Thread: Почему распался Советский Союз? Что происходит в Прибалтике, и немного истории

Originally Posted by Eric C.

What do you think of those arrests? That looked like people didn't have rights to walk wherever they wished. Everyone who was there was at the risk of being attacked and arrested. You'd been so lucky to leave that country before the attacks started taking place...

No, I was there while it was happening, only, I noticed NOTHING.
And certainly, the police paid no attention whatsoever to me, even when I (absentmindedly) crossed the street when the red man was showing. That is actually illegal in Belarus. But they didn't do anything. I passed by the main square (Independence) when some people had congregated there. The police were there, but they weren't doing anything.

I am sure that there ARE people that are being poorly treated in Belarus. But it's not directed at people who don't stick their neck out.
If you want a comparison, consider the university fee riots in London, where lots of people were arrested and beaten up, and anti-globalisation protests were a man was killed by police last year and many arrested. There is not A LOT of difference.

What irritates me the most is that you pretend to be some kind of Belarus expert when in reality you haven't been there and had completely incorrect information when you first commented on it. If a Belarussian comments I would respect his views whatever they were. But you are just mindlessly repeating what you have read on Radio Liberty or whatever...

Originally Posted by Hanna

No, I was there while it was happening, only, I noticed NOTHING.
And certainly, the police paid no attention whatsoever to me, even when I (absentmindedly) crossed the street when the red man was showing. That is actually illegal in Belarus. But they didn't do anything. I passed by the main square (Independence) when some people had congregated there. The police were there, but they weren't doing anything.

Well, from what I know, really aggressive attacks started from 6/22, including that day. Was it when you were there?