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

Not punishing them, as in Soviet times, but not promoting their lifestyle as in many other countries.

After 1960 only coercion to homosexual acts was punished, AFAIK. Consensual relations were not.

Originally Posted by Anixx

After 1960 only coercion to homosexual acts was punished, AFAIK. Consensual relations were not.

Go figure! The USSR must have been a lot more relaxed than those of us who did not live there believed. I even visited there a few times and I still had a lot of prejudice about it that I have learnt from this forum was wrong.

Originally Posted by xdns

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.
Короче, они попали

Well if it was attention they wanted, they got it! They are famous all across Europe now.

I don't want to express a strong view on this, just mainly wanted to hear what people think.

Seems like the majority here think they were out of order, but not massively so, and that they deserve punishment, but mainly symbolic.