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Re: Legal decolonization
DIR By: 90sRetroFan
Date: June 27, 2022, 9:50 pm
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Finally some American radicalism:
HTML https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/constitution-literally-written-slaveowners-why-203000305.html
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> The Constitution Was Literally Written By Slaveowners. Why Is
America Obsessed With Upholding It?
>
> Last week, the Supreme Court eviscerated a woman’s right to
abortion, undermined Miranda rights, expanded gun rights and
allowed border patrol agents to operate with even further
impunity. Today, it ruled that a former Washington state high
school football coach can pray on the field immediately after
games—regardless of the religious backgrounds of the students.
> ...
> The primary authors consisted of: John Adams, Thomas Paine,
Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison. The last two men on that
list owned slaves. How can this set of laws still guide a nation
when it was concocted by white men who looked at Black people as
property and not as human?
> ...
> It’s clear that the right will continue to twist and contort
anything they can to carry out their agenda—an agenda that has
and will always harm this country’s most marginalized and
vulnerable populations. And honestly, the Constitution will
always be a hell of an excuse to oppress Black folks on behalf
of white supremacy.
--- End Quote ---
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Re: Legal decolonization
DIR By: 90sRetroFan
Date: August 12, 2022, 8:50 pm
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The pushback against compulsory schooling (a uniquely Western
institution) begins!
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Re: Legal decolonization
DIR By: 90sRetroFan
Date: August 17, 2022, 3:46 pm
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Continuing from:
HTML https://trueleft.createaforum.com/issues/legal-decolonization/msg7280/?topicseen#msg7280
now:
HTML https://finance.yahoo.com/news/hong-kong-denies-democracy-advocates-042608391.html
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> (Bloomberg) -- Hong Kong has denied a jury trial to dozens of
democracy advocates facing life in prison under a China-imposed
national security law, according to local media, raising
concerns over the rule of law in the former British colony.
>
> Justice Secretary Paul Lam ordered the city’s largest national
security case to be held before a panel of three handpicked
judges in a document dated last Saturday, the South China
Morning Post reported Wednesday.
>
> His decision upholds a break with Hong Kong’s common law
judicial tradition in such cases -- so far, no national security
law defendant has been granted a jury.
--- End Quote ---
Keep it up! Juries never existed in any non-Western
civilization; this is something that all non-Westerners should
be proud of!
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> Lam wrote that a jury trial carried “a real risk that the due
administration of justice might be impaired,” according to the
newspaper, which saw the document. He named “involvement of
foreign factors” and the “personal safety of jurors” as reasons
for the decision, citing provisions in the law for mandating a
trial by judge.
--- End Quote ---
Thank you. But if so, why not eliminate juries altogether?
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> Some 30 of the defendants, who include organizers of the 2019
anti-government protests and already jailed activist Joshua
Wong, have been held without bail for more than a year
> ...
> Three former leaders of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of
Patriotic Democratic Movements of China have been denied bail
since being charged with subversion last September, with only
basic details being reported from their court appearances.
--- End Quote ---
Bail should also be eliminated, as previously discussed:
HTML https://trueleft.createaforum.com/issues/legal-decolonization/msg752/?topicseen#msg752
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Re: Legal decolonization
DIR By: 90sRetroFan
Date: August 21, 2022, 5:58 pm
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Victory:
HTML https://www.yahoo.com/news/singapore-decriminalize-sex-between-men-153034019.html
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> LGBTQ groups welcomed Lee's decision to repeal Section 377A of
the penal code, a colonial-era law that criminalizes sex between
men
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As we keep emphasizing, homophobia is Western:
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_history_in_Singapore
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> traditional Malay culture did not contain the idea or the
figure of the modern gay individual. However, Malay society did
acknowledge the reality and existence of alternatives to
heterosexual practices. ‘Third gender’ or transgender
individuals, who are called mak nyah, were socially recognised,
tolerated and even incorporated into community life.
> ...
> Bret Hinsch in chapter 6 of his book 'Passions of the Cut
Sleeve: the Male Homosexual Tradition in China' has detailed
evidence, derived from the works of literati Li Yu and Shen De
Fu, of institutionalised gay marriage practices amongst Hokkien
men in Ming dynasty China.[3][4] The subculture was exported
along with the human tide into Singapore and practised
discreetly in an alien environment which officially espoused
Victorian values.
> ...
> As with other British colonies, Singapore acquired a legal
system and law modelled after Britain. Victorian values were
codified into strict laws governing sexual behaviour in the
United Kingdom, and these were brought to the colonies. The
colonial legal system criminalised sodomy (see section 377 of
the Singapore Penal Code). These laws reinforced the values of
the ruling British elite, which set the tone for other classes
and ethnicities to emulate, at least on the surface. Over time,
and to appear equally 'civilised' many Asians disavowed their
longstanding cultural tolerance of sexual minorities.
> ...
> When the Japanese invaded Singapore in February 1942, Japanese
laws replaced previous colonial laws. Gay sex was never
criminalised in Japan and would now have been technically legal
in Singapore.
> ...
> The growing popularity of travel to Thailand and Japan in the
late 1970s also introduced Singaporeans to traditional Asian
societies that were more accepting of homosexuals.
--- End Quote ---
The problem is that illiterates were in power, and they inverted
reality:
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> Singapore's rapid economic growth had been attributed by its
leaders to 'Asian values'. The promotion of these ideas by
Singaporean leaders fostered a climate of social conservatism.
Against this backdrop, gays were perceived as a threat to Asian
values and a sign of the emergence of decadent Western
liberalism and individualism.
--- End Quote ---
This truth is the exact opposite! It was Western civilization
which perceived "gays" as a threat to its values! Then again,
what can we expect from anyone who uses the Eurocentric term
"Asian" (itself a colonial-era Western concept) to describe
themselves? Maybe they are correct: if "Asian values" means
perceiving oneself as a servile imitator of Western
civilization, then of course you would perceive "gays" as a
threat to your West-worship.....
See also:
HTML https://trueleft.createaforum.com/issues/social-decolonization/msg7480/#msg7480
HTML https://trueleft.createaforum.com/issues/social-decolonization/msg14795/#msg14795
HTML https://trueleft.createaforum.com/ancient-world/inspired-by-muhammad/msg13353/#msg13353
HTML https://trueleft.createaforum.com/colonial-era/homophobia-is-not-american/msg671/#msg671
HTML https://trueleft.createaforum.com/colonial-era/homophobia-is-not-american/msg6187/#msg6187
HTML https://trueleft.createaforum.com/colonial-era/homophobia-is-not-american/msg9187/#msg9187
Bonus song:
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lQICEOGtdQ
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Re: Legal decolonization
DIR By: 90sRetroFan
Date: December 6, 2022, 8:37 pm
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HTML https://www.yahoo.com/news/indonesias-sex-laws-could-mean-212802595.html
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> Tourism operators in Indonesia are still trying to recover
from the devastating impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic. Now the
country's parliament has passed new laws that some fear could
turn tourists away once again - because having sex out of
wedlock is set to be outlawed.
>
> The controversial laws, which critics have labelled a
"disaster" for human rights, also ban unmarried couples from
living together and restrict political and religious freedoms.
There were protests in Jakarta this week, and the laws are
expected to be challenged in court.
>
> The new criminal codes are set to take effect in three years
and apply to Indonesians and foreigners living in the country,
as well as visitors.
> ...
> Under the new law, unmarried couples caught having sex can be
jailed for up to a year and those found living together could be
jailed for up to six months.
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And that is how absurd the Western notion of "human rights" are.
HTML https://live.staticflickr.com/2348/2503224501_9ed421f755_b.jpg
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> Critics say holiday-makers could also become ensnared.
>
> "Let's say an Australian tourist has a boyfriend or a
girlfriend who is a local," Andreas Harsono, a senior researcher
at Human Rights Watch told the Australian Broadcasting
Corporation (ABC).
>
> "Then the local parents or the local brother or sister
reported the tourist to the police. It will be a problem."
--- End Quote ---
All locals who dislike this law should emigrate to Australia.
--- Quote ---
> Visitors have been told not to worry too much, because police
will only investigate if a family member makes a complaint -
such as a parent, spouse or child of the suspected offenders.
>
> But that is dangerous in itself, Mr Harsono said, as it opens
the door to "selective law enforcement".
>
> "It means that it will only be implemented against certain
targets," he told ABC radio.
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Always file complaints when "whites" are involved. Otherwise it
proves you are still too intimidated by your colonizers to hold
them to the same standards.
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> And of course it is not just tourists from Australia who could
be affected.
>
> Canadian travel blogger Melissa Giroux, who moved to Bali for
18 months in 2017, told the BBC she was "shocked" the law
actually came through, after years of talk.
>
> "Many tourists will prefer to go elsewhere instead of risking
going to jail once the law is enforced," said Ms Giroux, who
pens the blog A Broken Backpack.
>
> "And I'm not even thinking about the single people who come to
Bali to party or the ones who fall in love during their
travels."
--- End Quote ---
It is possible to fall in love (or to party, for that matter)
and not have sex, you Westerner.
Indeed, note how almost the entire article is about how the new
law will inconvenience (implicitly Western) tourists. This is
how Westerners think the entire non-Western world should revolve
around pleasing Western tourists. This is in itself one reason
why laws such as the above are so refreshing: it sends the
message that at least parts of the non-Western world still exist
that does not prioritize the pleasure of Western tourists.
See also:
HTML https://trueleft.createaforum.com/issues/anti-gentrification/msg15225/#msg15225
HTML https://trueleft.createaforum.com/issues/anti-gentrification/msg15738/#msg15738
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Re: Legal decolonization
DIR By: Zhang Caizhi
Date: December 13, 2022, 11:45 pm
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Bali governor insists sex ban no risk to tourists
HTML https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2022/12/12/indonesian-governor-claims-bali-bonk-ban-no-risk-to-tourists
Bali Governor Wayan Koster says authorities will not check the
marital status of those checking in at tourist accommodations.
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>
> Bali’s governor has insisted visitors should not worry about a
controversial ban on sex outside of marriage, dismissing
concerns Indonesia’s revised criminal code will throttle the
recovery of the resort island’s lucrative tourism industry.
>
> Bali Governor Wayan Koster said in a statement on Sunday that
people can only be prosecuted for sex outside of marriage
following a complaint by a parent, spouse or child, a provision
added to a stricter draft of the legislation to ensure
“everyone’s privacy and comfortableness”.
>
> Wayan said foreign tourists and residents “would not need to
worry” about the revised laws and authorities would not check
the marital status of people checking in at tourist
accommodations.
>
> The governor also criticised what he said were “hoax” reports
of travellers cancelling flights and hotel bookings and
cautioned against “misleading statements that would stir up the
situation”, saying that data from travel agents and airlines
indicates that the number of visitors is set to increase next
year.
>
> The governor’s remarks come as Bali, a predominately Hindu
island in the world’s most populous Muslim-majority nation,
seeks to attract back tourists after the COVID-19 pandemic
caused arrivals to plunge from 6.3 million in 2019 to just
dozens in 2021.
>
> Tourism groups, including the Association of The Indonesian
Tours and Travel Agencies and the Indonesian Hotel & Restaurant
Association, have expressed concerns about the law, while
Australia, the biggest source of foreign tourists, has said it
is “seeking further clarity” about how its citizens could be
affected.
>
> Gary Bowerman, director of Kuala Lumpur-based travel and
tourism research firm Check-in Asia, said despite authorities’
assurances, tourism is heavily dependent on perceptions.
>
> “That’s why destinations spend millions of dollars on
campaigns to promote their attractiveness and uniqueness to
visitors. The new criminal code could instil a negative
perception, not only for fear of personal safety but also for
travellers concerned about the rights of local people,” Bowerman
told Al Jazeera.
>
> “The important thing to remember is that tourists have
choices. If they feel that the new criminal code provides
reasons not to visit Indonesia, they can book to go elsewhere.
This is not a luxury shared by local people affected by the new
criminal code.”
>
> The sex ban follows a sweeping overhaul of Indonesia’s
criminal code approved last week by its parliament.
>
> Officials have hailed the passage of the code, which had
stalled for decades, as a step to bring the country’s
colonial-era laws “in line with Indonesian values”.
>
> The United Nations, human rights groups and press freedom
advocates have criticised the code, arguing it violates basic
human rights and will disproportionately harm women, religious
minorities and LGBTQ people.
>
> In addition to outlawing sex outside of marriage, the code
also bans apostasy and makes it a crime to insult the president,
state institutions, the national flag and the state philosophy
of Pancasila.
>
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Re: Legal decolonization
DIR By: 90sRetroFan
Date: December 24, 2022, 8:48 pm
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Victory:
HTML https://www.yahoo.com/news/pakistan-president-repeals-colonial-era-101554783.html
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> Pakistani president repeals colonial-era law against suicide
> ...
> Under the previous legislation — a vestige of colonial times
from before the 1947 partition that carved out India and
Pakistan from the former British Empire — attempted suicide was
punishable by up to one year in prison, a fine or both in
Pakistan.
--- End Quote ---
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Of course the British colonialists discouraged suicides, as
fewer people meant less tax paid.
In general, any state that prohibits suicide cares more about
you as a taxpayer than about you as an individual.
With that said, under current circumstances, the best method for
anyone in Pakistan who wants to commit suicide would be to try
to eliminate at least one Western colonialist bloodline along
with themselves.
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Loitering
DIR By: guest98
Date: January 1, 2023, 1:07 pm
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The turanian molding force in western occupied "North America"
needs to be destroyed. A manifestation of this is the stupid no
loitering laws, only in the west would it be illegal simply to
stand somewhere. In western occupied "North America" you always
have to be moving from point a to point b.
I'm sure if more people in the west where to loiter among
themselves then a unity could grow to alleviate the divisions,
classism/rascism, and inappropriate distancing that currently
plagues it.
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Re: Legal decolonization
DIR By: 90sRetroFan
Date: January 12, 2023, 8:30 pm
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HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhLqKwQ64IM
Best comment:
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> British rule in India made These things difficult bz they
imported victorian laws India...it was not an issue in pre
colonial era
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Exactly. Homophobes/transphobes in India are not Hindus:
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_India#History
--- Quote ---
> Hinduism acknowledges a third gender; there are certain
characters in the Mahabharata who, according to some versions of
the epic, change genders, such as Shikhandi, who is sometimes
said to be born as a female but identifies as male and
eventually marries a woman.
> ...
> The Hindu Khajuraho temples, famous for their erotic
sculptures, contain several depictions of homosexual activity.
Historians have long argued that pre-colonial Indian society did
not criminalise same-sex relationships, nor did it view such
relations as immoral or sinful.
--- End Quote ---
but actually Westerners:
--- Quote ---
> The Dutch traveler Johan Stavorinus reported about male
homosexuality among Mughals living in Bengal, "The sin of Sodom
is not only universal in practice among them, but extends to a
bestial communication with brutes, and in particular, sheep.
Women even abandon themselves to the commission of unnatural
crimes."[7][8]
> ...
> Homosexuality was first criminalized in India under the
British Raj through Section 377 which was imposed in 1862.
[16]The law stated: "Whoever voluntarily has carnal intercourse
against the order of nature with any man, woman or animal, shall
be punished with [imprisonment for life], or with imprisonment
of either description for a term which may extend to ten years,
and shall also be liable to fine. Explanation: Penetration is
sufficient to constitute the carnal intercourse necessary to the
offense described in the section."[17] The law was drafted by
Thomas Babington Macaulay, who based it on anti-sodomy laws that
already existed in Britain[16]."
> ...
> One of the first sodomy-related cases to be prosecuted under
British rule in India was the case of Khairati vs Queen Empress
in 1884.[19] Khairati was first called on by the police when he
was seen cross-dressing and singing with a group of women in
Moradabad.[20] The case was brought to the Allahabad high court,
where Khairati was forced to undergo a medical examination and
it was found that he had an 'extended anal orifice' which was
the sign of a 'habitual catamite'.[20] Cross-dressing was,
again, used as evidence to support this argument. Cross-dressing
was normal in indigenous culture in India, but since this did
not fit the moral standards of sexuality of Britishers and the
ambiguity of Section 377, Khairati was arrested and prosecuted
in court.[19]
--- End Quote ---
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Re: Legal decolonization
DIR By: rp
Date: February 3, 2023, 6:36 pm
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Technically speaking I have seen some "trad" Turanist Hindus who
are homophobic, but these are almost all invariably Westerners.
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