Posted on 08/17/2012 2:06:56 PM PDT by ColdOne
Reuters
The State Department expressed its concern over the two-year jail sentence given to a Russian punk band over an anti-government stunt.
"The United States is concerned about both the verdict and the disproportionate sentences handed down by a Moscow court in the case against the members of the band Pussy Riot and the negative impact on freedom of expression in Russia," State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said in a statement.
"We urge Russian authorities to review this case and ensure that the right to freedom of expression is upheld," Nuland said.
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Putin knows how to deal with Occupiers. I love it.
Were the OWS protesters that were arrested criminals?
Not talking about Kasparov.
Instead, these filth desecrated the altar of a church. They deserve every day of their sentence.
Again, this is not about speech - if you were an Orthodox Christian and had any conception of what they did, you would not persist in your delusion.
They desecrated a church and got jail time. They’ll probably be paroled and let loose in 30 days. Then you can go listen to your Nazi punk band trying to interrupt the Vatican or Buddhist services at the Dalai Lama sakyapa palace. How long have you been a bimbo for Soros?
LOL...that video of Hillary did the same to me, so I can sympathize.
“How long have you been a bimbo for Soros?”
How long have you been a commie bootlicker?
He was very concerned about his own rights but neither he nor the punk rock band was in the least concerned about the rights of the parishioners of that church to freely assemble and worship in their own church, or the rights of business owners whose property the punk group has violated.
That doesn't make Pootie Poot a prince on other matters but the punk rock group asked for everything they have been handed because they have no respect -none at all- for the rights of others. I wonder if two years will be enough to teach their juvenile brains to respect other people's rights because other prisoners may not be as accomodating as the state. If they were just protesting against Pootie Poot they could do it on a soap box, on the internet, or shout it from their balconies... they don't need to use an unwilling congregation's church for a venue for their obscenities. And if they had confined their complaints to a legitimate soapbox, and had been arrested merely for speaking, then they would have a more realistic expectation of getting sympathy. But that is not what they did.
Mocking God in a church is not a good PR move except among the godless.
Political speech doesn't require you to hijack an altar, or to throw stray cats into some restauranteur's kitchen, or to do perverted things in the parking lot of a grocery store. A soapbox in front of the legislature building or on your doorstep, or an internet blog will do, you can print flyers or write tomes, or you can host your own luncheon and invite people to come to your own property to hear your oh-so-important musings, you can hold concerts in you own venues- not someone else's unless they allow it. You can build a web site for free and rant all you want. But you don't need to hijack someone else's church altar.
Well someone had to slap them back into reality.
As I heard from Russian news Kasparov also biten a cop’s hand during arrest. Russian libs are such a lovely bunch!
These womyn remind me of the MANSON girls..
Throw in the knitting ladies by the guillotine during French revo..
You really do buy all the bullshit Putin's media machine is producing!
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