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The worst of it is, not one will speak out against this for fear of being decapitated, or whatever miserable punishment they will dish out.
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This whole thing has me very angry. These poor guys weren't bothering anyone and these neighbors just busted down their door.
And the mass arrest at the party is also very worrying. Guess I won't be going back to Indonesia any time soon.
Maybe Rainbow Railroad can save these guys. https://www.rainbowrailroad.ca/
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fedssocr
This whole thing has me very angry. These poor guys weren't bothering anyone and these neighbors just busted down their door.
Clearly their behaviour was bothering their neighbours. You offend local social norms, you pay the price
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frequent
Clearly their behaviour was bothering their neighbours. You offend local social norms, you pay the price
"neighborhood vigilantes in the provincial capital, Banda Aceh, suspected them of being gay and broke into their rented room to catch them having sex."
They did not bother anyone. Their neigbours were kind of spying on them to catch them.
Interesting how the civilized (Taiwan, soon gay marriage) and uncivilized (Indonesia, Sharia law and caning of gays) world develop apart.
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christianpfc
They did not bother anyone. Their neigbours were kind of spying on them to catch them.
A native English speaker would recognise the difference between "they did not bother ..." and "their behaviour was bothering ..."
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christianpfc
Interesting how the civilized (Taiwan, soon gay marriage) and uncivilized (Indonesia, Sharia law and caning of gays) world develop apart.
Exactly. Also the intolerance in these countries & amongst their followers is astonishing.
To be fair, there are aspects of their culture I don't like much, but we don't consider caning people for going to a place of worship and minding their own business.
They do cane people for minding their own business. A big difference.
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frequent
Clearly their behaviour was bothering their neighbours. You offend local social norms, you pay the price
so, blame the victims??