An opposition protester shows a copy of the Russian constitution to a police officer during a demonstration in Moscow April 14, 2007. REUTERS/Konstantin Koutsyllo
In the US, flashing the US Constitution at a protest is enough to get you put on a watch list and have the Bush admin go through your email and financial records with a secret fine-toothed comb.
I started writing this as a parody, but by the time I got to the period I wasn't so sure anymore.
This is not the America I was brought up to believe in.
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4 Comments:
...that cop looks seriously Darth Vader-y...
By Anonymous, at 5:17 PM
Yeah. I was struck in these protests at the courage of the protesters.
Gary Kasparov has noteriety and gets released, but can you imagine being a regular person arrested as an enemy of Putin's Russia?
Mike
By mikevotes, at 6:57 PM
In the US, flashing the US Constitution at a protest is enough to get you put on a watch list and have the Bush admin go through your email and financial records with a secret fine-toothed comb.
I started writing this as a parody, but by the time I got to the period I wasn't so sure anymore.
By -epm, at 2:30 PM
That's exactly what I was thinking reading it. It was funny, and then suddenly, not so much.
Mike
By mikevotes, at 3:07 PM
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