• teft@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    The fucking orcs were setting up whites only bars. Good for Sri Lanka for kicking them out.

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      They didn’t kick out that minority who ran racist businesses, they kicked out all the 288k people who reneged on their “duty” to go kill ukrainians and die for putin’s aspirations.

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        The fact that unregistered illegal Russian businesses had become an actual problem there indicates that Sri Lanka - a very poor nation that almost went bankrupt last year - is not equipped to deal with an influx of that size.

        If you want someone to take on 288 thousand refugees I agree with you, but it shouldn’t be Sri Lanka.

        Tourism minister Harin Fernando told Daily Mirror that the ministry has been receiving complaints of some Russian tourists running unregistered and illegal businesses in the southern part of the country.

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        That’s a wrong amount. Real figure is unknown, though surely much lower. Check the article.

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      Seriously? “Thanks for letting us escape to your country, now stay the fuck out of our bar.” Major dick move.

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      The fucking orcs were setting up whites only bars. Good for Sri Lanka for kicking them out.

      This comment sound as much racist as the people you are referring to, i hope you realize that you are just like them

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        It sounds like the “orcs” this person was referring broke the tolerance contract first, by setting up white only bars. I see no problem here at all. Bigots aren’t deserving of any sort of civility.

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          So if a gang of African American people broke into my house and called me a cracker, does that grant me the right to call them by a derogatory name?

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    I was going to say that I preferred them to stay in Sri Lanka, at least they would not become more soldiers for Putin… But moving there and then creating “whites only bars” 🤦, yeah, Sri Lanka is right in kicking them.

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    I visited Sri Lanka a few months ago, I remember visiting Hikkaduwa (a beach town in the south-west) and there were tons of Russian tourists there. All the local businesses had signs in Russran, and some hotels rooms even had Russian flags hanging from the balconies.

    I remeber talking to a Belarussian woman who has escaped Belarus when the war on Ukraine started because she was a political dissident and it was dangerous for her to stay. She’s been working there as a waitress ever since she arrived.

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      How did she feel about serving Russian tourists? I mean, not every Russian is pro Putin, let alone pro war. But if you feel the need to hang a freaking flag other than the one of the opposition from your hotel’s balcony you probably belong to the ribbon wearing scum.

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        She described being enraged by them and wanting to strangle them, but then she takes a deep breath and reminds herself that that kind of violent impulse is what wrought this war in the first place, so she tries to avoid that type of thinking

  • Mr_Blott@lemmy.world
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    An Israeli bloke was telling me the other day how loads of russian Jewish people had gone to Israel to avoid the war. Actually lol’d

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        Admittedly an horribly flippant comment on my part. He was actually saying how most of the russian Jewish were highly educated and hardworking compared to the average Israeli, and a massive boon to the country

        Not sure how to feel about that given both country’s circumstances

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      Jews or “Jews”?

      You can just say you’re a converted Jew right? With proof. There must be some people trying some shady shit to get the proof.

  • John_McMurray@lemmy.world
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    I mean this kinda awful. They’re not their government and they clearly don’t want to be part of the war.

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      I mean this kinda awful. They’re not their government and they clearly don’t want to be part of the war.

      But they are racist and have a “white only” policy in a country that isn’t even theirs. So why should that country host them?

      It comes amid a furious social media backlash over Russian-run businesses with a “whites only” policy that strictly bars locals. These businesses include bars, restaurants, water sports and vehicle hiring services.

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        Do you think all russian citizens are racist?

        I’m convinced this war has been going on long enough that xenophobia against Russians is considered acceptable which is fucking awful

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          It is awful, but think of culture like software. In fact, think of it like Microsoft software.

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        Yeah rightly or wrongly this is how I feel.

        Surely the Russian people need to bear some responsibility for their government’s actions.

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      I understand their response with this. IIRC Indonesia is having the same problems with Ukrainians and Russians staying in Bali to avoid the war. The situation got so problematic the local government added Russian to their warning signs.

      Although the Russians are more problematic since their banks got sanctioned and cannot use Visa networks so they’re unable to pull any money from the ATMs and have resorted to taking local jobs and even panhandling there.

      https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2023/3/15/they-dont-respect-us-russians-face-backlash-in-bali

  • AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldB
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    This is the best summary I could come up with:


    Sri Lanka has told hundreds of thousands of Russians and some Ukrainians staying in the country to escape the war that they must leave in the next two weeks, immigration officers said.

    The immigration controller issued a notice to the tourism ministry asking Russian and Ukrainian people staying on extended tourist visas to leave Sri Lanka within two weeks from 23 February.

    The president’s office said that the notice had been issued without prior cabinet approval and the government had not officially decided to revoke the visa extensions, reported the Sri Lankan newspaper Daily Mirror.

    However, concerns have been raised over thousands of Russians and a smaller number of Ukrainians staying in the country for an extended period of time and even setting up their own restaurants and nightclubs.

    Tourism minister Harin Fernando told Daily Mirror that the ministry has been receiving complaints of some Russian tourists running unregistered and illegal businesses in the southern part of the country.

    In a bid to boost tourism and recover from its worst economic crisis since 2022, Sri Lanka began granting 30-days visas on arrival and extensions for up to six months.


    The original article contains 358 words, the summary contains 189 words. Saved 47%. I’m a bot and I’m open source!

  • SoonaPaana@lemmy.world
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    After all Sri Lanka does have previous experience with committing genocide and getting away with it.

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      War crimes in a civil war and immigration issues involving Russian tourists. They seem a tad bit unrelated :P

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        Yeah I understand. I got upset with few comments that were praising Sri Lanka. I just wanted to remind people that Sri Lanka has its skeletons too. Hidden away in mass graves.

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          Tonnes of websites will give you info on being a digital nomad.

          Seeing as the country took a hit lately things should be cheap and they will be happy to have someone supporting the economy. If its safe it sounds like a real option.

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      Digital nomad is just a word for tech bro immigrant, just like expat is a word for white immigrant. Just own it and say you’re an immigrant, it sounds less stupid.