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Passover
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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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mydeafcat
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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.
 
Walrus
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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.
 
Marsimaxam
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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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Tubber
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Passover Passover
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!
Not unlike the current situation in Thailand.
 
Larry S
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Walrus Walrus
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.
Let’s hope we are not the next Belarus. VOTE!
 
Walrus
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Larry S Larry S
Let’s hope we are not the next Belarus. VOTE!
We won’t be the next Cuba, I’ll vote
 
pdxleaf
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We won’t be the next Cuba, I’ll vote

What do you have against rum, warm weather and '57 Chevys?!! 😉
 
Walrus
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What do you have against rum, warm weather and '57 Chevys?!! 😉
Rum makes me break out in handcuffs, I like Chevys.
 
pdxleaf
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Rum makes me break out in handcuffs, I like Chevys.


Too funny! Took me a second.
 
Larry S
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pdxleaf pdxleaf
What do you have against rum, warm weather and '57 Chevys?!! 😉
Actually Havana Club sucks donkeys. Gasoline.
 
gatorcpa
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pdxleaf pdxleaf
What do you have against rum, warm weather and '57 Chevys?!! 😉
If you lived where I do, you would take this a little more seriously.
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pdxleaf
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gatorcpa gatorcpa
If you lived where I do, you would take this a little more seriously.
gatorcpa

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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