Kye and the Relentless Pussy Riot

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/sep/30/russian-court-pussy-riot-appeal

Three women from Russia use punk music to protest politics and religion in a Moscow Cathedral.  Russia didn't like this and decides to arrest them for their act.  They are branded for "hooliganism motivated by religious hatred".  The girls were flexing there muscles in a way that America may have cheered for, but Russia did not support.  The sentence for their actions is 2 years imprisonment for talking against religion and the Russian state.
They apologized for the effect their song may have had on religions, but said they did it for a political reason.  Their lawyer believes that because of the state of Russia, they may not be excused from this sentence, but hopes that their apology will reduce the term.

It's interesting to see how different countries handle the freedom of speech we Americans take for granted.  Here, we probably wouldn't even be stopped.  In other countries, however, jail is an appropriate act that even a lawyer can't save you from.  The amount of control that countries have on their citizens is amazing.  Even in a globalized world where universal ideas are commonplace, such acts as these are not tolerated.  This is more than an expression of a lack of globalism, this is Russia's culture.  This is how they prove they exist.  People are not allowed to express their disdain for the way things are.  This sentence expresses the amount of freedom we as Americans are allotted, and the amount of force that would be required to make a change.
Posted by: Kye Manuel Holston