[lbo-talk] Mark Ames on Pussy Riot

[ken hanly]

  Thanks for the correction but the point remains that they did get 2 while the Bahrain activist got 3 years plus the next day a protester died from wounds.The point made in the Digital Journal article also remains. There is a huge outcry about the severity of the sentences in Russia but almost nothing about what is happening in Bahrain. Indeed there is little coverage .There is a lot of media attention to the Russian protests but almost none to Bahrain and not only that the U.S. has recently decided to send more armaments even though reforms have been minor.

Cheers, ken
 
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 From: Dennis Claxton <ddclaxton at earthlink.net>
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Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2012 3:15:05 AM
Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Mark Ames on Pussy Riot

 
On 8/22/2012 12:28 AM, Adam Proctor wrote:


> Jesus... desecrating a church is radical (in Russia) because they were sentenced to jail for 2 years for doing so!

The few priests convicted of sexual abuse haven't fared much worse.

Ken Hanly wrote:


> It could be added that the women got two years ---not seven as Ames said I believe.

He was quoting Faith No More's bass player, who said:


> And it seems like everyone is more focused on how the girls disrespected the church than the 7 years of prison they are facing ...

That's true.  They could have gotten as much as 7.

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Latest-News-Wires/2012/0807/Prosecutors-ask-for-3-years-in-Russian-punk-band-Pussy-Riot-hooliganism-case


> The hooliganism charges the three women of the Pussy Riot band face can carry a sentence of up to 7 years in prison.

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