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AP: Russian prosecutors seek 3½ years for 'Pokemon Go' blogger
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60EffPeeEss
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Makes you think of what other things would get you done for "inciting religious hatred" in a church over there. Walking about with your shoelaces untied? Farting?
struggler_guts
Member
Citation needed
hydrophilic attack
Member
In Soviet Russia, Pokeballs trap you
PhantomThief
Banned
Russia is such a nice place
( it really isnt )
( it really isnt )
Phatosaurus
Member
There's a church in my town that was a Pokestop, they openly welcomed Pokemon Go players to come inside while playing instead of sitting out in the cold. Even had a sign on the door encouraging people to come in.
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SmokedMeat
Gamer™
Dude sounds like a real asshole going out of his way to offend others. But prison time??!! Yikes!
Lord of Ostia
Member
Because he played Pokemon GO at a church? That makes him an asshole?
Sgt. Kabukiman
Banned
you probably should read more about modern Russian Orthodox Church, it's pretty disgusting organization. So I can understand his behaviour.
Lister
Banned
On a positive note, he can be happy that he's in Russia and is just having a suspended sentence. In other countries, he would have been shot while playing Pokemon Go.
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KainXVIII
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Savage!
What you think we're so innocent?
Wait it's offensive because the tsar was executed there? The change in religious culture since the fall of the Soviet Union is puzzling to say the least
Another poster mentioned how his local church invited people in to play Pokémon Go. There were plenty of local churches that were Pokestops doing that near where I live too. Funny how some churches are embracing Pokemon to appeal to people when 20 years ago they told our parents that Pokemon was the work of the devil
Another poster mentioned how his local church invited people in to play Pokémon Go. There were plenty of local churches that were Pokestops doing that near where I live too. Funny how some churches are embracing Pokemon to appeal to people when 20 years ago they told our parents that Pokemon was the work of the devil
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
No and I knew someone would assume it's just because he played Pokémon at a church. It's because he has a history of going out of his way to offend those of religious faith.
Probably could feed 50,000 homeless people with the gold from the headpiece alone.
Yoshi
Headmaster of Console Warrior Jugendstrafanstalt
Excellent!
Inspectah_Deck
Member
Excellent
There is a difference between the state doing something and individuals doing something.
It is interesting to see the shift in how Russians who were often criticized or portrayed as godless communists are now shown as crazy religious fundamentalists for for their reimbrace of the orthodox church post-Soviet Union.
Eh, you can say the guy was a jerk, but draconian laws should always be criticized. I wouldn't be surprised though if we don't see greater embrace of the Russian orthodox church and a blurring of traditional separation of church and state. That guy should be thankful he didn't try this in the Chechnya region right now where strongman Kadyrov is brutally repressing and killing people left and right.
Eh, you can say the guy was a jerk, but draconian laws should always be criticized. I wouldn't be surprised though if we don't see greater embrace of the Russian orthodox church and a blurring of traditional separation of church and state. That guy should be thankful he didn't try this in the Chechnya region right now where strongman Kadyrov is brutally repressing and killing people left and right.
LogicAirForce
Neo Member
"what are you in for?"
"playin' Pokemon in a church."
talk about prison cred
"playin' Pokemon in a church."
talk about prison cred
Yoshi
Headmaster of Console Warrior Jugendstrafanstalt
The state is allowing the possession of firearms by civilians, which is also doing something. Though it is of course tongue-in-cheek, I think most here are agreeing that russia's ruling in this case is completely unfounded. I certainly am.
Okay, yes America's gun laws are stupid. We deal with that all the time on GAF. This is whataboutism that's not particularly useful or insightful.
Ordinaryundone
Member
It ain't a real NeoGAF Russia thread till someone brings in the "U.S. is even worse!" whataboutism.
Lister
Banned
Let's see who is the REAL asshole here:
1. Guy who makes fun of religious dogma and challenges oppressive religious laws.
2. Religious idiots and idiotic laws who sentence people to YEARS IN PRISON, for the above.
I know who I pick. Sorry but what he does is not at ALL assholish when laws such as these exist. Religious idiots who support these laws are the assholes.
If the country didn't have these laws, I might call him an ass-hole, though not for playing pokeman at church.
Yautja_Warrior
Member
Religion and Russia need to chill the fuck out, he played Pokemon in a church, not murder a bunch of kids or some shit.
Makes me glad I'm not religious when I see shit like this, it's just embarrassing. Just tell him not to do it again, he doesn't deserve to go to jail, even if he offered people. The World really has gone to shit.
Makes me glad I'm not religious when I see shit like this, it's just embarrassing. Just tell him not to do it again, he doesn't deserve to go to jail, even if he offered people. The World really has gone to shit.
Alex_Mexico
Member
May I remind you that Russia is hosting the FIFA Confederations Cup next month and then the motherfucking World Cup a year from now! They sure as fuck know they cant keep enforcing these stupid laws right!?
Well Qatar gets the confed cup in 4 years and the World Cup in 5 years and I don't know which will be worse. At least with Qatar you can be kinda optimistic that foreigners there just for the matches won't be treated too poorly but with Russia I feel there's gonna be some shit. I don't know what kind of hooliganism to expect after the shit that went down with Russia and England supporters at last years Euros
Spladam
Member
It's interesting how Russian went from the USSR that oppressed Religious belief, to Russia that thoroughly embraces the Orthodox Catholic voters, of which makes up a large fraction of Putin's conservative voter base.
Funny. Our local super-cluster is now mapped and called Laniakea
Poohblaster
Member
Should of given him life for playing Pokemon Go.
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forknknife
Banned
Sorry for you Russian gafers but your country is fucked up, really.
Holy shit and this is the country running my country.
Fucked up.
One radical swing to another.
Fucked up.
One radical swing to another.
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