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Uganda newspaper names 200 'homos' after anti-gay law signed

Top Cat said:
Have the sack to admit it. It's precisely what you were doing.
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You know nothing about me or the reasons I post comments - stick to trying to explain your own posts - that should be a full time job - and leave mine to me.
 
CanadaJohn said:
You know nothing about me or the reasons I post comments - stick to trying to explain your own posts - that should be a full time job - and leave mine to me.
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Yeah, but you know exactly why the Ugandan papers published the names of LGBT's - because of the liberals at the NY Times. :roll:
 
CanadaJohn said:
You know nothing about me or the reasons I post comments - stick to trying to explain your own posts - that should be a full time job - and leave mine to me.
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Keep digging.
 
sangha said:
Ugandan papers began publishing the names of LGBT's years before any paper in the US did the same with gun owners.
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Ah so maybe the liberal rag NYT took the idea from the Ugandans.. ;)


Tim-
 
Well its sort of like supporting the newspapers that 'out' CCW holders, isnt it? Of COURSE they should print their names...so the community can look out for them, watch out for them, and show their genuine love, care, and affection.
 
Grand Mal said:
Is that story about Denmark true that, in WWII when the Germans occupied and required Jews to be identified, much of the Danish population sewed the Star of David on their coats?
True or not, applicable or not, you gotta like the story.
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Never heard that. But what we did do was set up a smuggling system to get Jews to Sweden.. sadly some were caught.
 
votemout said:
Uganda newspaper names 200 'homos' after anti-gay law signed

Kampala (AFP) - A Ugandan newspaper listed Tuesday 200 people it accused of being gay, a day after the president called homosexuals 'mercenaries' and signing one of the world's toughest anti-gay laws.




Only 200! man they got it easy we have over 2 million and they run the country!!:2wave:
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At last a homeland for our homophobes; of course they’ll have to stumble along with a national healthcare system but cheer up the life expectancy is around 54/57,a lot less if you’re gay, sadly.:(
 
votemout said:
Uganda newspaper names 200 'homos' after anti-gay law signed

Kampala (AFP) - A Ugandan newspaper listed Tuesday 200 people it accused of being gay, a day after the president called homosexuals 'mercenaries' and signing one of the world's toughest anti-gay laws.




Only 200! man they got it easy we have over 2 million and they run the country!!:2wave:
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It is likely none of the 200 are gay. This is just a reason to attack enemies.
 
VanceMack said:
Well its sort of like supporting the newspapers that 'out' CCW holders, isnt it? Of COURSE they should print their names...so the community can look out for them, watch out for them, and show their genuine love, care, and affection.
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CanadaJohn said:
I'm guessing they got the idea for "public outings" from the New York Journal who ran an article a couple of years ago listing the names and addresses of people who owned guns in certain communities. Guess they couldn't get the scarlet letters sewn on fast enough.

Some people go way overboard when they identify a perceived enemy.
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You two realize its punishable by life in prison to be a homosexual in Uganda right? So its not really the same at all now is it?

I'm guess that like from CanadaJohn we'll all be in for a treat as Vance spends a few dozen pages trying to convince that it is still somehow the same. Go on.
 
Peter Grimm said:
Why doesn't Denmark offer them refuge? Oh yeah, I forgot Denmark actually pays people to LEAVE. Denmark to pay immigrants £12,000 to go home if they 'can't or won't' assimilate | Mail Online
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And? Denmark aint the only country doing that. And who knows, I would be proud of my country if they gave refuge to Ugandan homosexuals... will they.. doubtful, but that was never the point of my original comment.

This whole situation is due to Christian intolerance, arrogance and ignorance and is funded by the American Evangelical community. Hence sending the Evangelicals over there and taking the homosexuals instead would solve a lot of problems would it not?
 
PeteEU said:
And? Denmark aint the only country doing that. And who knows, I would be proud of my country if they gave refuge to Ugandan homosexuals... will they.. doubtful, but that was never the point of my original comment.

This whole situation is due to Christian intolerance, arrogance and ignorance and is funded by the American Evangelical community. Hence sending the Evangelicals over there and taking the homosexuals instead would solve a lot of problems would it not?
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We can debate the pros and cons of Christian missionary work in Africa if you want, but that's not one you're going to win. You think Mother Teresa was a bad influence?

Also, Denmark's immigration policy is generally known for being harsh. You can't really compare it to the rest of Europe and you certainly can't compare it to North American countries who are made up almost entirely of immigrants.

Somehow I don't think that you vote for them, but Denmark has an especially whacky right wing that borders on being fascists. Denmark for the Danes, eh?
 
Peter Grimm said:
We can debate the pros and cons of Christian missionary work in Africa if you want, but that's not one you're going to win. You think Mother Teresa was a bad influence?
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Oh I would win alone based on the Uganda case.. but I can throw in Nigerian Witch Burnings as well if you want. Missionary work is nothing but brainwashing and pushing your beliefs on others.. they should go **** themselves instead of causing all these problems around the world.

Also, Denmark's immigration policy is generally known for being harsh. You can't really compare it to the rest of Europe and you certainly can't compare it to North American countries who are made up almost entirely of immigrants.
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I know it is harsh.. it is actually too harsh in some cases.

Somehow I don't think that you vote for them, but Denmark has an especially whacky right wing that borders on being fascists. Denmark for the Danes, eh?
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Yep all countries have those kind of wackos. The ironic thing is that these people most likely have a bit of foreign DNA in them.. and rather recent at that.
 
Wiseone said:
You two realize its punishable by life in prison to be a homosexual in Uganda right? So its not really the same at all now is it?

I'm guess that like from CanadaJohn we'll all be in for a treat as Vance spends a few dozen pages trying to convince that it is still somehow the same. Go on.
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It's the same in principle but not necessarily the same in outcome - of course, to understand principle, you'd have to be able to appreciate that if something is wrong against those you favour, it is also wrong against those you oppose. Fortunately, for me, I appreciate the consistency of principle.
 
CanadaJohn said:
It's the same in principle but not necessarily the same in outcome - of course, to understand principle, you'd have to be able to appreciate that if something is wrong against those you favour, it is also wrong against those you oppose. Fortunately, for me, I appreciate the consistency of principle.
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I don't see it as being the same in principle because its not the same in intent, the publishers of the addresses didn't publish that information with the knowledge that these people could be murdered or locked up for the rest of their lives. But for record, I think publishing that kind of information was pretty stupid and should never had happened. However its not because I have a principle against publishing personal information, I do but that's not the underlying motivation why I oppose both actions.
 
Amazing this kind of absolute barbaric ness still exists today...and at this level.

Just when you think humanity is beginning to smarten up a bit...this pathetic crap happens.


I am not gay, but anyone who agrees in ANY way with this law is as dumb/ignorant as a friggin' post.
 
Wiseone said:
I don't see it as being the same in principle because its not the same in intent, the publishers of the addresses didn't publish that information with the knowledge that these people could be murdered or locked up for the rest of their lives. But for record, I think publishing that kind of information was pretty stupid and should never had happened. However its not because I have a principle against publishing personal information, I do but that's not the underlying motivation why I oppose both actions.
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The principle, since you seem to have missed it entirely, is that you don't publish information against those you oppose with the obvious intent that some in the public will take that information and act on it. The intent, in both cases, was for those "outed" to be "attacked" by surrogates.
 
Wiseone said:
You two realize its punishable by life in prison to be a homosexual in Uganda right? So its not really the same at all now is it?

I'm guess that like from CanadaJohn we'll all be in for a treat as Vance spends a few dozen pages trying to convince that it is still somehow the same. Go on.
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Im certain that LIKE the US papers, their actual intent is to PROTECT those people, just as Im certain the people that support the US media's decisions to publish such lists REALLY just care about the well being of the gun owners. Surely those decisions transcend the government position.
 
VanceMack said:
Well its sort of like supporting the newspapers that 'out' CCW holders, isnt it? Of COURSE they should print their names...so the community can look out for them, watch out for them, and show their genuine love, care, and affection.
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CCW holders (except under very special circumstances which I am not aware to currently exist) won't have to fear for their lives. Nor would anyone reasonable assume that a CCW holder would be attacked (they have a weapon them!)

This makes it totally different, due to consequences and understanding of the potential consequences when the names were published.

In both cases, printing the names of people was unnecessary and a shame, but still, people are probably going to die in the uganda case, and that makes it far, far worse :(
 
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PeteEU said:
Considering the last time such an "outing" was done, that person was murdered by anti-Gay fanatics.. then this is pretty much a death sentence for those 200 people.. but yea lets all make fun of persecution and bigatory!
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And yet when a major newspaper chain vows to post lists of gun owners here in the states, that's freedom of speech and nothing to worry about. Malicious intent is malicious intent no matter who does it.
 
American evangelical missionaries have taken advantage of Ugandan superstition and fear of god to incite these heightened prejudicial laws. The missionaries have a much bigger say in Ugandan politics than they did even just 10 years ago. Radicalism has taken hold.
 
tech30528 said:
And yet when a major newspaper chain vows to post lists of gun owners here in the states, that's freedom of speech and nothing to worry about. Malicious intent is malicious intent no matter who does it.
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Seriously?

As I stated, the last time someone was outed in the Ugandan press as gay, they were killed.

When was the last time any gunowner was killed because someone posted in a newspaper that they owned guns?
 
rocket88 said:
The government should clearly be involved in everybody's sex life.
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It is, look at all the hoopla for years over abortion and homosexuality in which there's been govt involvement.
 
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