Listen To News: Russian Punk Members Released ~ 24 December 2013
Discussion Question: These women were scheduled to be released in March 2014. Do you think their early release was likely planned to prevent protests during the Olympics? Why do protests often take place at the Olympics Games?
As far as I notice about this case I suppose the Russian government wanted really to avoid troubles during the hosting of the Winter Olympics Games in the city of Sochi in February 2014.
I don't give total reason to the punk band Pussy Riot, because the act of protesting inside an Orthodox Church in Moscow is out of any respect for the country official religion. In my viewpoint using religion to show up insatisfaction against govern system is not the most polite way to express your ideas for everybody. I believe if you want to protest against something, you should do it, in the most respectful way towards differences, in order to not become a mess, moment which you start loosing the reason that motivated you to go ahead that demonstration revindications.
According to I read on the news, the conditions of imprisonment which members of this band were kept were ruthless. One of the members said that in Russia there are lots of prisoners in the worse conditions already seen. On that side, the punk group has a worthy motivation to protest serioulsy. As to the charges against the president Vladimir Putin made by the group, like repression and governmental intransparency, all of them have to be proved till the end. After all, an accusation with no proof, it doesn't worth anything.
At the end, I think Pussy Riot has the legitimate right of rebelling, because they are trying to get the best conditons for their own country. But, I just want to highlight that a protest without any violence, hatred or intolerance is much more better for getting the aiming targets. On the other hand, it is up to Russian government answer back readily all the charges when proved, and not repress the free way of expression.
The protests often take place at Olympic Games, because are simply big events, events which anything different that happens wins instantly a global vision, since there get together the world press. I'd say the Olympics are a "super-backlit stage" for both acknowledgment and humiliation before whole world.
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Thanks for taking this challenge. I agree that the church was not an ideal place to make a political protest. Great point!
Let's work on this sentence. First, can you simplify it? I recommend breaking it into two sentences. Second, look for two spelling mistakes.
"I believe if you want to protest against something, you should do it, in the most respectful way towards differences, in order to not become a mess, moment which you start loosing the reason that motivated you to go ahead that demonstration revindications."