| russ.lang., inf. |
отказник (a person who refuses to do something, for example one who refuses conscription or vaccination: Richard Ellmann once referred to Samuel Beckett as “Nayman from Noland”— the author as national refusenik. Beckett famously refused to allow a national representative from either Ireland or France to pick up his Nobel Prize […] • One IDF refusenik recounted how commanders on the field tried very hard to accommodate potential conscientious objectors by offering alternative and less controversial missions, in order to avoid their refusal to serve from becoming a public, and thus, political statement: […] • Authorities are offering incentives to those slow to accept the needle. In Tel Aviv, this has meant one bar offering a 'shot for a shot.' In Bnei-Barak, a bowl of stew has been offered to get the Ultra-Orthodox refuseniks over their reservations. • Gadgets from high-tech locks to new cars come with privacy policies running to thousands of words. Refuseniks might choose not to put such gadgets in their home. But outside, in public places, they will be surveilled anyway.  economist.com Ремедиос_П) |
