneous import of goods which haven't been certified for the U.S. market all the time, yet when russia applies the same criteria, they're somehow differently evil and/or unsporting? Sounds like freedom hating.
We should stop calling it Greek Yogurt, and start calling it FREEDOM YOGURT!
I yet to see a single positive report on the Sochi Olympics. If I was a conspiracy theorist, I might think there's a semi-hidden agenda to discredit the games.
People are very nice (never refuse vodka if you are offered :)). But it is really poor place. There are open manhole in the middle of road - the big one, my friend would take out battery from the car bring it up with car keys, ...
So it is not really "semi-hidden agenda" - it just that Sochi is not Moscow.
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That analysis isn't entirely accurate either. For example: > Since 1993 gay sex was made legal in Russia, in 12 US States gay sex is a crime. The law is still on the books, but ever since Lawrence v. Texas [0], gay sex is legal in all 50 states (and all US territories). They're on the books simply because of inertia - there's no impetus to pass a new law repealing a law that's already been invalidated. Others include…
> it's easier to cherry-pick examples Prior to the Civil Rights Movement, the US was a highly segregated country mostly because of "cherry picked" examples from the deep south. Federal law exists in part to put the entire country on the same page with respect to basic liberties. Its not OK for me to have more freedom of speech in California than in Texas, so why should it be OK for an LGBT individual to have more bas…
So far the court only decided that the federal laws banning same-sex marriage are violating the rights of the citizens. They did not decide that recognizing same-sex marriage is a basic human right though, and since the text of the Constitution is also mum on this question, it would require a separate court decision to have federal enforcement of such rights, if recognized.
However not having such decision is in no way comparable with limitations of freedom of expression instituted in Russia. It's one thing to complain that the federal government does not force states to recognize same-sex marriage, especially if it doesn't even have a legal basis to do so right now, and another thing is to prosecute people for opening support centers for gay youth or for debating the topic of sexual relationships and freedoms in public.
Can we please get back to discussing how Russia is abusing the US yogurt company Chobani by not letting its yogurt cups into the country. This is all over the news wire, every outlet is reporting on it, the Obama administration has intervened, and it needs to be on top page of HN like now. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/06/nyregion/russia-blocking-a... (*sarcasm) Is there any story about Russia right now that's not a…
What a wasted opportunity for a "strained yogurt" pun.
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That analysis isn't entirely accurate either. For example: > Since 1993 gay sex was made legal in Russia, in 12 US States gay sex is a crime. The law is still on the books, but ever since Lawrence v. Texas [0], gay sex is legal in all 50 states (and all US territories). They're on the books simply because of inertia - there's no impetus to pass a new law repealing a law that's already been invalidated. Others include…
> it's easier to cherry-pick examples Prior to the Civil Rights Movement, the US was a highly segregated country mostly because of "cherry picked" examples from the deep south. Federal law exists in part to put the entire country on the same page with respect to basic liberties. Its not OK for me to have more freedom of speech in California than in Texas, so why should it be OK for an LGBT individual to have more bas…