10 Amazing Acts Of Defiance Throughout History - page 3.

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Quote from: LostDutchman on May 25, 2014, 05:10:58 AM

OK, I agree that this is a bad situation but just what is it that you think the USA should do?

For the start, Obama could open up his mouth and condemn the death sentence imposed on the unfortunate woman. We can think about sanctions and embargoes later, if the Sudanese ignore the warnings.

I don't know what we can do about this. It is not our country or our laws. It makes me sick, but we in the west only recently stopped killing people for religious beliefs. Besides, who are we to talk about what God wants? Maybe this is what God wants, maybe God hates all Christians?

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Quote from: LostDutchman on May 25, 2014, 05:10:58 AM

OK, I agree that this is a bad situation but just what is it that you think the USA should do?

For the start, Obama could open up his mouth and condemn the death sentence imposed on the unfortunate woman. We can think about sanctions and embargoes later, if the Sudanese ignore the warnings.

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Quote from: bryant.coleman on May 25, 2014, 12:43:39 AM

Here is another. Meriam Yahya Ibrahim Ishag sentenced to death by stoning, for refusing to convert to Islam. Her husband is an American citizen, but there has been no help from the United States authorities so far.

OK, I agree that this is a bad situation but just what is it that you think the USA should do?

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Quote from: Bit_Happy on May 25, 2014, 02:08:42 AM

I was curious what country:
"A Sudanese court has sentenced Mariam Yahya Ibrahim Ishag, 27..."
Sudan? Wow, I will be certain to stay away from there.

Sudan is the shit-hole of the world. The country is currently in the middle of the third civil war, after the first and second claimed millions of civilian lives.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Sudanese_Civil_War
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Sudanese_Civil_War
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudan_internal_conflict_(2011%E2%80%93present)

And don't forget the Darfur conflict.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_in_Darfur

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Quote from: bryant.coleman on May 25, 2014, 12:43:39 AM

Here is another. Meriam Yahya Ibrahim Ishag sentenced to death by stoning, for refusing to convert to Islam. Her husband is an American citizen, but there has been no help from the United States authorities so far.

I was curious what country:
"A Sudanese court has sentenced Mariam Yahya Ibrahim Ishag, 27..."
Sudan? Wow, I will be certain to stay away from there.

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Here is another. Meriam Yahya Ibrahim Ishag sentenced to death by stoning, for refusing to convert to Islam. Her husband is an American citizen, but there has been no help from the United States authorities so far.

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Some of those cases, like the tank man and the monk, are indeed remarkable, but others are less "amazing". Big part of its fame are derived from the fact that someone took a picture.
There are historical cases much more dramatic. Think about Giordano Bruno. He was burnt alive for refusing to repent for saying that there were other worlds spinning around stars that were suns like ours in 1600. The major accusations were about theological issues, but he repented about those; but not on this one.

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As a side note about "tank man". That image is almost completely unknown in China. That is how clamped down the government is there.

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I am compelled to add this here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A05s6GrztbQ

Kherson Governor Yury Odarchenko during a speech on the 9th of May, stated that Hitler tried to liberate Ukraine by invading it. One brave soul from the public comes forward and deprives him of the microphone.

This resonates with the first picture of the thread.

And another:

Quote from: bryant.coleman on May 09, 2014, 11:18:55 AM

Ever heard about the Tank man from China?

Well.... here is an image from Mariupol, of a civilian trying to stop a Right Sector-controlled tank. No idea what happened to him afterwards.

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All these stories are amasing but the one photo and story of the monk on fire is one I'm not very familiar with and it really got my attention. Thanks for sharing these stories with some of us who may not have been aware of them.

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This, from Ukraine. 3 elderly women trying to stop army tanks:

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The whole of South-Eastern Ukraine is now a big act of defiance, with hundreds, if not thousands of "Tank Men" stopping tank columns with only their bodies as a weapon.

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Quote from: Vod on April 13, 2014, 09:51:53 PM

I don't think that is in humanity's future.

agreed

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Quote from: Vod on April 13, 2014, 09:51:53 PM

Quote from: Bit_Happy on April 13, 2014, 09:51:10 PM

Someday, the world will hopefully be safer and more peaceful.

I don't think that is in humanity's future.

History sucks, perhaps there is little hope.
No need to tell the children. Cheesy

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Quote from: Vod on April 13, 2014, 09:51:53 PM

Quote from: Bit_Happy on April 13, 2014, 09:51:10 PM

Someday, the world will hopefully be safer and more peaceful.

I don't think that is in humanity's future.

I heard that!

My $.02.

Wink

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Quote from: Bit_Happy on April 13, 2014, 09:51:10 PM

Quote from: LostDutchman on April 13, 2014, 09:47:31 PM

....

In my town things went to shit today as some Neo-Nazi shot up a couple of Jewish places and killed some people:

http://www.kctv5.com/story/25235053/shooting-reported-at-overland-park-jewish-community-center

A very bad deal.

My $.02.

Sad

I heard on the radio.
Very sorry you were so close to that.
Someday, the world will hopefully be safer and more peaceful.

Yeah, thanks, I am about 20 miles from the sites of the violence so no danger to me but the whole thing stinks.

My $.02.

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Quote from: Bit_Happy on April 13, 2014, 09:51:10 PM

Someday, the world will hopefully be safer and more peaceful.

I don't think that is in humanity's future.

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Quote from: LostDutchman on April 13, 2014, 09:47:31 PM

....

In my town things went to shit today as some Neo-Nazi shot up a couple of Jewish places and killed some people:

http://www.kctv5.com/story/25235053/shooting-reported-at-overland-park-jewish-community-center

A very bad deal.

My $.02.

Sad

I heard on the radio.
Very sorry you were so close to that.
Someday, the world will hopefully be safer and more peaceful.

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Quote from: Bit_Happy on April 12, 2014, 01:10:24 PM

Who could ever forget Tank Man, that unknown man who stood in front of all those tanks at Tiananmen Square? As epic as that act of defiance was, there are other classic examples that are spun from the same material as Tank Man’s story. The amazing acts of defiance listed below are veritable legends and, as such, deserve their own rightful place in history.

The Man Who Refused To Do The Nazi Salute

The Woman Who Brushed Off A Bayonet

more: http://listverse.com/2014/04/02/10-amazing-acts-of-defiance-throughout-history

How are things in your town these days?

In my town things went to shit today as some Neo-Nazi shot up a couple of Jewish places and killed some people:

http://www.kctv5.com/story/25235053/shooting-reported-at-overland-park-jewish-community-center

A very bad deal.

My $.02.

Sad

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Quote from: Bit_Happy on April 12, 2014, 09:40:44 PM

Is this the same person who was run over?

He is better known as the Tank Man.

He was a 19-year old student. More details can be found here:

http://articles.latimes.com/1990-06-03/news/mn-819_1_man-tank-pictures

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