COLLECTIVE MADNESS


“Soft despotism is a term coined by Alexis de Tocqueville describing the state into which a country overrun by "a network of small complicated rules" might degrade. Soft despotism is different from despotism (also called 'hard despotism') in the sense that it is not obvious to the people."
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Sunday, November 21, 2010

Topless Naked Breast Protests in Ukraine by FEMEN

It only took CNN two years to discover the bare breasted protests of a Ukrainian group called FEMEN. They have their various causes but use a similar response to bring attention to their point of view.

Regardless of their point of view, I believe we have a duty to support them even though many do not require any support at all. Bare the facts is all that is required.













Topless Ukraine feminists protest Iranian woman's death sentence

2010-11-11 19:40:00
Last Updated: 2010-11-11 19:48:09

Kiev: A group of female protesters went topless in Ukraine on Thursday at an event promoting Iranian culture, to demonstrate against the death sentence handed down to a woman in Iran for murder and adultery.

Five members of the Ukrainian group Femen tore off their clothing and shouted slogans against what they called court-sanctioned murder during the event at Kiev's Ukrainian House convention centre, which featured hundreds of Ukrainian and Iranian dignitaries.

'Don't kill women!' one Femen activist shouted.

Security guards expelled the protesters after a scuffle.

A Ukrainian official later apologised to the audience for the disturbance, saying 'at least we don't have to be ashamed about what we have on display.'

The case of Sakineh Mohammadi-Ashtiani, who has been sentenced to death by stoning, has sparked international protests. Iranian authorities have said that her case is under review.

Femen is one of Ukraine's best-known political action groups. Its members routinely take their clothes off to draw attention to their causes, which include equal rights for women and the introduction of a Western-style government in Ukraine.

The event that the group targeted Thursday was part of a cultural exchange programme launched by Iran's embassy in Kiev a day earlier, called 'Week of Iranian Culture in Ukraine.'

The two countries' governments have good relations, with state-owned companies cooperating in aerospace and energy.