tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120478390983403863.post3076326106229306393..comments2023-12-24T13:03:35.696+00:00Comments on Miserable Old Fart: Pussy Riot HypocrisyAlwyn ap Huwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06194724336424525283noreply@blogger.comBlogger62125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120478390983403863.post-36549247013344344062014-07-20T10:00:07.231+01:002014-07-20T10:00:07.231+01:00Did I say that there have been stories of blocks o...Did I say that there have been stories of blocks of flats blown up in Russia and blamed on Chechnyan separatists, but the likelihood is that Putin is behind it? It sounds like the conspiracy theories put out by Alex Jones and others about 9/11 but these are the opinions of sensible journalists with access to real evidence Prince Charles was right for once when he said Putin was acting like a NaziAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120478390983403863.post-27777506611359473042014-05-01T11:04:09.367+01:002014-05-01T11:04:09.367+01:00Well, thank goodness, this story, which I heard fr...Well, thank goodness, this story, which I heard from Justin de Villeneuve's eldest daughter, proved to be incorrect. I had thought that Russia was a dictatorship posing as a democracy while Britain was a real if somewhat flawed democracy. I still want to believe this. To the best of my knowledge, no general election has been rigged in the UK since the khaki election of 1918.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120478390983403863.post-39935399835824509082013-11-12T20:55:14.552+00:002013-11-12T20:55:14.552+00:00I heard today that one of these young women has co...I heard today that one of these young women has conveniently disappeared inside the Russian prison system and is feared murdered by the state. I must admit that even I didn't foresee this. Perhaps she was shot in a corridor as was standard practice in Stalin's time. Maybe, we should have suspected it would happen. Putin is suspected to be behind the assassination of a journalist in Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120478390983403863.post-79380636622443806202013-11-12T20:40:52.947+00:002013-11-12T20:40:52.947+00:00Than you very much for having the tolerance to pub...Than you very much for having the tolerance to publish this ill spelled piece, Alwyn,<br /><br />MarianneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120478390983403863.post-87076131998044459032013-11-12T20:38:54.847+00:002013-11-12T20:38:54.847+00:00I wonder if this character is still saying "W...I wonder if this character is still saying "Well done, Vladimir Vladimirovich", now we've heard one of these harmless and fragile looking young mothers has been disappeared, and is feared murdered by the Russian state?<br /><br />Marianne Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120478390983403863.post-62866053962683701222013-04-14T23:58:55.935+01:002013-04-14T23:58:55.935+01:00You pride yourself on you lack of care for other p...You pride yourself on you lack of care for other people's rights but you're always obsessing about inconsequential things eg what language is inscribed on a grave in Llanelli or becoming paranoid about the alleged dangers of wind farms which shows total scientific illiteracy. I don't mind yur recording what you ha for breakfast in your private diary - Pepys did that - but why do you Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120478390983403863.post-38302185852663239022013-03-31T22:37:43.656+01:002013-03-31T22:37:43.656+01:00How did you know it was me?
MarianneHow did you know it was me? <br /><br />MarianneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120478390983403863.post-3725990789546631432013-03-27T04:32:41.607+00:002013-03-27T04:32:41.607+00:00um, that was my comment too, Marianneum, that was my comment too, MarianneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120478390983403863.post-33893671343222347942012-10-11T08:53:34.041+01:002012-10-11T08:53:34.041+01:00I meant to say 'invidious' not 'n'...I meant to say 'invidious' not 'n'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120478390983403863.post-80788922547307107482012-10-10T13:18:29.071+01:002012-10-10T13:18:29.071+01:00Today the Pussy Riot appeal will be heard. I hope ...Today the Pussy Riot appeal will be heard. I hope for the best but don't expect it. One thing Alwyn said about British justice I never addressed, was the possibility of going to prison for 'making stupid remarks on Twitter'. If that was applied stringently, we'd all be in jail.<br /><br />I suppose he was alluding to the Welsh student imprisoned for horrible racist death wish Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120478390983403863.post-24632374075840803182012-09-11T20:53:35.294+01:002012-09-11T20:53:35.294+01:00Oh no! I'd though I'd eliminated and/or re...Oh no! I'd though I'd eliminated and/or reworded some of my own stuff on this blog but it's all gone up and it's therefore very repetitious.I wince slightly, looking at it as some of it looks a bit harsh, almost vituperative.It's very big of Alwyn to put it all up when he could just have deleted it. What a saint.<br /><br />MarianneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120478390983403863.post-28003980293688383982012-09-06T17:42:53.867+01:002012-09-06T17:42:53.867+01:00We need an EQUAL rights Act that works, I rather f...We need an EQUAL rights Act that works, I rather fear the 'Human' rights act is a licence to abuse and undermine democracy. I want common-sense as a root basis not political sound bites and over-empowered minority bullies doing whatever they want to impose on us, and to put and to rights lawyers making a killing at our expense (Preferably by repatriating half of them, and locking up themervynjames224https://www.blogger.com/profile/06689615164654187617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120478390983403863.post-24885094323574665542012-09-02T19:59:51.763+01:002012-09-02T19:59:51.763+01:00Well, Alwyn, I think my boyfriend and I are right....Well, Alwyn, I think my boyfriend and I are right. It has just occurred to me though that, in this country, Pussy Riot might have been given a restraining order or an ASBO so, if they did it a second time, they might have been imprisoned but not for very long.<br /><br />It's just occurred to me that it's probably William Hague's job to comment on human rights issues - in Syria for Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120478390983403863.post-31887164694120032912012-09-02T17:22:26.911+01:002012-09-02T17:22:26.911+01:00Well, I think we're right. It has just occurre...Well, I think we're right. It has just occurred to me though that in this country<br />Pussy Riot might have been given a restraining order or ASBOs,in which case, had they done it a second time, they might have been imprisoned but not for very long.<br /><br />It seems to be part of William Hague's job to comment on human rights issues throughout the world -in Syria for instance- and he Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120478390983403863.post-35153976690117105252012-09-02T06:13:48.159+01:002012-09-02T06:13:48.159+01:00Could and would sound so similar, but they have di...Could and would sound so similar, but they have different meanings. If Pussy Riot made a similar protest in an Anglican Cathedral <i>could</i> they be prosecuted under the current laws of England and Wales? Yes they could! And despite what you and your boyfriend <i>think</i> they <b>could</b> be sentenced to more than two years in England and Wales for a similar protest. I have quoted enough law Alwyn ap Huwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06194724336424525283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120478390983403863.post-86343724116066183882012-09-01T12:00:52.141+01:002012-09-01T12:00:52.141+01:00Hi,MM. Perhaps I partly misunderstood you. I thoug...Hi,MM. Perhaps I partly misunderstood you. I thought that when you said we were too soft, you approved of the treatment of Pussy Riot. Maybe you meant something else. Good for you.<br /><br />I think we do need a human rights act. On the other hand, if it was ironically manipulated by Islamo-fascits to introduce Sharia law to thiss country, and then in twenty years time, Britain was an Islamic Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120478390983403863.post-64861649833279138642012-09-01T09:59:12.036+01:002012-09-01T09:59:12.036+01:00No, it is not a good point. There is no crime of b...No, it is not a good point. There is no crime of blasphemy in this country any longer and it would not happen here. Alwyn has made a category error. It is William Hague's job to protest at human rights abuses throughout the world. - such as in Syria for example. It would really look bad if the British government did not do this.Someone has to do it. Accusing him of hypocrisy is like accusing Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120478390983403863.post-26391257581401580582012-08-31T18:53:09.136+01:002012-08-31T18:53:09.136+01:00You misrepresented what I wrote. I don't appr...You misrepresented what I wrote. I don't approve of repressions. What I said was the protesters (Whether after notoriety or genuine belief),pick and choose which religion or church they protest in, then THAT is false and unacceptable. It raises serious issues in the in the UK you can do what you want in a Christian church and you run scared of campaigning against other religions who are mervynjames224https://www.blogger.com/profile/06689615164654187617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120478390983403863.post-90216510362013870412012-08-31T14:30:06.318+01:002012-08-31T14:30:06.318+01:00I'm so sorry Alwyn but it's not goodbye fo...I'm so sorry Alwyn but it's not goodbye forever yet after all. I'll admit it was not really contemptuous indifference that prevented me reading the act you quoted! No, I'm afraid it was fear that you might be right!<br /><br />But luckily, my partner has now read it and he says it would only apply to people who were threatening or violent and could not be used in the case of PussyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120478390983403863.post-15363079004416646262012-08-31T10:17:42.782+01:002012-08-31T10:17:42.782+01:00Alwyn, darling, there is not a racist iota in my t...Alwyn, darling, there is not a racist iota in my text.I don't dislike Russian indiviuals. I refer only to the oppresive regime. If I said Somalia was an awful place, it would not mean I hate Somalis.I could just as well accuse you of xenophobia against Britain.<br /><br />I only said Peter Tatchell would 'probably' not have been tried in Scotland or Wales.You will have to take up the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120478390983403863.post-30387979463706844462012-08-31T06:56:40.412+01:002012-08-31T06:56:40.412+01:00The name of the group is "Pussy Riot"; t...The name of the group is "Pussy Riot"; their name and their actions imply that they wish to support / encourage riot against the Head of State of the Russian Federation. If a group with similar intentions behaved in the same way in an iconic building in England and Wales in order to promote riot against Her Majesty the Queen (our Head of State) they could be prosecuted under Section 1:2Alwyn ap Huwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06194724336424525283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120478390983403863.post-11551778697758076962012-08-31T00:27:05.278+01:002012-08-31T00:27:05.278+01:00I don't believe a case like this would be cove...I don't believe a case like this would be covered by the Public Order Act 1986. That seems to be exclusively concerned with the police and demonstrations. Who has ever been imprisoned for five years in this country for swearing in public since 1986? <br /><br />When I was studying law, no denomination was protected anywhere in the UK except the Anglican Church.Admittedly, this was over a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120478390983403863.post-45097576657989246262012-08-30T21:04:14.783+01:002012-08-30T21:04:14.783+01:00Perhaps it is you who should check the facts befor...Perhaps it is you who should check the facts before commenting Marrianne. Sentences of up to five years imprisonment are included in the Public Order Act 1986, so public order offences are not always considered trivial under the Law of England and Wales.<br /><br />Peter Tatchel was prosecuted under the Ecclesiastical Courts Jurisdiction Act 1860, which although primarily an act about the Church Alwyn ap Huwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06194724336424525283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120478390983403863.post-36913421310791321712012-08-30T15:32:11.749+01:002012-08-30T15:32:11.749+01:00Perhaps I should amplify the above remarks which w...Perhaps I should amplify the above remarks which were too meek with some facts.In Britain, a puiblic order offence is held to be trivial. No one would go to prison for two years for it.<br /><br /> The Church Act under which Peter Tatchell was tried could probably not have been used in Scotland or Wales as the Anglican church is not the state church.Yes, he was lucky to find a smpathetic Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120478390983403863.post-90259530637943170412012-08-30T09:13:16.074+01:002012-08-30T09:13:16.074+01:00I hadn't heard before that Pussy Riot's so...I hadn't heard before that Pussy Riot's songs were full of obscenities. I will have to take it on trust.But with respect, Alwyn,they would definitely not have received two years in Britain.Swearing in a public place is a public order offence in the UK. So they might have been arrested.But they would have been released shortly afterwards.<br /><br />I have noted your point which is that itAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com