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posted by CoolHand on Monday January 23 2017, @08:11PM   Printer-friendly
from the nothing-funny-down-this-road dept.

Russia is inching towards utopian equality by considering a law that would decriminalize domestic violence:

The amendment would make "moderate" violence within families an administrative rather than criminal offence, punishable by a fine rather than a jail sentence. [...] The law was drafted by Yelena Mizulina, an ultra-conservative MP who was also behind the controversial Russian law banning "gay propaganda". She told parliament that "in Russian traditional families, the relationship between parents and their children is built on authority and power". She said it was ridiculous that people could be branded criminals "for a slap".

The Duma, the lower house of the Russian parliament, is due to hear the bill in a second reading next week, after passing it on the first reading by 386 votes to one. It needs to pass three readings in the Duma before it is moved to parliament's upper house, and then requires the signature of the president, Vladimir Putin.

[...] The amendment would decriminalise any violence that does not cause serious medical harm, which is defined as requiring hospital treatment. Beatings that leave bruises, scratches or bleeding but do not leave lasting negative health effects such as broken bones or concussion will no longer be criminal. If there is a second beating within a year, however, the case can be made a criminal one.


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  • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Tuesday January 24 2017, @03:10AM

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday January 24 2017, @03:10AM (#457923) Journal

    Nothing useful to add to this conversation? Imagine that. Well, have fun, and try to psychoanalyze me, Azuma. I've already responded to your hoplophobic post - but tell me, why are you interested in the size of my penis? I've never asked about your anatomy. I really don't care if you wear a 34A, or a 48E.

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  • (Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Tuesday January 24 2017, @06:54AM

    by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Tuesday January 24 2017, @06:54AM (#457982) Journal

    Predictable as always, right down to the use of the word "hoplophobia." Doesn't it ever bother you that you can be so easily mapped out and triangulated?

    As to your miniscule wedding tackle, I personally don't have any interest in it, but I've noticed from your post history, especially recently, that you place high value on the traditional masculine virtues...to the point, in fact, of turning on your fellow men who are victims of domestic violence from female partners, which is a bizarrely common phenomenon. We feminists are your friends, honey; leaving the TERFs and separatist nutters aside, we've been trying to tell you for decades that the monolithic entity known as "the patriarchy" is screwing you too, as it's been more about class than sex for at least a century.

    But it's easier to just keep on keepin' on, right? Somewhere deep down, the beatings are still happening, only now you're doing it to yourself, with the assumption that this gives you some sort of superiority to "lesser men" (and, God forbid, women of any stripe). So tough, so strong, so stubborn, until someone triggers you :)

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 24 2017, @07:56AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 24 2017, @07:56AM (#458000)

      Azuma Hazuki has mapped everyone incorrectly.

      • (Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Tuesday January 24 2017, @05:23PM

        by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Tuesday January 24 2017, @05:23PM (#458158) Journal

        Says the AC. There are far fewer patterns and personality types than most people want to admit. Got something to say to me, manlet? Bring it.

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