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A shame that took two weeks and four deaths.
by nmc 13y ago
A shame that took two weeks and four deaths.
- guard-of-terra 13y agoWell, in neighboring Russia and Belarus that took nothing because such laws were introduced and then never abolished there. The grip is airtight. So I only have to congratulate Ukrainians in being a nation, not just a set of "former soviet citizens".
- vetinari 13y agoThese laws are in effect in EU for more than decade and nobody cares.
- guard-of-terra 13y agoEvery country has a set of N (of M, M >> N) anti-protest laws. A random subset of M. Where M is every anti-protest law present in any country. Trying to introduce new laws so N becomes N1 > N is stifling of freedom and should be fought. Does not matter that laws in (N1 - N) present in other countries (in M). Other countries just have different laws. They lack some anti-protest laws you already have! Or, they explicitly state some freedoms your country just does not have. In copying repressive laws from them (whithout removing repressive laws they do not have and/or adding freedoms), you're not becoming closer to them, you become closer to North Korea (which probably has its Nnk = M).
- vetinari 13y agoOr much simpler explanation: "the west" uses double standard, uses anything at hand to scandlize opponent and does not realize, that the same reason is valid at home. Beam's in one's eye...
- guard-of-terra 13y agoWhoa whoa guy, you do not "simpler explanation" me, you actually refute some of my stated claims.
- pavelrub 13y agoThe mathematical notations here are really bad.
- guard-of-terra 13y agoDo rewrite.
- kushti 13y agoIn US and EU similar laws being enforcing for decades
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- philhippus 13y agoSo? The Ukranians didn't want the US and EU laws for their country.
- vetinari 13y agoThat's fine, if it was the point of protesting Ukrainians. They are protesting something else (corruption of all politicians, including Janukovic and Klicko). The main force using this talking point is the _US and EU press_.
- Mikeb85 13y agoThe point is the filter the western media uses to vilify Yanukovych for passing laws that exist everywhere in the western world.
- marcosdumay 13y agoThey are (probably, but some times it's more complicated than that) just as bad at all those places that have them. Yanukovych is still as much a vilain.
- tomh 13y agoAdd to that six missing and many jailed: http://www.rferl.org/content/ukraine-dead-missing-jailed/25244469.html http://www.rferl.org/content/ukraine-dead-missing-jailed/252...