tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11744243.post115376812859453023..comments2023-06-17T05:07:21.550-05:00Comments on DYKUN of Mozhlyvivka: More on Riga's Gay Pride and Latvia's ShameStefanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00913779662275547638noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11744243.post-1154024201312595132006-07-27T13:16:00.000-05:002006-07-27T13:16:00.000-05:00Well, you've done it again--when writing that comm...Well, you've done it again--when writing that comment, I thought to myself, "Well, of course, the city council was listening to the minister of the interior saying that he could not guarantee safety. . ." Nonetheless, members of the city council had to have known better. Perhaps the minister's real incompetence was how he made the job easy for the city council members to block the parade while Stefanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00913779662275547638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11744243.post-1154019449478335922006-07-27T11:57:00.000-05:002006-07-27T11:57:00.000-05:00Thanks Stefan -- I've been enjoying your blogs and...Thanks Stefan -- I've been enjoying your blogs and noticed that we have some things in common in our backgrounds!<BR/><BR/>On whether the city council is just as guilty -- perhaps, but the Minister of the Interior explicitly recommended not permitting the parade, saying that he could not guarantee the security of the participants. There are municipal police forces in Latvia, but they are not Pēteris Cedriņšhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14427626605836088551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11744243.post-1153940134579872102006-07-26T13:55:00.000-05:002006-07-26T13:55:00.000-05:00Oh, and by the way, I have looked at your site and...Oh, and by the way, I have looked at your site and thank you for the link to mine. . .Your site(s) is/are very interesting and I will definitely be looking at them more, and I will put up a link to your site on mine as well. . .Stefanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00913779662275547638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11744243.post-1153939970019673012006-07-26T13:52:00.000-05:002006-07-26T13:52:00.000-05:00You are quite right. I hesitated to include this ...You are quite right. I hesitated to include this last point before pressing the "Publish Post" button, having a big debate with myself over the implications of what I wrote. <BR/>You are quite right to point out that homophobia in Latvia is not a problem specific to any one community, but is, sadly, one of the few points upon which certain members of communities that are often in conflict with Stefanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00913779662275547638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11744243.post-1153821089101891812006-07-25T04:51:00.000-05:002006-07-25T04:51:00.000-05:00A very comprehensive and insightful post, Stefan. ...A very comprehensive and insightful post, Stefan. Your last point takes you out on a limb, though -- certainly much of the political leadership has failed, and the political leadership is almost entirely (ethnic) Latvian. On the other hand, there is an open letter signed by a couple of dozen members of the intelligentsia, expressing horror at the wave of intolerance sweeping Latvia -- the troublePēteris Cedriņšhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14427626605836088551noreply@blogger.com