Brickbat: Sacred and Profane

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Ruslan Sokolovsky faces up to seven and a half years in prison for playing Pokemon Go inside a church in Yekaterinburg, Russia. Officials have charged Sokolovsky with inciting religious hatred and insulting the feelings of religious believers.

Comments

[JeremyR]

Kind of funny how Russia when from being crazy atheist to crazy religious

[Fist of Etiquette]

They had to replace their god when the state lost its divinity.

[DanO.]

The Russian people under the Soviet system were never atheists, as you must know.

[Trigger Hippie]

They worship authority, regardless the form. It has been ingrained into their unconscious bias for a thousand years.

Myopic generalizations, FTW!

[Gordilocks]

One would assume the Church wouldn't be terribly opposed to those studiously examining phenomenon that isn't really there.

[some guy]

You have to wonder what this guy really did.

[Trigger Hippie]

In Russia, shadow monster catches you!

[Robert]

My question is whether what he posted about it was meant to belittle the church or site, or whether he was just posting, look, here I am at a famous location, and playing this game. The distinction may be subtle, but it's about whether he gave deliberate or careless offense. If it was just careless, then even if he was aware of the legal regime there he should not be guilty.

[mattcid]

Here in the US, Churches are Pokemon magnets. I'm not clear on the details but my 10 year old has me drive around to all the local churches to refresh his supply of PokeBalls.

[Radioactive]

do you take the pokedicks when you cut off their pokeballs?

[ColoradoKook]

Spotted pokedick is a delicacy in some cultures.

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