Among the many fascinating aspects of the unfolding story of Pussy Riot, the activist Russian collective which has seen three of its members sentenced harshly today in Moscow, is the allegation of heresy and religious insult in the women's invocation of the "Mother of God" (a term used for the Blessed Virgin Mary in Read More
Lay of the Land
Pussy Riot and Virgin Mary Hooliganism
August 17, 2012
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August 17, 2012 12:33 PM EDT
According to Wikipedia the Russian is Khuliganstvo, which is just borrowed from the English, and has an intentionally vague meaning so that it can cover many cases ... It's what they got Matthias Rust for when he landed a Cessna in Red Square in 1987 for example.
- Brian Morton
August 17, 2012 8:51 PM EDT
Pat you are so wise and I celebrate how the world can respond so dramatically. What is the offense that stings the roots of hyprocrasy? Time for an outbreath of transformation...death to the veils of limitations...peeling the onion...sometimes the eyes smart.
- tarika lea
August 17, 2012 9:13 PM EDT
Thanks for this, Patricia. I've been thinking about this case at the same time as I watch the Catholic Church trying to turn the screws on the nuns, again. As the structures begin to fall, they are digging in and lashing out. We'll see how it all goes.
- Kim Antieau