This happened Wednesday in Sochi: Pussy Riot set up to perform/demonstrate, and police attacked them with whips (among other things). So are we cool with this stuff, everybody? Because if we just hang out and play games, it kind of seems like we are.
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Here’s Stephen Marche on Esquire.com: “Putin has offered an experiment for the whole world to witness on the nature of Western power: When you put their much vaunted belief in human rights up against a bunch of games, which one do they care about most? The world is watching, but unfortunately everybody already knows the answer.
