Kasparov was also arrested today while giving an interview outside the court. I suppose you approve of that also.
The Russians are behaving like savages from the deepest Congo. I am surprised any freepers are defending them.
Not defending them, just saying it’s none of our business.
Kasparov! The chess guy?
Desecrating a church is a criminal act and it deserves jail time. This case has nothing to do with freedom of speech.
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?
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.