That's my third for the day. Maybe I'll see you tomorrow.
On 7/13/06, Michael Givel <mgivel at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Uh.....in the entire and vast country of Russia there are no dissidents and since "everybody" knows that the press would not publish such "crap." Damn, I should have known! Russia is a utopia with no human rights violations and the press all sings with one voice.
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> Meanwhile for those of you interested in Amnesty International take on this topic, see:
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> http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGIOR610092006
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> Or if you do not like the reporting of numerous press sources (how did that crap get published, anyhow????) I have posted recently here on the topic, see also Reporters Without Borders take on this topic, see:
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> http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=13449
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> (By the way, the last URL might explain a lot about why the Russian media nowadays apparently sings with one voice as referenced below.)
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> [lbo-talk] Democracy activists accuse Putin of repression
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> What repression of dissidents? There is no "naked
> state repression of dissidents." There is no "naked
> state repression of the press." There are no
> "dissidents" for that matter.
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> Why do you believe this crap? Trusting Kasyanov's
> word? Do you know who this guy is? Do you know who any
> of these people are who are masquerading as Russia's
> oppressed civil society? They are the most despised
> people in the whole country.
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> And I am not a member of the press. I work for the
> Russian Academy of Sciences. But when I was, we would
> not have printed such crap. How do I know it is crap?
> Because I live here, that's why, and I actually know
> what I'm talking about. There is no repression. There
> is no dictatorship. Get it through your thick head.
> You are reading the money of Menatep at work. And that
> of Cheney.
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> What is up with you and Slavs anyway?
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