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Title: Russia: Land of the Free?
Post by: Dowding on June 22, 2007, 11:55:59 AM
I thought Russia had a shortage of men, and women were finding it hard to marry, but it seems they have a surplus given these stories.

Russian Army Slavery (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6231386.stm)

'Rent' Boy Soldiers (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6356707.stm)

Pretty hard to imagine anything like that in any other 'democratic' country.
Title: Russia: Land of the Free?
Post by: 2bighorn on June 22, 2007, 12:06:32 PM
At least they weren't sold for a ruble (pun intended), but for hard currency - $$ :aok
Title: Russia: Land of the Free?
Post by: AWMac on June 22, 2007, 12:28:39 PM
I read *RED* somewhere that most of Russian Children born today are 75% Plastic and 20% Turkey Baster.

:huh

Mac
Title: Re: Russia: Land of the Free?
Post by: 2bighorn on June 22, 2007, 02:24:28 PM
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Originally posted by Dowding
Pretty hard to imagine anything like that in any other 'democratic' country.
After the review... There are "other democratic countries" just like it...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/6459369.stm

:noid
Title: Re: Russia: Land of the Free?
Post by: crockett on June 22, 2007, 02:28:11 PM
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Originally posted by Dowding
I thought Russia had a shortage of men, and women were finding it hard to marry, but it seems they have a surplus given these stories.

Russian Army Slavery (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6231386.stm)

'Rent' Boy Soldiers (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6356707.stm)

Pretty hard to imagine anything like that in any other 'democratic' country.


I don't think there are a shortage of men in Russia. The issues are the men tend to treat the women badly. Hence the reason a lot of Russian women look elsewhere for men.
Title: Re: Re: Russia: Land of the Free?
Post by: crockett on June 22, 2007, 02:31:31 PM
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Originally posted by 2bighorn
After the review... There are "other democratic countries" just like it...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/6459369.stm

:noid


Not to mention China has been caught red handed with industrial slavery many times in the past and even quite recently as in last week.

There is also slavery going on here in the US via the illegal immigrant pool. I'm not talking about Mexicans either it's typically Chinese and Russian mob oriented, but they aren't the only ones.

Salvery seems to be a booming business around the world. It's just people and govts like to turn a blind eye to it.
Title: Russia: Land of the Free?
Post by: Russian on June 22, 2007, 02:44:48 PM
I don't understand why there is so much shock? Those 'conscripts' are there to serve required two years. In reality they don't do anything or can do anything during their time. If ranking officer feels like using their labor in order to feed them good food, much better than chaw hall, and teach them experience of working, that should be rewarded. Just because he had an accident, that is not fault of that officer but of that soldier. Also, that is a standard practice since beginning of times to utilize help of soldiers and build ‘civilian-military’ relationship.
Title: Russia: Land of the Free?
Post by: AWMac on June 22, 2007, 02:49:46 PM
I truely love the music they play when Russian Leaders catch the flu...

Bands that played for Brez and Androp were frikken Awesome!!!

Waiting now for the Gorby and Putin groups to publish hits...

Songs I'm waiting for are like....

Gorby: The Wall.

Putin: Yellow Submarine.

Ya just can't beat Moskow Jams...

:aok

Mac
Title: Re: Re: Russia: Land of the Free?
Post by: AKH on June 22, 2007, 03:12:20 PM
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Originally posted by 2bighorn
After the review... There are "other democratic countries" just like it...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/6459369.stm

:noid


Yep.

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In 2002, the US Department of State repeated an earlier CIA estimate that each year, about 50,000 women and children are brought against their will to the United States for sexual exploitation. Former Secretary of State Colin Powell said that "Here and abroad, the victims of trafficking toil under inhuman conditions -- in brothels, sweatshops, fields and even in private homes."
Title: Russia: Land of the Free?
Post by: 2bighorn on June 22, 2007, 03:25:41 PM
Sorry, but we are talking about "democratic" countries. We surely aren't one.