Prominent Russian lawyer killed

[jujuman13]

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BBC NEWS | Europe | Prominent Russian lawyer killed

Obviously folk in the USA by and large ignore whatever happens within the confines of Russian interest.
They ignore it to their peril.
Russia has as part of it's constitution a section that permits Russian Security to delete anyone who is seen (by Russian authorities) to be against interest of Russia.

 

[Dr_Patrick]

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BBC NEWS | Europe | Prominent Russian lawyer killed

Obviously folk in the USA by and large ignore whatever happens within the confines of Russian interest.
They ignore it to their peril.
Russia has as part of it's constitution a section that permits Russian Security to delete anyone who is seen (by Russian authorities) to be against interest of Russia.

There are many countries and cultures that have completely different and odd (from our perspective) governmental practices and policies. So what? The fact that we expect every country to behave like we do is not only arrogant but kind of fascist. Do we have to agree with it? No, and it is really none of our business unless it actually has to do with us directly.

 

[jujuman13]

dclxvinoise
What you said is of course quite correct.
Perhaps what I neglected to say was that this alteration to the Russian Constitution also gave the (executioners) the right to pursue in other nations.

 

[Dr_Patrick]

dclxvinoise
What you said is of course quite correct.
Perhaps what I neglected to say was that this alteration to the Russian Constitution also gave the (executioners) the right to pursue in other nations.

Oh, I didn't know about that. :shock:

 

[rhinefire]

There are many countries and cultures that have completely different and odd (from our perspective) governmental practices and policies. So what? The fact that we expect every country to behave like we do is not only arrogant but kind of fascist. Do we have to agree with it? No, and it is really none of our business unless it actually has to do with us directly.

Yet ANOTHER poster that does not know the definition of fascism. Please get smart then post.

 

[Dr_Patrick]

Yet ANOTHER poster that does not know the definition of fascism. Please get smart then post.

Yet ANOTHER poster that feels like derailing the thread and attacking the poster rather than contributing to the topic.

I didn't say it was fascist. I said it was kind of fascist to try and force Democracy down the throats of others. And yes, I know what fascism is. :roll:

 

[American]

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BBC NEWS | Europe | Prominent Russian lawyer killed

Obviously folk in the USA by and large ignore whatever happens within the confines of Russian interest.
They ignore it to their peril.
Russia has as part of it's constitution a section that permits Russian Security to delete anyone who is seen (by Russian authorities) to be against interest of Russia.

What do you call a bus load of lawyers at the bottom of the ocean?

 

[jujuman13]

Russian journalist wounded in Moscow dies.
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Russian journalist wounded in Moscow dies

 

[RightOfCenter]

Russia has as part of it's constitution a section that permits Russian Security to delete anyone who is seen (by Russian authorities) to be against interest of Russia.

Delete them? :rofl

Is that actually what it says in their constitution?

 

[jujuman13]

Delete NO.
Execute YES.
Is it Execution or Murder?
Is their a difference?

 

[RightOfCenter]

Delete NO.
Execute YES.
Is it Execution or Murder?
Is their a difference?

Execution is generally the term for a legal, government sanctioned killing of someone who has broken the law.

Murder is generally the term for the illegal killing of a person.

So, yes there is a difference.

But there constitution really does say that the government may execute those it finds troublesome? What is there standard for deciding.

BTW: I only posted the last because I thought that if they'd actually used delete in the constitution it would have been a little bit funny.

 

[American]

Why everyone upset over a commie lawyer getting killed.

 

[Lerxst]

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BBC NEWS | Europe | Prominent Russian lawyer killed

Obviously folk in the USA by and large ignore whatever happens within the confines of Russian interest.
They ignore it to their peril.
Russia has as part of it's constitution a section that permits Russian Security to delete anyone who is seen (by Russian authorities) to be against interest of Russia.

And the NKVD rises like a Phoenix from the ashes of glasnost.

 

[Lerxst]

There are many countries and cultures that have completely different and odd (from our perspective) governmental practices and policies. So what? The fact that we expect every country to behave like we do is not only arrogant but kind of fascist. Do we have to agree with it? No, and it is really none of our business unless it actually has to do with us directly.

The reason I find stuff like this disturbing is that I was a young man serving in the military from 1985 to 2002. I spent years training for the day that the Soviet Union stormed the Fulda Gap. I watched in amazement as the Soviet Union disintegrated and Russia began an emergence from a very dark history. It was exciting to see, two great ideologies on the brink of destroying the world and in my mind the good guys won.

And now, here we are. With Russia slipping backwards into darkness again.