On Aug 23, 2012, at 11:10 AM, Joseph Catron <[email protected]> wrote:
> The best analysis I've read so far (consisting entirely of common > sense, of course): > "Unfortunately for Pussy Riot, that court of public opinion did not > find in their favour either ..." > > http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/08/2012823795897200.html Where we also read: > But simply reading the entire lyrics, as translated by the activist website > Free Pussy Riot, poses a huge challenge to this notion. It describes Orthodox > parishioners as cringing supplicants, "crawling to bow" to their venal > priests in "black robes, golden epaulettes". The "head of the KGB" is "their > chief saint", who is a "bitch" and "believes in Putin", not God. Their wild > gesticulations, as observed in the video of the "punk prayer", are a mockery > of Orthodox ritual, and this mockery is reflected in the lyrics, e.g. "the > cross-bearer procession of black limousines". They rage against "gay pride > sent to Siberia in chains", urge the Virgin Mary to "become a feminist", and > lace their song with scatological references. Oh, I guess they do deserve a couple of years in jail for this. Must be ok, since Britain has similar laws. What a load of crap. This is the best analysis you've read so far? Should people go to jail for insulting the beliefs of others? Doug _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
