Mr. Cogswell was banging Jane. I knew it!Damnit Jane. Also stop this crazy thing Rrrastro
To be fair, I don't think Jane was giving it up that much to George. He was way too high-strung for someone who was getting regularly busted.
leave mah deep state alone!Leave Russia ALONE!
Mr. Cogswell was banging Jane. I knew it!Damnit Jane. Also stop this crazy thing Rrrastro
To be fair, I don't think Jane was giving it up that much to George. He was way too high-strung for someone who was getting regularly busted.
George and Homer are both model employees, they would gladly kiss Cogswell or mr Burns ass.Mr. Cogswell was banging Jane. I knew it!Damnit Jane. Also stop this crazy thing Rrrastro
To be fair, I don't think Jane was giving it up that much to George. He was way too high-strung for someone who was getting regularly busted.
How else do you think George kept his job? He was the worst employee since Homer Simpson.
That’s been true for most of Trump’s time in office.
Thank god, there is some slim hope for them yet.
Great post, thanks. A different time but my great grandfather emigrated to the US instead of death. Thanks United States
IT doesn't matter.So? It's RUSSIA.
wtf is a Dane doing in Russia disrespecting their culture?
They are lucky they get to pray to anything but Putin's preferred religion.
Wow, that is a real sense of jingoism. . . wanting to force American/Western liberalism on the rest of the world?
idgaf
AND what the hell Coyote, can't you see through this obvious government propaganda to smear Russia?
Aren't you smarter than this? When is that last time the press did a positive story about Russia. . . It is the NEWS, aren't they supposed to be fecking objective? That means one good story, one bad story. Yet all we hear is constant bashing of the Russians.
It's like the seventies and eighties all over again.
Wise up already.
That place is much better than it was during the cold war. To hear the corporate press tell it, they have no freedom and liberal rights. Get the hell out of here with this propaganda. So trivial.
You want to explain how Jehovah's Witnesses are extremists? Why their religion was banned?
In what way is it "disrespecting their culture" when there were hundreds of JW chapters in Russia, according to the story?
Yes, Mr. Beale, this is a negative story, but I can see why Coyote would want to share it. I hear ya, it might be considered propaganda, but if it is actually happening, I think it is pretty concerning. Since when do "democratic" societies (which Putin claims they are) ban citizens' churches?
Yeah, funny thing about that. It is just going to come and bite them in the ass. They fought against that oppression fifty years ago. They are being fooled into wanting it now.
If you read Coyote's post, it just seems Russia is headed back into the Bad Old Days when the people, the Russians, are not the ones making that choice. Religious belief can be a strong motivator and set up a conflict between a spiritual set of values and the values the government wants you to embrace. In an authoritarian government, they just shut those religions up. Do you think it's fine and dandy and not worth mentioning when Russia has started once again closing church doors, like it did back in the Bad Old Days?IT doesn't matter.So? It's RUSSIA.
wtf is a Dane doing in Russia disrespecting their culture?
They are lucky they get to pray to anything but Putin's preferred religion.
Wow, that is a real sense of jingoism. . . wanting to force American/Western liberalism on the rest of the world?
idgaf
AND what the hell Coyote, can't you see through this obvious government propaganda to smear Russia?
Aren't you smarter than this? When is that last time the press did a positive story about Russia. . . It is the NEWS, aren't they supposed to be fecking objective? That means one good story, one bad story. Yet all we hear is constant bashing of the Russians.
It's like the seventies and eighties all over again.
Wise up already.
That place is much better than it was during the cold war. To hear the corporate press tell it, they have no freedom and liberal rights. Get the hell out of here with this propaganda. So trivial.
You want to explain how Jehovah's Witnesses are extremists? Why their religion was banned?
In what way is it "disrespecting their culture" when there were hundreds of JW chapters in Russia, according to the story?
Yes, Mr. Beale, this is a negative story, but I can see why Coyote would want to share it. I hear ya, it might be considered propaganda, but if it is actually happening, I think it is pretty concerning. Since when do "democratic" societies (which Putin claims they are) ban citizens' churches?
Let's go to the FACTUAL part of the piece, shall we?
"A local court had banned his chapter of the Jehovah's Witnesses organization the previous year. A month before his arrest, the Supreme Court banned the Christian denomination as an extremist group, classifying it on par with the Islamic State. That ruling dealt a blow to the nearly 400 chapters of Jehovah's Witnesses across the country."
He knew it was against the law before he did what he did. Elsewhere in the piece, it even said, the place he went to WAS LOCKED.
He was agitating. Agitators get what they deserve. Here in the states, we say, if you can't do that time, don't do the crime.
It isn't like he didn't have the right to practice in private.
AND . . . . on top of all this, you know what I noticed? The piece didn't even say what the penalty was. What would your impression of the entire piece of propaganda be if you found out he was in the clink for, say, two weeks? Would you care then?
I sure as hell wouldn't. YOU ARE BEING MANIPULATED.
Watch Tower is a cult. We have all dealt with them. We all get annoyed as shit when the pester us. They are as much political as they are religious. Pushing their fear paranoia about the impending end of the world? Who needs that shit pushed onto small children?
If this guy unlocked your door, came into your house to preach his shit after he was told not to, and Russians dragged him away, I know what you would say. . .
If the Russians want to keep them out of their society, that is their right. It is not our RIGHT to interfere.
If you read Coyote's post, it just seems Russia is headed back into the Bad Old Days when the people, the Russians, are not the ones making that choice. Religious belief can be a strong motivator and set up a conflict between a spiritual set of values and the values the government wants you to embrace. In an authoritarian government, they just shut those religions up. Do you think it's fine and dandy and not worth mentioning when Russia has started once again closing church doors, like it did back in the Bad Old Days?IT doesn't matter.So? It's RUSSIA.
wtf is a Dane doing in Russia disrespecting their culture?
They are lucky they get to pray to anything but Putin's preferred religion.
Wow, that is a real sense of jingoism. . . wanting to force American/Western liberalism on the rest of the world?
idgaf
AND what the hell Coyote, can't you see through this obvious government propaganda to smear Russia?
Aren't you smarter than this? When is that last time the press did a positive story about Russia. . . It is the NEWS, aren't they supposed to be fecking objective? That means one good story, one bad story. Yet all we hear is constant bashing of the Russians.
It's like the seventies and eighties all over again.
Wise up already.
That place is much better than it was during the cold war. To hear the corporate press tell it, they have no freedom and liberal rights. Get the hell out of here with this propaganda. So trivial.
You want to explain how Jehovah's Witnesses are extremists? Why their religion was banned?
In what way is it "disrespecting their culture" when there were hundreds of JW chapters in Russia, according to the story?
Yes, Mr. Beale, this is a negative story, but I can see why Coyote would want to share it. I hear ya, it might be considered propaganda, but if it is actually happening, I think it is pretty concerning. Since when do "democratic" societies (which Putin claims they are) ban citizens' churches?
Let's go to the FACTUAL part of the piece, shall we?
"A local court had banned his chapter of the Jehovah's Witnesses organization the previous year. A month before his arrest, the Supreme Court banned the Christian denomination as an extremist group, classifying it on par with the Islamic State. That ruling dealt a blow to the nearly 400 chapters of Jehovah's Witnesses across the country."
He knew it was against the law before he did what he did. Elsewhere in the piece, it even said, the place he went to WAS LOCKED.
He was agitating. Agitators get what they deserve. Here in the states, we say, if you can't do that time, don't do the crime.
It isn't like he didn't have the right to practice in private.
AND . . . . on top of all this, you know what I noticed? The piece didn't even say what the penalty was. What would your impression of the entire piece of propaganda be if you found out he was in the clink for, say, two weeks? Would you care then?
I sure as hell wouldn't. YOU ARE BEING MANIPULATED.
Watch Tower is a cult. We have all dealt with them. We all get annoyed as shit when the pester us. They are as much political as they are religious. Pushing their fear paranoia about the impending end of the world? Who needs that shit pushed onto small children?
If this guy unlocked your door, came into your house to preach his shit after he was told not to, and Russians dragged him away, I know what you would say. . .
If the Russians want to keep them out of their society, that is their right. It is not our RIGHT to interfere.
Like freedom of the press, religious freedoms and tolerances are also taking a beating around the world, and the past few years have seen an uptick in new restrictions on religious minorities.
Russian Court Sentences Jehovah's Witness To 6 Years In Prison For Extremism
A Russian court has sentenced a Jehovah's Witness to six years in prison for promoting extremism.
"I hope today is the day Russia defends religious freedom," Dennis Christensen, who pleaded not guilty in the trial, said as he walked down the hall of the courthouse before the verdict was read.
A Danish citizen with a Russian residency permit, Christensen was arrested at a worship service in May 2017 by armed police in the western city of Orel. He had unlocked the entrance to the building and delivered a sermon that day but he was not a staff member of the organization, according Human Rights Watch.
A local court had banned his chapter of the Jehovah's Witnesses organization the previous year. A month before his arrest, the Supreme Court banned the Christian denomination as an extremist group, classifying it on par with the Islamic State. That ruling dealt a blow to the nearly 400 chapters of Jehovah's Witnesses across the country.
Seriously....comparing Jehovah's witness' to ISIS?
Russia unfortunately part of a larger trend over the past few years:
Global Uptick in Government Restrictions on Religion in 2016
Global Uptick in Government Restrictions on Religion in 2016
Nationalist parties and organizations played an increasing role in harassment of religious minorities, especially in Europe
Restrictions on religion around the world continued to climb in 2016, according to Pew Research Center’s ninth annual study of global restrictions on religion. This marks the second year in a row of increases in the overall level of restrictions imposed either by governments or by private actors (groups and individuals) in the 198 countries examined in the study.
The share of countries with “high” or “very high” levels of government restrictions – that is, laws, policies and actions by officials that restrict religious beliefs and practices – rose from 25% in 2015 to 28% in 2016. This is the largest percentage of countries to have high or very high levels of government restrictions since 2013, and falls just below the 10-year peak of 29% in 2012.
Meanwhile, the share of countries with “high” or “very high” levels of social hostilities involving religion – that is, acts of religious hostility by private individuals, organizations or groups in society – remained stable in 2016 at 27%. Like government restrictions, social hostilities also peaked in 2012, particularly in the Middle East-North Africa region, which was still feeling the effects of the 2011 Arab Spring uprisings. The number of countries with high or very high levels of social hostilities declined in 2013 and has remained at about the same level since, but it is higher than it was during the baseline year of this study (2007).
In total in 2016, 83 countries (42%) had high or very high levels of overall restrictions on religion – whether resulting from government actions or from hostile acts by private individuals, organizations and social groups – up from 80 (40%) in 2015 and 58 (29%) in 2007.1
