Sanctions: Now you've gone too far!
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@Klaus said in Sanctions: Now you've gone too far!:
The conductor Gergiev and the singer Anna Nebtrebko were "canceled" because they refused to speak out against Putin.
I'm OK with the economic boycott and everything, but let's not turn this into a "every Russian is evil" thing.
I don't know enough about Gergiev's relationship with Putin to have a valid opinion, however to "cancel" someone because he's not "opposed enough" strikes me as being kind of North Korean.
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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@Klaus said in Sanctions: Now you've gone too far!:
Also, I heard the first reports over here from Russian immigrant kids who were bullied at school and even some parents demanding actions against these poor kids.
The conductor Gergiev and the singer Anna Nebtrebko were "canceled" because they refused to speak out against Putin.
I'm OK with the economic boycott and everything, but let's not turn this into a "every Russian is evil" thing.
My friend's wife works in the Russian School of Mathematics, and they've had death threats and demands that they change their name and fire any Russian teachers. The fact that it's pretty much staffed by people who defected from the former USSR seems to have eluded these imbeciles.
His wife is half Ukrainian, as it happens.
Proud supporter of Plan 2525. Everything you think, do and say will be in the pill you took today.
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@Doctor-Phibes said in Sanctions: Now you've gone too far!:
His wife is half Ukrainian, as it happens.
And I am ¼ Russian....
But you know how I feel, right?
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@George-K said in Sanctions: Now you've gone too far!:
@Klaus said in Sanctions: Now you've gone too far!:
The conductor Gergiev and the singer Anna Nebtrebko were "canceled" because they refused to speak out against Putin.
I'm OK with the economic boycott and everything, but let's not turn this into a "every Russian is evil" thing.
I don't know enough about Gergiev's relationship with Putin to have a valid opinion, however to "cancel" someone because he's not "opposed enough" strikes me as being kind of North Korean.
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From Russia — without love.
Adult entertainers in Russia have been blocked from OnlyFans amid financial sanctions imposed on the country following its invasion of Ukraine.
Several kinky content creators spoke out on Sunday, saying they were unable to share new videos and access money earned via their OnlyFans accounts.
“In short term, I don’t have money to live … Many models [are] faced with this, nobody thought it could happen,” user Bunnie Mommy told Rolling Stone, alleging her account was frozen Saturday evening.
The X-rated model claimed she lost over $8,000 US amid the ban.
And there are some "interesting" and probably SFW pictures at the link.
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I cannot agree with banning anything Russian, including its fake news machine, RT. The more we can put the spotlight on khuilo Putin’s lies the better.
Banning the works of Dostoevsky and Tolstoy ( a pacifist ) is not only stupid but it is playing into the lies and disinformation of the Russian state.
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The International Cat Federation has banned Russian cats from competing in their shows in the latest response to the invasion of Ukraine.
The Fédération Internationale Féline (FIFe) confirmed on Tuesday that cats bred in Russia will not be allowed to compete in their cat shows until May 31 at the earliest following Vladimir Putin's invasion on Ukraine on February 24.
The FIFe executive board also confirmed that cat-owners who live in Russia are also banned from the organisation until further notice.
I've read about several people who have put deposits down on cats to be shipped from Russia. I think they're SOL.
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Boris's father came from Russia. This is from Boris' breeder.
"Breeders are having trouble. The cats can’t fly out of Russia or Ukraine now. Some breeders are hiring couriers to get them into Turkey, then onto NY, then to their state, but it’s doubling the length of time for the trip & doubling the cost. One breeders costs went from $2000 to $4000, to bring 2 cats over & there’s a chance that it might not happen. It’s not good for the cats to be in a carrier for that many days. It will be very stressful on them. FIFe won’t let any cats from Russia be registered right now & it’s possible other cat clubs will follow suit. I’m glad I didn’t have a cat from Russia reserved. After seeing what the Russian breeders are saying about the conflict, I’ll never buy another one from Russia."
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@Klaus said in Sanctions: Now you've gone too far!:
Idiots indeed.
We have many immigrants from Russia. Their kids are bullied at school and they receive "Go home" letters.
If Germans are being told to hate another people, they will.
This is getting out of hand.
Apart from anything else, it's going to be counterproductive - my friend's BIL was arrested and beaten up for protesting the war in Moscow, meanwhile his wife's company in the US is getting death threats. Idiotic.
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Just following up on the cat thing. I'm pretty close to Boris's breeder, so we had a brief exchange.
Me: "Thanks for the insights. It's a terrible time.
What alternatives do you have? I know of a breeder in Kazakhstan, though their web site's been down for a while.
Poland?"Breeder: "George Vee we’ll buy from Poland, Germany, or Italy. American breeders will also work together. Russian breeders are condoning this conflict & even trying to justify it. They’re saying the world is being lied to. According to them, Ukraine citizens have been begging for Putin’s help for years. They claim it’s Ukrainians pretending to be Russian troops, attacking their own people & Putin is just trying to bring peace to Ukraine."
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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They’re saying the world is being lied to. According to them, Ukraine citizens have been begging for Putin’s help for years. They claim it’s Ukrainians pretending to be Russian troops, attacking their own people & Putin is just trying to bring peace to Ukraine."
Unbelievable.
We have the freedom to choose our actions, but we do not get to choose our consequences.
Yes, there are two paths you can go by, but in the long run, there's still time to change the road you're on.
