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A true boycott would hit them where it hurts -- oil and gas.
Europeans are their biggest customers (or prisoners).
However, technology is gradually giving them choice.
In 1936, Nazi Germany hosted the Olympics, and Jesse Owens struck a pose and the world watched. All of the posturing was fine and good. But in 1938, a ship full of desperate Jewish refugees fleeing from Nazi Germany was turned away at the American border. The 900 or so Jewish passengers were sent back to Germany to die in the concentration camps.
Let's not forget that Russian gays are in danger of their lives right now, and that they will be regardless of who paints their nails what color at the Olympics or what color pins people wear. Our main focus should be saving their lives, and helping them escape.
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Get them out?
How about helping them fight back!
Russia has some of the most liberal gun laws in the world.
Why aren't people helping them the way they did the IRA?
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ya'll!
A Florida judge will decide the gay Florida teenās fate Tuesday after prosecutors pulled her plea deal when they discovered sheād exchanged about 20,000 text messages with the underage teen girl at the center of the case against her.
Prosecutors filed a new charge against Hunt, accusing her of ātransmission of material harmful to minor by electronic equipment.ā In a court filing, the state said it violates Florida law for her to have sent the āharmfulā texts to a minor.
Their relationship began when Hunt was 18 and the girl was 14. The girlās family said the relationship was sexual. Huntās family has said the relationship was consensual, but under Florida law, a 14-year-old canāt give consent.
Hunt, who turned 19 last week, was charged with two felony counts of lewd and lascivious battery.
Deal nixed
Prosecutors had offered Hunt a deal: Plead guilty to one felony that could later be removed from her record and two misdemeanors in exchange for community service ā with no jail time and no mandatory ankle bracelet.
Now, prosecutors want her bond revoked after the discovery of the texts. They say Hunt violated a February court order to not contact the girl. There will be a hearing at 1 p.m. Tuesday in an Indian River County court.
Hunt had been free on bail while awaiting trial. She was booked into detention Monday night after her bail bond company declined to secure the $5,000 bond any longer and picked her up. Hunt can go free if her family or another bail bond company comes up with the money.
In court documents, prosecutors say Hunt gave the girl an iPod in February that was used to receive and send about 20,000 text messages between the two.
Prosecutors also said 25 photographs were also sent, and secret meetings took place between the two.
āThese photographs are explicit and depict the defendant nude,ā the documents state.
Prosecutors also included examples of texts they say Hunt sent to the girl, including: ā(N)o matter what if they find out we talked Iām going to jail until trial starts.ā
The state also said the girl told a detective that Hunt would drive her to āa remote location where they would have intimate physical contact.ā The court papers claim that the most recent meeting took place two weeks ago.
Oh- I forget- LGBT people aren't full humans deserving of rights to many US citizens, despite rapid progress forward in this country.
Most days, being a member of the human race is pretty discouraging.
OK, there is one valid comparison, and it's this: Germany is no longer the world center for bigotry & racism. There are other examples, Northern Ireland, South Africa, where things seemed pretty dyed-in-the-wool, and yet the country changed. Are things perfect? Of course not. But they're better than they were. The same can be true for Russia. We can't do it for them, but we can do what we can to support them. And not putting up w/ their shit is the easiest way.