Russia Declares Publishing Mohammed Cartoons Illegal… - page 2.

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Quote from: Nemo1024 on January 16, 2015, 06:46:03 PM

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I don't think this is Putin caving in because he doesn't want ethnic minority's in Russia anyway. it is more likely he was going to do this anyway to get rid of any non Christian symbol from Russian public view and this just gave him a good excuse.

Do you even understand what you wrote above? Sadly, the logic is absent in your statement. How can avoiding provocation of religious minorities be equated to getting rid of ethnic minorities? It's not about removing non-Christian symbols - there are plenty of those, it's about removing Muslim-provoking symbols.

Oh, and "freedom of speech" does not equate to "freedom to insult". Wink

Maybe because he has been seen as the "bad guy" by the west. so he needed a good excuse for getting rid of any non Christian symbols from the public which Russia has been doing.

Oh, and "freedom of speech" there is a reason freedom is put in that phrase. If you cant handle someone pointing out flaws in your views and you deem that as insulting then life is going to be hard for you.

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Quote from: BLKBITZ on January 16, 2015, 05:47:22 PM

I don't think this is Putin caving in because he doesn't want ethnic minority's in Russia anyway. it is more likely he was going to do this anyway to get rid of any non Christian symbol from Russian public view and this just gave him a good excuse.

Do you even understand what you wrote above? Sadly, the logic is absent in your statement. How can avoiding provocation of religious minorities be equated to getting rid of ethnic minorities? It's not about removing non-Christian symbols - there are plenty of those, it's about removing Muslim-provoking symbols.

Oh, and "freedom of speech" does not equate to "freedom to insult". Wink

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I don't think this is Putin caving in because he doesn't want ethnic minority's in Russia anyway. it is more likely he was going to do this anyway to get rid of any non Christian symbol from Russian public view and this just gave him a good excuse.

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Russia’s media watchdog on Friday warned publications that printing cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed was against the country’s law and ethical norms following the Charlie Hebdo attack in France.

“The publication in Russian media of such caricatures go against ethical and moral norms worked out over centuries,” said the media and communications watchdog Roskomnadzor.

“Disseminating caricatures on religious themes in the media can be considered insulting or humiliating to the representatives of religious confessions and groups, and qualified as inciting ethnic and religious hatred”, an offence under Russian law, it said.

The publication would also violate the Russian media and anti-extremism laws, the watchdog said, adding that it was asking Russian media to “refrain from publishing caricatures that can be seen as a violation”.

The watchdog published the statement as a response to the ongoing debate on the “legality of publishing caricatures depicting religious objects of worship which affect feelings of religious people.”

http://www.france24.com/en/20150116-russia-says-mohammed-cartoon-publication-illegal/?aef_campaign_date=2015-01-16&aef_campaign_ref=partage_aef&ns_campaign=reseaux_sociaux&ns_linkname=editorial&ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&_suid=1421431542855009262819867581129

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