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"Part of the attraction of the L.R. is, I think, due to the glimpses of a large history in the background: an attraction like that of viewing far off an unvisited island, or seeing the towers of a distant city gleaming in a sunlit mist. To go there is to destroy the magic, unless new unattainable vistas are again revealed."
— J.R.R. Tolkien
 
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I shall keep that quote. I've become rather obsessed with G.R.R.M and Robert Jordan that I've neglected Tolkien for quite a while.
 
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I really feel that it's a pointless debate. Though I am very frustrated by some of the opinions being asserted in it.
 
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I don't think I'd join. The topic has been severely derailed.

My main concern in Russia is its next generation. Some of them may grow up to be homophobic, but that isn't what I feel is the problem. There are a lot of homosexual people in this world and any child should be made aware of their existence so that they are exposed to a yet another perspective. They're exposed to other religions, other cultures, other nations... so why set apart homosexuality? I'm not really aware of pre-existing legislation in Russia, but I assume homosexual couples are allowed to have/adopt children? Are they not allowed to tell their child that they are homosexual? Are they not allowed to inform their child why their circumstances are different to other children with heterosexual parents? Perhaps you guys can enlighten me a little, because I have grown up in a relatively conservative, strictly religious family and environment and have been exposed to a lot of conflicting ideals when I came to Australia. The eastern mentality is a little lost on me I'm afraid.
 
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Homosexual couples are not allowed to adopt children. In most of Europe for that matter, I think. Though I don't keep up with the statistics, I may be wrong.

Well, mostly it doesn't even have to do much with religion or being eastern, it's just that due to being practically another world due to socialist rule, Eastern Europe and by extension other countries of the socialist block never went through the sexual revolution and growth of tolerance as the western society did.
There is actually a reversing process in a lot of former socialist states, because during those times tolerance of other nations and races was government-forced and homosexuality was forbidden with punishments for sodomy being up to 10 years in prison.
After the collapse of socialism, nationalism and radicalism grew incredibly quickly, with all the following consequences. The sheltered post-socialist societies were mostly not ready for the sudden liberalisation and introduction to the modern Western society. As a result, Western culture and economy has flooded the former socialist block, bringing with it a rise in crimes and countries falling into extreme poverty.
It's been years since then, but the catastrophic results of those events are present even now, with homosexuality and Western liberalism being seen by many as corruption.
It's no wonder, considering that the people were introduced to the liberal and capitalistic society that they dreamt of joining for so long, as their countries collapsed into chaos, crime and poverty.
 
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It was pritty frowned upon from the commies. I mean i know that the militia organised raids on places where homosexsuals gathered, beating the shit out of anyone caught and then arresting them. Im also sure the near by concentration camp also held homosexsuals alongside other "enemies of the state". So after communism and its twisted ideals died gays were pritty free to roam around and do whatever they want, you would still find some militant homophobes but they're just holding on to dying traditions. I guess we're pritty tolerant, considering how much this "man" achived.

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