Quote:
Originally Posted by 19Yzerman19
While I'm certainly concerned about practical impacts of the law on people in Russia (though probably more concerned about less obvious ones resulting from the fostering of a culture of bigotry and tacit support of homophobic views), it's a separate issue, in my view, from the basic principle here. The fine could be ten dollars or five. It's the actual behaviour that's banned thereunder that is really concerning, from where I sit. There's no excuse for accepting a law based on this premise - that gay people are somehow inherently associated with harm to children - on the basis that the impact of the law would be minimal. I fully recognize that's not what you're doing, but I'm just underscoring the point that the issue isn't whether the fine prescribed is a large or small amount of money.
|
Uh, yeah buddy, we're all more concerned with a law restricting the rights of homosexuals than we are with the financial impact, welcome to the conversation.
However, to make a good point, a valid and strong point, you have to debilitate the defendable aspects on the other side of the argument. One defendable aspect: cheap fine! How do you debilitate it? Point out how relatively expensive it actually is!
Kind of debate 101 there. If all you're going to do is repeat "the law is wrong" over and over without addressing the intricacies or failures of particular parts of the law in relation to other things, then your argument isn't going to catch much ground with the "other" side. Just a heads up.