All Entries Tagged With: "Democracy"

Pussy Riot had the audacity to criticize Vladimir Putin. I suppose they should feel lucky that they are still alive. Still, it seems somewhat excessive in a "modern democracy" for citizens to be jailed for doing nothing more than freely speaking their minds. What are international observers left to think? Does this mean that Putin's Russia might not be a democratic panacea? Heaven forfend!

Putin’s Pussy Problem: From America with Love

On Friday, August 17, three female members of the band, Pussy Riot, were sentenced to two years in prison for staging a piece of political theater. In February, 2012, The Pussy Rioteers had–if you will pardon the expression–the balls to perform a song containing an anti-Vladimir Putin message (see the entire lyric below) at the [...]

Timothy McGettigan | Oct 20, 2012 | Comments 0

Why it is Impossible to be “A Good Person”

Morality – Has it ever occurred to you how difficult it is to be a good person? In fact it seems that even the best people amongst us, cannot be good all the time – how many times have we not heard of priests, ministers, politicians or soccer moms, whom everyone around them, saw as [...]

Anna Brix Thomsen | Jan 16, 2011 | Comments 5