Global Events & Politics Überthread
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nsacpi
Expects Yuge Games
ok thethe dos
goldfly
<B>if my thought dreams could be seen</B>
I love the bravery that is perceived in saying “communism kills”
Lol
Yeah
So does capitalism.
Capitalism is better than communism
Of course no one is arguing to implement communism or Marxism here but that doesn’t stop you from acting like that’s the case lol
I think you should stop acting like you’re the judge on “people being broken”
Lol
Yeah
So does capitalism.
Capitalism is better than communism
Of course no one is arguing to implement communism or Marxism here but that doesn’t stop you from acting like that’s the case lol
I think you should stop acting like you’re the judge on “people being broken”
nsacpi
Expects Yuge Games
except for me
sturg33
I
This is not true.
BLM is clear.
Seattle is clear.
A few members in congress are clear.
A few local state governments are clear.
It is not the majority but it is rising.
cajunrevenge
Well-known member
lol, the democrats are communists. Never heard that one before. Its the same **** as Democrats saying Republicans are Nazis. Its like this is the first presidential election some of you have witnessed.
There will be a time soon where everyone will claim they never supported BLM
Tomahawking4life
Awaiting a Promotion
Is he not? He’s keeping kids in cages I was told. Obama would never do that. He’s not letting people from Muslim countries into the US. Would Obama ever pull racist acts like these? Trump hasn’t done anything to help the crime and poverty in the inner cities. Obama had thousands of programs to clean up the inner cities and get them thriving. Trump sits by and let’s protestors destroy cities and doesn’t do a thing about that. During Obama’s eight years of law and order, there were no riots or cities burning.
goldfly
<B>if my thought dreams could be seen</B>
American Accused of Blasphemy Is Killed in Pakistan Courtroom
The American, Tahir Ahmad Naseem, 57, was on trial in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on charges that he had claimed to be a prophet. Mr. Naseem was shot six times on Wednesday by a young man whom the authorities identified only as Faisal, 19, a local resident.
The killing, in a courtroom at the Peshawar Judicial Complex, drew strong condemnation from the U.S. government.
“We extend our condolences to the family of Tahir Naseem, the American citizen who was killed today inside a courtroom in Pakistan,” the State Department’s Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs said in a Twitter post on Thursday. “We urge Pakistan to take immediate action and pursue reforms that will prevent such a shameful tragedy from happening again.”
Mr. Naseem was accused of blasphemy in 2018 on charges that carried penalties ranging from fines to death.
He had been a member of the Ahmadi sect, which has been declared heretical under the Pakistani Constitution and whose members face repeated persecution. However, representatives said Mr. Naseem had left the sect and had claimed to be the messiah and a prophet.
Blasphemy is a highly combustible and sensitive subject in Pakistan, with emotions flaring over mere rumors that Islam has been insulted. The government has never executed anyone under blasphemy laws, but people accused of it are often killed by mobs even before the police can take action, rights groups say.
Soon after the killing of Mr. Naseem, a video of the gunman was widely shared on social media. It showed him sitting on a courtroom bench while being held by police officers, and he is heard saying the Prophet Muhammad told him in a dream to kill Mr. Naseem.
“He is an enemy of Islam,” the gunman is heard saying of Mr. Naseem. “He is an enemy of Pakistan.”
Police officials said they were investigating how the attacker managed to bring a gun inside the high-security court compound.
Rights activists and rights groups have long campaigned against the blasphemy laws, saying they are used to oppress religious minorities and to settle personal feuds.
But hard-line Islamic religious parties have bitterly opposed moves to amend the laws. Mainstream political leaders acknowledge the misuse of the blasphemy laws, but have mostly caved in to the pressures by religious parties not to change them and have dithered in taking a public stand against them.
In 2011, Salmaan Taseer, a prominent politician who was then the governor of Punjab Province, had campaigned to change the blasphemy laws, but was fatally shot by his police guard.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/30/...NW01kF-_XFnNc_eWSwXsPd0ZjWy96dXuUZEmH03I1ph_o
The American, Tahir Ahmad Naseem, 57, was on trial in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on charges that he had claimed to be a prophet. Mr. Naseem was shot six times on Wednesday by a young man whom the authorities identified only as Faisal, 19, a local resident.
The killing, in a courtroom at the Peshawar Judicial Complex, drew strong condemnation from the U.S. government.
“We extend our condolences to the family of Tahir Naseem, the American citizen who was killed today inside a courtroom in Pakistan,” the State Department’s Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs said in a Twitter post on Thursday. “We urge Pakistan to take immediate action and pursue reforms that will prevent such a shameful tragedy from happening again.”
Mr. Naseem was accused of blasphemy in 2018 on charges that carried penalties ranging from fines to death.
He had been a member of the Ahmadi sect, which has been declared heretical under the Pakistani Constitution and whose members face repeated persecution. However, representatives said Mr. Naseem had left the sect and had claimed to be the messiah and a prophet.
Blasphemy is a highly combustible and sensitive subject in Pakistan, with emotions flaring over mere rumors that Islam has been insulted. The government has never executed anyone under blasphemy laws, but people accused of it are often killed by mobs even before the police can take action, rights groups say.
Soon after the killing of Mr. Naseem, a video of the gunman was widely shared on social media. It showed him sitting on a courtroom bench while being held by police officers, and he is heard saying the Prophet Muhammad told him in a dream to kill Mr. Naseem.
“He is an enemy of Islam,” the gunman is heard saying of Mr. Naseem. “He is an enemy of Pakistan.”
Police officials said they were investigating how the attacker managed to bring a gun inside the high-security court compound.
Rights activists and rights groups have long campaigned against the blasphemy laws, saying they are used to oppress religious minorities and to settle personal feuds.
But hard-line Islamic religious parties have bitterly opposed moves to amend the laws. Mainstream political leaders acknowledge the misuse of the blasphemy laws, but have mostly caved in to the pressures by religious parties not to change them and have dithered in taking a public stand against them.
In 2011, Salmaan Taseer, a prominent politician who was then the governor of Punjab Province, had campaigned to change the blasphemy laws, but was fatally shot by his police guard.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/30/...NW01kF-_XFnNc_eWSwXsPd0ZjWy96dXuUZEmH03I1ph_o
cajunrevenge
Well-known member
Another victim of religion. We should really not support these mass cults. Leads to violence and death. Who will think of the chilrun.
cajunrevenge
Well-known member
Beirut go boom
nsacpi
Expects Yuge Games
proof that BLM is making things worse for people of color
Runnin
Well-known member
In his reporting, Urbina comes to realize that “moving freight by sea is much cheaper than by air partly because international waters are so uncluttered by national bureaucracies and unconstrained by rules. That fact has given rise to all manner of unregulated activity.” With overlapping jurisdictions, flags of convenience, and multinational crews, shipowners take full advantage of the legal ambiguities of international shipping. Crew members usually suffer the worst from this ambiguity, something that’s become very evident during the COVID-19 pandemic: According to the International Labor Organization, in June, there were between 150,000 and 200,000 sailors stuck aboard ships, forced to work months beyond the ends of their contracts due to lockdown measures onshore. But the rest of us can suffer from these abuses too in the form of maritime pollution, overfishing, smuggling, and human trafficking.
The Beirut disaster appears to have been the result of an unusual situation: not only the ship and its crew, but also its cargo were abandoned, and that cargo was then ignited by a Rube Goldberg–like set of circumstances. But the lack of oversight all but guarantees that similar dangers are waiting in storage in other ports around the world.
The Beirut disaster appears to have been the result of an unusual situation: not only the ship and its crew, but also its cargo were abandoned, and that cargo was then ignited by a Rube Goldberg–like set of circumstances. But the lack of oversight all but guarantees that similar dangers are waiting in storage in other ports around the world.