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Originally posted by shamrock_uk:
I agree with your sentiments there Azred.
John D and Sir Degrader - if it was a small country of little consequence I would probably agree with you, but Russia is still a country with a large enough influence to cause problems.
Look at the Ukranian elections and Russian threats to intervene there - in the end, we were lucky and nothing happened, but I think the world should be taking more of an interest in the gradual, but inexorable, tightening of state control that has been occurring in the last couple of years.
A little international political pressure now could do a lot to alleviate a situation which might be so much worse in several years time...
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I agree that the greater the power the greater the responsibility. I even agree with your assessment of the Putster. But after all is said and done with the lovefest
The fact still remains that it is the government of Russia's responsibility to make the laws for the soverign country of Russia. That in no way is making a moral judgement on wiether the law is good or not. It is just saying the Russian Government has the right and ability to make what laws they can make and enforce, no matter how stupid or intelligent,others believe the laws to be. Let's say that the UK passes a law "XYZ", so good so far. Now lets say the people of Mexico believe that law is stupid. What right do the people of Mexico have to tell the law makers of the UK what laws they should write? What maybe good for one culture may not be good for another culture. There's nothing wrong with a little international political pressure, "Hale" that's what makes the world go round. How much worse can the tighting get? After all the world surived the USSR and it's grip on nearly 1/3 of the world.