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In reply to: Arnold Cruz wrote a new post, Is The Decision To Ban The Jehovah’s Witnesses In Russia Correct? Just recently the Russian Supreme Court has rendered a decision prohibiting The Jehovah’s Witnesses from exe […] View
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That’s incredible! I don’t know but I’m pretty sure the Jehovah’s Witnesses do the same thing here in America. I don’t think we’ve ever thought it necessary to take them to the Supreme Court. By the way, I never really thought Russia was big on allowing religious freedom anyway. So the decision is not really shocking or surprising. Maybe I’m wrong though. Maybe Russia does permit religious freedom. I just never thought they did. I’ll admit I’m wrong if I’m wrong. Am I wrong?? (O.o)
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Hi Treathyl FOX,
Thank you very much for your reply. You are right in your observation. Russia is not known for its good record concerning the observance of human rights whether for the individual or group.
I was talking early this morning to two members of the Jehovah’s Witnesses who are making a door to door distribution of their pamphlet or religious literature. And I asked them what’s happening now in Russia about their members there in relation to the recent decision of the Russian Supreme Court banning their religion.
They told me that this is not the first time that such an incident happened in Russia. They told me that in the 1950’s during the time of Stalin members of the Jehovah’s Witnesses were hauled into a train and were deported from Russia.
I hope members of the Jehovah’s Witnesses will find a legal remedy so that the decision of the Russian Supreme Court might be reverse.
For me the said decision was a bad decision on the part of the Russian Supreme Court.
Not only that, it reflect again on Russia’s bad record in so far as the observance of human right within its country is concern.
Religious tolerance must always be observed.
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Many leaders in ancient kingdoms learned the “secret of tolerance”. Sadly some of those in power don’t realize that if you don’t have people, you don’t have a country or a kingdom.
Don’t leaders also understand that when they deport people they deport their intellligence, skills and talents too?
Don’t leaders understand that when they persecute or exploit people, that’s not being a good leader. It’s just making people angry! If you make people unhappy by mistreating them, it will eventually backfire in your face! The historical records all around the world prove this to be so.
If the “religious” citizens are not causing disruption, committing crimes, etc.; and they are a part of the general population living in peace with their fellow man, why can’t you just leave them alone? How hard can it be to keep the peace? You can rule a lot more people using peaceful methods than you can with ruthless power plays. It’s easy for a leader to figure out which way is the path of peace. It’s the opposite direction of the path that leads to war!
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In reply to: Arnold Cruz wrote a new post, North Korea Could Never Win This War Against The United States And Its Allies One thing is sure in this current situation: the world is all watching as the events unfold in the Korean […] View
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It is sad that Robert Godwin Sr. was killed in that manner. I feel for his children the trauma they will undergo more especially that he was murdered in full view of some of his children.
As for the killer,Steve Stevens, by killing himself has made the case even very difficult because there is no one to prosecute. -
It is just so sad indeed, that an innocent old man be shot just like that without any provocation, much more from a man he doesn’t even know.
That is why, our president, is also so angry with drug addicts and especially with those drug Lords.
Who knows, the killer of the old man is also into drugs that he would just kill just like that.
No man in his right man can do that. It has to be from someone who is mentally disturbed already.
I hope he rots in jail for doing that.
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The first time I have read this news from the favorite online news source I was deeply touched and I pitied so much this old man who is too innocent. He had served as a collateral damage to the frustration of the killer Steve.
People regarded the killing as a senseless and they demand that justice must be served. But it wasn’t. It ended in another giving off of life. The culprit himself who was seen in a fast food wanted to order some foods, was spotted by a personnel of that fast food center and it was reported right away to the nearby police officers. Then car chasing ensued until the criminal killed himself for helpless anymore.
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Yes. I agree with you.The GDP of Korea is 15.4 billion and that of U.S is 18,2 trillion. Where is the comparison? The density of population is202/Kmxkm for Korea whereas it is 35/ km x km. Is it because of this North Korea hoping the support from South Korea wants to test its missiles? The question of making any strike will disfigure the country from the map of the world. I do not think Korea will take up such decision at least in the interest of its own people. It is not necessary for U.S to make any strike against this small fragmented nation. Sweden which has got its own interests in U.S is trying to ally itself to U.S. This is sufficient it takes up the strike. The dictator may have his own reservations if Korea takes the strike which of course, not a near possibility for.
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Hi Sivasubrahmanyam,
Thank you for your comment. I also agree with your observation. The hassle in this situation is that for sure in the event of any shooting war it’s always the civilian population or non-combatants which most often than not are always caught between the cross-fire.
It is hard to think the human costs or the number of innocent men, women and children who’s going to die in this war if and when any nuclear weapons will be unleashed in the process.
It is possible that North Korea will use its civilian populations as human shields or bargaining chips in a manner of speaking so as to prevent any pre-emptive strikes on the part of the United States and its allies against it.
What is revolting to the conscience is to treat innocent men, women and children as mere collateral damage in any nasty and dirty war.
Yes we do not want war to happen, much less nuclear war for that matter, for indeed war is hell but what can we do under the circumstances if going to war is the last remaining option left if all diplomatic and peaceful solution failed.
I’m just crossing my fingers that no nuclear weapons will be unleashed if this on-going incident between the United States and North Korea escalates.
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If classical books were not relevant in the computer age, nobody would have bothered to convert them to digital. They are even working on a project to have the Dead Sea Scrolls converted to digital format. I read that months ago. I don’t know what the status of the project is. What I really like that most of those books are now eBooks and are FREE to the readers! 🙂
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