Now with the sentence for Pussy Riot having been announced, the world is eager to defend the ladies from...err..who knows what?
My point is, all the Pussy Riot memners WANTED to be jailed more than anything else. They evaded all the formalities, which would make suspended sentence or minimal sentence possible. The question is: "why?'. Well, there are all these senses of pride, self-respect and rebellion against Putin, who does not give a shit. Should we believe this? I don't think so!
Two of the girls are young mothers. Tolokonnikova and Alekhina both have children under 5. Now, there are formal steps in any trial, which would have allowed them to come home to their kids with a suspended sentence.
Step 1. Cooperation during the trial. The ladies did not cooperate during the investigation. They openly disrespected the agents who tried them, drew the conversation from answering questions to dictating lectures. Yes, it seems heroic. No, I don't think we should applaud to young mothers who prefer going to jail and becoming famous to sacrificing their fame for their kids.
Step 2. Admitting the crime incriminated to them. Neither of the girls ever admitter being guilty. On the contrary, they kept on saying, they were doind what is right. There are issues here: a) Their actions are at least 95% a violation of the administrative\ criminal code of the country. b) A punk show in the country's main cathedral is at least a sign of disrespect. Now again, they behaved like heroes, but their behaviour drew the prosecution closer to their goal of building a criminal case.
Step 3. Pleading guilty, claimimg the understanding of the crime commited, promise to "never repeat". All these formalities usually soften the sentene in a criminal case. The ladies did neither. This made the picture pretty clear: release them and the next day they will do that again.
It is important to note, that their actions inside the cathedral actually did contribute to more disrespect and hatered between the chirch-goers and creative young atheist groups. So, yes, harm has been done.
So, in my opinion, all the Pussy Riot trial is a show:
1. The defendants are making sure that they will get their sentence. This is enourmous publicity and they did everything not to lose it.
2. The lawyers understood the fate of the defendants from the beginning. They also replaced detailed defence with PR-speeches.
3. The Russian judicial system showed off its illogical backwardness. Had the ladies been fined and kicked out of the police station the next morning, nobody would give a crap about them. They are actually a marginal art-group with no taste and no talent. Their previous actions included sticking a chicken up a woman's vagina in a supermarket, turning over police cars in St. Petersburg and having sex in a public museum with Tolokonnikova taking active part while 9 months pregnant. So, the prosecutor may be right by saying; "They are not punks, they are professional provocators".
My point is, all the Pussy Riot memners WANTED to be jailed more than anything else. They evaded all the formalities, which would make suspended sentence or minimal sentence possible. The question is: "why?'. Well, there are all these senses of pride, self-respect and rebellion against Putin, who does not give a shit. Should we believe this? I don't think so!
Two of the girls are young mothers. Tolokonnikova and Alekhina both have children under 5. Now, there are formal steps in any trial, which would have allowed them to come home to their kids with a suspended sentence.
Step 1. Cooperation during the trial. The ladies did not cooperate during the investigation. They openly disrespected the agents who tried them, drew the conversation from answering questions to dictating lectures. Yes, it seems heroic. No, I don't think we should applaud to young mothers who prefer going to jail and becoming famous to sacrificing their fame for their kids.
Step 2. Admitting the crime incriminated to them. Neither of the girls ever admitter being guilty. On the contrary, they kept on saying, they were doind what is right. There are issues here: a) Their actions are at least 95% a violation of the administrative\ criminal code of the country. b) A punk show in the country's main cathedral is at least a sign of disrespect. Now again, they behaved like heroes, but their behaviour drew the prosecution closer to their goal of building a criminal case.
Step 3. Pleading guilty, claimimg the understanding of the crime commited, promise to "never repeat". All these formalities usually soften the sentene in a criminal case. The ladies did neither. This made the picture pretty clear: release them and the next day they will do that again.
It is important to note, that their actions inside the cathedral actually did contribute to more disrespect and hatered between the chirch-goers and creative young atheist groups. So, yes, harm has been done.
So, in my opinion, all the Pussy Riot trial is a show:
1. The defendants are making sure that they will get their sentence. This is enourmous publicity and they did everything not to lose it.
2. The lawyers understood the fate of the defendants from the beginning. They also replaced detailed defence with PR-speeches.
3. The Russian judicial system showed off its illogical backwardness. Had the ladies been fined and kicked out of the police station the next morning, nobody would give a crap about them. They are actually a marginal art-group with no taste and no talent. Their previous actions included sticking a chicken up a woman's vagina in a supermarket, turning over police cars in St. Petersburg and having sex in a public museum with Tolokonnikova taking active part while 9 months pregnant. So, the prosecutor may be right by saying; "They are not punks, they are professional provocators".
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