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  1. Passover Oct 18, 2020

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    Not far from my homeland Germany in Belarus,-a part of the former Soviet Union- thousands of people demonstrate since weeks peacefully against a corrupt and violent dictator who also frauded the recent elections.

    While doing so they are arrested illegally by the police, sometimes being beaten up brutally.



    I know that this forum isn't meant for political statements but I want to make shure that these brave people are not forgotten!

    Thanks for looking!
     
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  2. mydeafcat Oct 18, 2020

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    Thank you for sharing. It’s been said that ‘bad things happen when good people do nothing’. I appreciate you providing a reminder of what it means to stand up against real tyranny, and the importance of demonstrating to protect the electoral process.
     
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  3. Walrus Oct 18, 2020

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    Yes thanks our news cycle here in the US is so overloaded with nonsense I think we are losing sight of bigger struggles face in the world. Hats off to those brave people I wish them well.
     
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  4. Marsimaxam Oct 18, 2020

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    “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” ― Edmund Burke.
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  5. Tubber Oct 18, 2020

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    Not unlike the current situation in Thailand.
     
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  6. Larry S Color Commentator for the Hyperbole. Oct 18, 2020

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    Let’s hope we are not the next Belarus. VOTE!
     
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  7. Walrus Oct 18, 2020

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    We won’t be the next Cuba, I’ll vote
     
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  8. pdxleaf ... Oct 18, 2020

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    What do you have against rum, warm weather and '57 Chevys?!! ;)
     
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  9. Walrus Oct 18, 2020

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    Rum makes me break out in handcuffs, I like Chevys.
     
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  10. pdxleaf ... Oct 18, 2020

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    Too funny! Took me a second.
     
  11. Larry S Color Commentator for the Hyperbole. Oct 18, 2020

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    Actually Havana Club sucks donkeys. Gasoline.
     
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  12. gatorcpa ΩF InvestiGator Staff Member Oct 18, 2020

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    If you lived where I do, you would take this a little more seriously.
    gatorcpa
     
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  13. pdxleaf ... Oct 18, 2020

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    The forum is not the place to take politics seriously, as I have oft been told.

    Please don't mistake my civility for a lack of civic engagement or responsibility.

    Cheers,
    Dave
     
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