{"id":15707,"date":"2012-10-15T21:24:01","date_gmt":"2012-10-15T21:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=15707"},"modified":"2012-10-15T21:24:01","modified_gmt":"2012-10-15T21:24:01","slug":"pussy-riot-british-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=15707","title":{"rendered":"Pussy Riot, British style"},"content":{"rendered":"

[ by Charles Cameron<\/strong> — comparative images, Russian and British, with videos of Sunday’s Occupy-related protest during Evensong at St Paul’s in London ]
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By way of contrast with the bright balaclavas of the Pussy Riot grrls, the British protesters wore white, and chained themselves to the pulpit steps during the Sunday service of Evensong. <\/p>\n

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Here’s a short video featuring the way St Paul’s integrates their protest into a ceremonial procession, so that it’s just a little odd in about the same way that Elton John<\/strong> playing piano during a service in the same cathedral is just a little odd.<\/p>\n

Or let’s just say, eccentric… British.<\/p>\n

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Here’s the 30-minute official St Paul’s version, including the sermon, some muffled protester voices, and some blasts from the great cathedral organ…<\/p>\n

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Essentially, the protesters get co-opted by the clerics — with an offer of a little chat, probably over a cuppa tea, to follow…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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