As some people are now finding out, the Russians have just convicted the members of a (rather silly) politically-oriented feminist punk rock group, "Pussy Riot," and may sentence them to years in prison.  Their crime?  Carrying out a "punk prayer" against Putin the Poisoner at a Moscow cathedral.

It's no surprise that Putin would use any excuse to ( Read more... )

I just posted the following (with one slight modification at the end) in reply to a comment on expanding-x-man's journal to the effect that (referring to British hate speech laws), freedom of speech should not trump hate speech laws because:

sorry, I think hate speech is different.

On what principle should people not have the right to say things insulting or ( Read more... )