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Why the USSR had no women's national teams in football, ice hockey, etc? Ain't woman's business? :) -- 93.174.25.12 ( talk) 13:48, 23 February 2014 (UTC)
I'm aware that I have asked about this topic several times over the years, but after reading a Listverse article, the topic again caught my attention. China is believed to execute more people per year than the rest of the world combined. According to several sources (including my own Reference desk questions; check the archives), they keep their execution statistics a state secret, which to my knowledge is highly unusual in current history (according to my previous questions, China is currently the only country that keeps execution statistics secret, although some sources online suggest that Vietnam, Belarus, and historically Mongolia also follow this practice, although in the case of Belarus, there does not appear to be an official policy regarding secrecy of execution statistics).
My question is no longer about what other countries keep execution statistics secret (although further answers to this topic are also appreciated). My questions are: 1. At least in recent history, is the practice of keeping execution statistics secret by countries common? Was it common in the 20th century? This obviously excludes executions that were done in secret, or executions that were denied to have happened, only publicly confirmed executions. 2. If only China (and perhaps the aforementioned countries) keep executions secret, then why has the practice of secrecy regarding execution statistics not caught on elsewhere? Narutolovehinata5 t c csd new 15:57, 23 February 2014 (UTC)
Narutolovehinata5 -- the obvious reason why it's not spreading to more countries is that it not only violates basic principles of democratic transparency, but also the desire to see justice be done. The Japanese government famously keeps the dates of executions secret until shortly before they are to take place, and even that's aggravating enough in its way... AnonMoos ( talk) 12:12, 24 February 2014 (UTC)
Hey, we have an encyclopaedia at our disposal. Let's look at .... oh, Capital punishment in Japan and head for the stays of execution section to discover more! The Rambling Man ( talk) 14:39, 24 February 2014 (UTC)
This is just a minor note - or so I hope. There is another way of looking at secret executions. For most of history, and until too recently for comfort, especially in less literate societies, executions were seldom written down. There was no official policy of secrecy, executions where simply not always considered noteworthy enough to write about. Even after WWII, Indians in South America were persecuted and killed in great numbers without any official statistical records about it. This was easily done, since they had no birth records, no social security numbers, no officially written way to identify any individual Indian. The same may well be true, even today, in some areas of the world. Is every individual person in the world today registered by birth, death, and cause of death today? If not, there is still room for executions or state murders not being known, and still not being officially "secret". DanielDemaret ( talk) 14:05, 25 February 2014 (UTC)
I have a book titled The Works of Shakespeare. It was published my T.Y. Crowell and the glossary was prepared by the Rev. J.M. Jephsen. There is no year in the book and I am trying to find out when it may have been published.
Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.126.154.203 ( talk) 16:10, 23 February 2014 (UTC)
Montrose Baptist Church has a fascinating and convoluted history. At least one of its pastors, whose first sermon I heard in person, turned out to be even worse than I suspected at that time, though the church members seemed to be taken in. SOMEONE SHOULD RESEARCH and WRITE an ENTRY on that church. Identify it here: http://www.montroseministries.org/ I never did join and have no connections there, but it would be very helpful for people new to the Rockville/North Silver Spring, MD, area, to be able to read its history. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.66.61.96 ( talk) 20:14, 23 February 2014 (UTC)
Is it possible for Ukraine peacefully coexist with both European Union and Russia or is it already doom?
I for really want to know because to me this is the best of both worlds. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mybodymyself ( talk • contribs) 22:44, 23 February 2014 (UTC)
Thank you for all of your answers to my question here. In which some of them were what I was looking for and others weren't. Of course didn't mean with all out war, but meant with all out peacefully or whatever its called.-- Jessica A Bruno ( talk) 00:47, 24 February 2014 (UTC)
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Why the USSR had no women's national teams in football, ice hockey, etc? Ain't woman's business? :) -- 93.174.25.12 ( talk) 13:48, 23 February 2014 (UTC)
I'm aware that I have asked about this topic several times over the years, but after reading a Listverse article, the topic again caught my attention. China is believed to execute more people per year than the rest of the world combined. According to several sources (including my own Reference desk questions; check the archives), they keep their execution statistics a state secret, which to my knowledge is highly unusual in current history (according to my previous questions, China is currently the only country that keeps execution statistics secret, although some sources online suggest that Vietnam, Belarus, and historically Mongolia also follow this practice, although in the case of Belarus, there does not appear to be an official policy regarding secrecy of execution statistics).
My question is no longer about what other countries keep execution statistics secret (although further answers to this topic are also appreciated). My questions are: 1. At least in recent history, is the practice of keeping execution statistics secret by countries common? Was it common in the 20th century? This obviously excludes executions that were done in secret, or executions that were denied to have happened, only publicly confirmed executions. 2. If only China (and perhaps the aforementioned countries) keep executions secret, then why has the practice of secrecy regarding execution statistics not caught on elsewhere? Narutolovehinata5 t c csd new 15:57, 23 February 2014 (UTC)
Narutolovehinata5 -- the obvious reason why it's not spreading to more countries is that it not only violates basic principles of democratic transparency, but also the desire to see justice be done. The Japanese government famously keeps the dates of executions secret until shortly before they are to take place, and even that's aggravating enough in its way... AnonMoos ( talk) 12:12, 24 February 2014 (UTC)
Hey, we have an encyclopaedia at our disposal. Let's look at .... oh, Capital punishment in Japan and head for the stays of execution section to discover more! The Rambling Man ( talk) 14:39, 24 February 2014 (UTC)
This is just a minor note - or so I hope. There is another way of looking at secret executions. For most of history, and until too recently for comfort, especially in less literate societies, executions were seldom written down. There was no official policy of secrecy, executions where simply not always considered noteworthy enough to write about. Even after WWII, Indians in South America were persecuted and killed in great numbers without any official statistical records about it. This was easily done, since they had no birth records, no social security numbers, no officially written way to identify any individual Indian. The same may well be true, even today, in some areas of the world. Is every individual person in the world today registered by birth, death, and cause of death today? If not, there is still room for executions or state murders not being known, and still not being officially "secret". DanielDemaret ( talk) 14:05, 25 February 2014 (UTC)
I have a book titled The Works of Shakespeare. It was published my T.Y. Crowell and the glossary was prepared by the Rev. J.M. Jephsen. There is no year in the book and I am trying to find out when it may have been published.
Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.126.154.203 ( talk) 16:10, 23 February 2014 (UTC)
Montrose Baptist Church has a fascinating and convoluted history. At least one of its pastors, whose first sermon I heard in person, turned out to be even worse than I suspected at that time, though the church members seemed to be taken in. SOMEONE SHOULD RESEARCH and WRITE an ENTRY on that church. Identify it here: http://www.montroseministries.org/ I never did join and have no connections there, but it would be very helpful for people new to the Rockville/North Silver Spring, MD, area, to be able to read its history. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.66.61.96 ( talk) 20:14, 23 February 2014 (UTC)
Is it possible for Ukraine peacefully coexist with both European Union and Russia or is it already doom?
I for really want to know because to me this is the best of both worlds. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mybodymyself ( talk • contribs) 22:44, 23 February 2014 (UTC)
Thank you for all of your answers to my question here. In which some of them were what I was looking for and others weren't. Of course didn't mean with all out war, but meant with all out peacefully or whatever its called.-- Jessica A Bruno ( talk) 00:47, 24 February 2014 (UTC)