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Violent Rhetoric claims another victim

BenBurch

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http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503543_162-20029786-503543.html

Although police say they cannot conclude there is a link between Kato's death and his activism, friends tell the BBC that he received repeated death threats after his name, photograph and address were published in the local Rolling Stone newspaper as one of the country's "top 100 homosexuals" last year.
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The article in question called for the hanging of all persons on that list according to a BBC world service report I heard earlier today.
 
I'm willing to bet that his death has more to do with him being in Uganda than any violent rhetoric. Being gay(among a lot of things) is already a crime there and a former prime minister wanted to make it a capitol offense.

The article in question called for the hanging of all persons on that list according to a BBC world service report I heard earlier today.
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linky?
 
I still think "Violent hellhole of a country claims another victim" would be a better title.
 
Donal said:
I'm willing to bet that his death has more to do with him being in Uganda than any violent rhetoric. Being gay(among a lot of things) is already a crime there and a former prime minister wanted to make it a capitol offense.



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I take it you don't read much news?
 
They interviewed this guy on NPR the other week. He talked about friends of his that had been killed after the article and how he had been attacked at the market.

Just sad and hopeless.
 
Skeptic Ginger said:
I take it you don't read much news?
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Ya, I have for a long time. Apparently, Uganda and a couple other countries in Africa are really messed up and being gay is just one of many stupid reasons a person can be killed.
 
Drudgewire said:
The CBS story just says "police cannot conclude there is a link," but the AP report goes a little further:




http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110127/ap_on_re_af/af_uganda_gay_activist_slain
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It remains to be seen, and we may never know. When the Ugandan Parlament Member responsible for the bill visited the US he got lots of flack for the kill the gays legislation so he totally down played the facts, denied in interviews what was clearly documented.

Maddow Takes on Uganda Hater


More background:
NPR: C Street “Family” behind Uganda’s death penalty for gays?


OTOH, of course coincidental robbery is equally possible.
 
Donal said:
Ya, I have for a long time. Apparently, Uganda and a couple other countries in Africa are really messed up and being gay is just one of many stupid reasons a person can be killed.
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Kinda sorta. Until the "Global Mission" of homophobic Evangelical Christians started pushing their beliefs in Uganda, there was no major anti-gay sentiment and the HIV rate had remarkably decreased due to the condom campaign.

Then came the abstinence only and god hates gays preachers and the condom supply suffered setbacks, the rate of HIV started climbing again and then this death penalty for gays turned up.

It's really unfair to blame that totally on those "messed up Africans".
 
What level do you have to be to cast a spell where saying something makes people do stuff? What's the casting time like? How many times do I get to roll the 20 sided die?
 
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