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posted by LaminatorX on Wednesday February 19 2014, @11:00PM   Printer-friendly
from the not-going-to-make-light-of-this dept.

romanr writes:

"The situation in Ukraine was pretty wild yesterday. Over twenty dead protesters have been reported, and many more have been injured. One student, a supporter of peaceful demonstrations and a participant in the riots, answers questions about the current situation in Ukraine."

[ED Note: Background on the Ukraine situation from the BBC.]

 
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  • (Score: 4, Interesting) by tftp on Thursday February 20 2014, @02:06AM

    by tftp (806) on Thursday February 20 2014, @02:06AM (#3067) Homepage

    Change happens "when people are ready", not because some groups wants them now.

    There are groups in Ukraine who want the change right now. They are using the fact that the government of Yanukovitch is corrupt, impotent, and indecisive. (Compare to Al Sisi in Egypt; there were thousands of protesters in the streets against him; he sent helicopters with machine guns and issued live ammo... and we heard crickets in the Western MSM. Protesters are no more, and Egypt is stable again. Is the price worth it?)

    Just like the revolution in Russia in 1917, the current government is universally despised and weak. However the vast majority of Ukrainians do not want violence. A revolt is only going to install a new boss, who may be not any better than the old boss. Ukraine is a largely democratic country, such as that parties can propose candidates, and the voters vote for them. Ukraine could have simply elected a better President. However the protesters (and those who instigate the riots) do not want the democratic process because they'd never be elected. Some of them are following in the footsteps of Stepan Bandera, a NAZI associate of Hitler. Those guys can get power only in fire of a violent revolt, where the "election" is done by force, not by careful and free consideration of all voters. What's happening in Ukraine right now is deeply undemocratic, on par with Pinochet's takeover in Chile. Sometimes such actions are necessary... but only if the democratic process in the country is dead. Ukraine's democracy was not dead, far from it.

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