[Antoninus]

on the contrary Pussy Riot is disruptive to the anti-Putin crowd, making it easy to label all opposition as somehow this kind of crowd that wants to destroy Russian culture. If you want to say PR is the voice of the anti-Putin opposition then you are supporting Putin and his point of view

That's exactly how I see this. If you want sympathy for your point of view, don't act like loathsome western pop-stars when making your political statements.

[dirtboy]

If you want sympathy for your point of view, don't act like loathsome western pop-stars when making your political statements.

If you want to not be persecuted for your point of view, you need to stand up when someone else is being persecuted for theirs. I'm sure a lot of folks in colonial America didn't think much of throwing tea in Boston Harbor, either. That was actually destruction of property.