They are idealistic youths- whether they admit it or not, they believe themselves to be martyrs.

America has a disorderly conduct law which is equivolent to what they broke. But, they broke into a church to stage a protest- guaranteed illegal in every country.

It's an extreme over-reaction. But, what would the average Russian think would happen if they did what Pussy Riot did? Does the average Russian think the actions of Pussy Riot changed anything? Would they have expected it to change anything?

So I just want to point out that in my original post I said the punishment didn't fit the crime. However, I guess I just don't think we should treat them like martyrs. They aren't martyrs- they are mostly just young and foolish for thinking that Russian authorities were going to bow to pressure or treat them fairly.

While I don't blame people for dating each other- its only natural, the older I have gotten the more I see the damage it can cause and how unprofessional it is.

He's saying he is the all-powerful President and she is Congress. I was actually impressed he was able to get his point across so well. Sad. Scary. But impressive.

Somewhere, three IRS agents just jizzed their pants.

They didn't peacefully protest. They broke into a church and conducted a concert. If you don't think that could cause damage or most likely did, then I don't know what to tell you.

I would argue that they didn't really affect the status quo and that dancing in a church is unlikely to change anyone's minds or accomplish anything more than a bit of taboo fun. Do most people in Russia even care that they are in jail? Certainly the people in power do not.

Speaking out wasn't disgusting- in fact, I wouldn't call the crime they committed disgusting. That's silly. But they did break into a church and play a concert- practically the dictionary example of hooliganism and something we would expect to be illegal in most countries. For sure their punishment doesn't fit the…

No, they for sure don't deserve to be treated that way. You wouldn't be sent to 3 years in prison for this crime in the U.S., and we have a terrible criminal justice system. But, you'd still be rightly arrested.

They don't deserve to be put in a sweatshop or even prison for 3 years, but I don't understand the total support for them when they clearly broke the law. I support their feminist causes, but I also feel like I am missing something.

Were they naked or just wearing thongs?

I know, right! There is no need to resort to hyperbole- if we just change the way we slice up the comparison we can get a nice rounded analysis.

Personally, I blame Amanda Knox. Had she not visited Italy, Italians might not have ever discovered Facebook. Let's cut out the middleman and go straight to the source of this travesty- crazy Americans.

You need to do a better job of understanding who you are fighting against, ukevergil.

When I look at that one, I see change in face and size differences.

Personally, the new Merida just looks a couple of years older. She doesn't look like she's had lap band surgery- her boobs are a little bigger and her hips have filled out. It's like she went from 12 to 15.

That's hilarious. It's like when I go to Walmart to buy plastic silverware for work and they have 10,000 fucking boxes of spoons, but all I want is a knife.

You delegitamize the term "mansplaining" when you apply it to people who are thinking with their brains, even if you disagree. Your description of the doctor's arguments sounded like he was perfectly reasonable, but approaching it from a medical and supervisory standpoint. The only remotely bad thing he seemed to have…