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Why are these girls from Pussy Riot here in the states rather than doing performance art parties in Sochi?
We find that since their year in jail they are now traveling the world on the behalf of human rights organizations to improve prisons. And smoking week in the Netherlands.
Pussy Riot having their problems in Russia reminds me of our problems here in the 1960’s. The few standing up to do the right thing is lonely and dangerous business at first, but history finds that the rest of the population comes along sooner or later. Here it happened quickly, civil rights, women’s rights, the draft and an end to a horrible war in less than a decade. Russia? I don’t know, but last years’ vote in the Russian legislature of 470 to NOTHING to make gay activism a crime does not bode well for these ladies or Russia.
On perhaps related issue, the World Health Organization recently gave epidemic status to Russian alcoholism which kills so many Russian men before they reach 55.