Thread: "Pussy Riot......"

Jon Gnarr, mayor of Reykjavik, during gay parade in the city:



(facepalm)

Originally Posted by xdns

Jon Gnarr, mayor of Reykjavik, during gay parade in the city:

Wow, I thought no country was so extreme with pro homosexuality, as Sweden. But Iceland seems more extreme. In fact, now that I think of it, I think they have, or had a female president who was homosexual.

I find all this pro gay stuff very frustrating! A couple of weeks ago the Pride parade took place here, over a few days. I couldn't believe that they put gay flags on the trams and buses !!! And I was given a leaflet about gay friendly work places on the metro, by someone from the state employement agency, who was also holding a gay flag. Does the state really have to promote gay lifestyle... Why?! I really object to my tax money being used for this.
And the children's nurseries are supposed to have a "HBTQ" friendly climate (what, they are children!) which includes stories about families with homosexual parents, or that if a little boy wants to wear a dress, this should be absolutely fine.

In America, there is a big media story at the moment about a fast food chain that has a Christian owner. He is quite principled and keeps the restaurant closed on Sundays. He made a statement that he supports "traditional marriages". This was enough for a big drama to kick off whereby the restaurant was refused permission to start new branches in several town, as well as calls to boycott this restaurant. Most of the mainstream media is critisizing this person and his chain of restaurants.

It is one thing to leave homosexuals alone and not persecute or punish them. I support that.
It is quite another thing to actively promote homosexuality, which is what seemed to be happening in many countries.

I think Russia's position at the moment is sensible. Not punishing them, as in Soviet times, but not promoting their lifestyle as in many other countries. I am constantly reading stories about how gays are supposedly persecuted in Russia (and incidentally many other countries in Eastern Europe.) I think that is nonsense.

It's Putin's revenge for the "Rid us of Putin" text and nothing more. There's no other "crimes" the girls commited that day, that's why the court appeals to church canon laws from the XVI century.

I think the shocking thing in this is that it was done in a church, and to deliberately wish death upon another person.

If they had demanded to have a demonstration, or done it during a punk concert I think it would have been been ok.

Originally Posted by Hanna

I think the shocking thing in this is that it was done in a church, and to deliberately wish death upon another person.

AFAIK, they didn't wish death upon anybody. They just asked Virgin Mary to kick Putin out of office.
But it turned out more complicated. Soundtrack with their singing was added to the video later.
In the church they managed mainly to shout several times the refrain of their song: "срань господня", perhaps Russian version of "holy shit".
Also their movements and dresses were easily interpreted as mocking of Christian rituals.
These findings gave the prosecutor perfect opportunity to portray the situation as "hooliganism motivated by religious hatred" against Christians who were present in the church during Pussies' performance.
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