On 28/12/2013 04:16, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
On Sat, 28 Dec 2013 07:30:34 +1100, Tim Delaney wrote:
On 28 December 2013 04:34, Mark Lawrence <breamore...@yahoo.co.uk>
wrote:
Personally, I think that people ought to throw a party celebrating
Turing's rehabilitation, and do it right outside the Russian Embassy.
Any particular reason for the restriction to Russian Embassy?
I suspect it's in reference to the difficulties homosexuals are likely
to face when attending or competing in the 2014 Winter Olympic and
Paralympic Games at Sochi.
I don't care about the Olympians. Their presence in Russia is voluntary,
and so long as they keep it in their pants for a few weeks (or at least
don't get caught) they get to go home again a few weeks later. Have a
thought for those who don't get to go home again. I'm talking about the
situation in Russia, where the government is engaging in 1930s-style
scape-goating and oppression of homosexuals. They haven't quite reached
the level of Kristallnacht or concentration camps, but the rhetoric and
laws coming out of the Kremlin are just like that coming out of the
Reichstag in the thirties.
The moral of the story is clear. Stay well clear of Russia if you're
gay. Head to some gay friendly nation, such as Uganda or for that
matter the vast majority of African states.
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