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tintor2
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 Posted: Fri May 05, 2017 2:45 pm
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A little late though for the Simpsons to even reference this, right?
Still, remember the old episode where Homers enlists in the navy and the Soviet Union returns? Was that episode censored in Russia?
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Digimonlover101
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Posted: Fri May 05, 2017 2:47 pm
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It's Russia what did you expect?
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FackuIkari
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Posted: Fri May 05, 2017 2:59 pm
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| Quote: | | Ruslan Sokolovsky is currently facing trial for charges of "incitement to hatred and attacks on the liberty of faith." The blogger posted a video last August showing him playing Pokémon Go inside the Church of All Saints. If convicted, he faces up to seven-and-a-half years in prison |
Well that's extreme
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FenixFiesta
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Posted: Fri May 05, 2017 3:20 pm
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By being culturally late, Simpsons unwittingly becomes topical in international news.
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Asterisk-CGY
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Posted: Fri May 05, 2017 3:24 pm
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| tintor2 wrote: | | A little late though for the Simpsons to even reference this, right?
Still, remember the old episode where Homers enlists in the navy and the Soviet Union returns? Was that episode censored in Russia? |
The game is only a year old.
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TheMorry
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Posted: Fri May 05, 2017 3:33 pm
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| Digimonlover101 wrote: | | It's Russia what did you expect? |
haha, if you are an American that is really rich to say xD. Trump with his fake news huh? xD Both the US as Russia are in different ways crazy and funny at the same time. Here in Europe we roll or eyes and laugh xD. Don't take me wrong I love America  .
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encrypted12345
Joined: 25 Jan 2012
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Posted: Fri May 05, 2017 3:57 pm
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| FackuIkari wrote: |
| Quote: | | Ruslan Sokolovsky is currently facing trial for charges of "incitement to hatred and attacks on the liberty of faith." The blogger posted a video last August showing him playing Pokémon Go inside the Church of All Saints. If convicted, he faces up to seven-and-a-half years in prison |
Well that's extreme |
Don't remember the specifics, but I remember him acting like an obnoxious jerk during the service and filming it. 3.5 years (what the prosecuters suggested) is still extreme for disturbing the peace and unjustified, but it was more than playing video games during church. Many countries would have executed him for a similar crime towards their dominant religion.
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OrangeVision
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Posted: Fri May 05, 2017 4:11 pm
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| encrypted12345 wrote: | | Many countries would have executed him for a similar crime towards their dominant religion. |
Wow, Russia didn't kill the guy for playing a game in a church. They clearly deserve a round of applause.
Also, being obnoxious! The nerve! Better rot in jail for third of a decade!
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revolutionotaku
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Posted: Fri May 05, 2017 4:13 pm
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| Quote: | | In Russia, blogger Ruslan Sokolovsky is currently facing trial for charges of "incitement to hatred and attacks on the liberty of faith." |
Didn't Trump just recently pass a "religious liberty" law in the US?
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Stuart Smith
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Posted: Fri May 05, 2017 4:14 pm
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| encrypted12345 wrote: | | Don't remember the specifics, but I remember him acting like an obnoxious jerk during the service and filming it. 3.5 years (what the prosecuters suggested) is still extreme for disturbing the peace and unjustified, but it was more than playing video games during church. Many countries would have executed him for a similar crime towards their dominant religion. |
A headline will say "Man jailed for using phone during church" for clicks, but the meat the incident was he was an outspoken atheist and he decided to make a video in the church saying things like "Im here to catch the rarest Pokemon of all, Jesus.. but Jesus doesn't exist, so that will be hard to do" and making a video pushing atheist views via a phone game while he was in church. The man was hardly some innocent samaritan.
-Stuart Smith
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Tomibiki
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Posted: Fri May 05, 2017 4:27 pm
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I think Russia's on to something.
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kpk
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Posted: Fri May 05, 2017 4:30 pm
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Oh Russia, a country led by a real life Disney villain (and the church). What did I expected?!
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KH91
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Posted: Fri May 05, 2017 4:30 pm
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| Quote: | | The episode features a smartphone game named "Peekimon Get," a reference to Niantic's Pokémon Go game. |
Of course it wasn't a reference to the Japanese tagline called "Pokemon Getto da ze!"
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firedragon54738
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Posted: Fri May 05, 2017 5:05 pm
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So Russia really riding that crazy train
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Beatdigga
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Posted: Fri May 05, 2017 5:34 pm
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Sounds more like bad timing.
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