Russia - Gay Rights - Sochi Olympics Megathread

[Genivaria]

This is a country where blasphemy is a felony.

Sounds like my kind of town.

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How serious are they going? I mean I'm no expert in international law but say a tourist announces their pro-homosexual stance do they go to jail, and if so, how long?

They go to jail and/or are deported. How long their time in jail is unknown.

[Herador]

As someone on another website said, someone should propose to athletes that they all wear rainbow armbands or bandanas or something. I can almost guarantee you the Russian government won't think to arrest any of them if it means that they risk turning their Olympics into a sham.

[Jamzmania]

Even though the law is wrong, Olympic athletes should be expected to follow the laws of the host country. If the Olympics were held here in America, I'd be quite offended if Olympic athletes were not required to follow our laws.

[Shofercia]

I'm more and more liking the idea of flooding the Olympics with LGBT people to create the "gayest Olympics ever".

It would be a lot more effective than a boycott in getting the message across.

This ^

[Hetalian Indie Rio de Janeiro]

I'm more and more liking the idea of flooding the Olympics with LGBT people to create the "gayest Olympics ever".

It would be a lot more effective than a boycott in getting the message across.

As long as you guys are fair to us and do this in Rio de Janeiro too to protest the fact that Brazil is thinking of approving a bill for sexual orientation anti-discrimination, but never doing so, since early 1996.

[Genivaria]

As someone on another website said, someone should propose to athletes that they all wear rainbow armbands or bandanas or something whilst competing. I can almost guarantee you the Russian government won't think to arrest any of them if it means that they risk turning their Olympics into a sham.

Well it seems to me that the Russian government has already declared they don't give a shit what other nations think.

[The Serbian Empire]

Why would anyone listen to these people?

This is a country where blasphemy is a felony.

And we'd be arrested if we spoke of that in Russia. This is why Czechs are the best Slavic country... as the EU keeps them in line from going full Russia.

[Zonolia]

I'm still in favor of glitter-bombing the games...why stop at sending LGBT athletes and tourists when you can turn everyone in the entire games LGBT with glitter...

[Yes Im Biop]

Russia, if you don't want me visiting you and spending cash on you anywhere in the near future, just go ahead and ask!

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[Avenio]

As someone on another website said, someone should propose to athletes that they all wear rainbow armbands or bandanas or something whilst competing. I can almost guarantee you the Russian government won't think to arrest any of them if it means that they risk turning their Olympics into a sham.

Well it seems to me that the Russian government has already declared they don't give a shit what other nations think.

Can you see Russia arresting someone like Usain Bolt and getting away with it?

[Agymnum]

I'm still in favor of glitter-bombing the games...why stop at sending LGBT athletes and tourists when you can turn everyone in the entire games LGBT with glitter...

I vote we paint a huge rainbow over Russian airspace, just to spread the gayopalypse even further.

[Shofercia]

As someone on another website said, someone should propose to athletes that they all wear rainbow armbands or bandanas or something whilst competing. I can almost guarantee you the Russian government won't think to arrest any of them if it means that they risk turning their Olympics into a sham.

Also this ^

I mean Mutko is just asking for people to come out with that quote.

*sighs* Now I gotta relive the horrors of 2010. Again.

[Bodobol]

These guys really don't like gay people.

In my opinion, this law is stupid, and enforcing it on foreign athletes is stupider.

[Shofercia]

Well it seems to me that the Russian government has already declared they don't give a shit what other nations think.

Can you see Russia arresting someone like Usain Bolt and getting away with it?

I can't see Mutko arresting Usain Bolt

[Regnum Dominae]

More info: http://www.ibtimes.com/gay-pro-gay-athl ... maker-says

"The new anti-gay legislation authorizes the Russian government to apprehend foreigners who are deemed to be 'pro-gay' and to detain them for up to 14 days before deporting them."

[Genivaria]

I'm more and more liking the idea of flooding the Olympics with LGBT people to create the "gayest Olympics ever".

It would be a lot more effective than a boycott in getting the message across.

This ^

See that's the thing though. Say that a crowd of hundreds if not thousands of visitors start speaking against the bigotry, do the police arrest them all? Where do they put them all?
And most importantly imo, if that many visitors are arrested how would their home countries respond?

[The Serbian Empire]

I'm more and more liking the idea of flooding the Olympics with LGBT people to create the "gayest Olympics ever".

It would be a lot more effective than a boycott in getting the message across.

That would be a FABULOUS plan!

[The Parkus Empire]

Russia goes from troll to trollbaiter.

[Herador]

This ^

See that's the thing though. Say that a crowd of hundreds if not thousands of visitors start speaking against the bigotry, do the police arrest them all? Where do they put them all?
And most importantly imo, if that many visitors are arrested how would their home countries respond?

Probably very angrily. I'm sort of morbidly curious what would happen if that worst case scenario came to play.

[Shofercia]

This ^

See that's the thing though. Say that a crowd of hundreds if not thousands of visitors start speaking against the bigotry, do the police arrest them all? Where do they put them all?
And most importantly imo, if that many visitors are arrested how would their home countries respond?

They won't get arrested. They'll just get fined. And there'd be no effective enforcement mechanism to pay the fine. It's Mutko Gen, you haven't met him yet. He's the idiot who was proud of "nine four place finishes". He doesn't think logically.

[Wind in the Willows]

Russia sucks.

[Zonolia]

This ^

See that's the thing though. Say that a crowd of hundreds if not thousands of visitors start speaking against the bigotry, do the police arrest them all? Where do they put them all?
And most importantly imo, if that many visitors are arrested how would their home countries respond?

So this is how WW3 begins...'tis truely the 'gaypocalypse'.

[Shofercia]

I'm still in favor of glitter-bombing the games...why stop at sending LGBT athletes and tourists when you can turn everyone in the entire games LGBT with glitter...

I vote we paint a huge rainbow over Russian airspace, just to spread the gayopalypse even further.

How are you planning to accomplish this? Holographic projections at night?

[The Serbian Empire]

See that's the thing though. Say that a crowd of hundreds if not thousands of visitors start speaking against the bigotry, do the police arrest them all? Where do they put them all?
And most importantly imo, if that many visitors are arrested how would their home countries respond?

Probably very angrily. I'm sort of morbidly curious what would happen if that worst case scenario came to play.

Nuclear winter is the worst case scenario given Russia's nuclear arsenal.

[Herador]

I vote we paint a huge rainbow over Russian airspace, just to spread the gayopalypse even further.

How are you planning to accomplish this? Holographic projections at night?

Balloons?