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Why Peter Berdovsky cannot afford to plead guilty

February 5, 2007 By AmberPaw

Peter Berdovsky originally received asylum due to his role as a student dissenter in Belarus, and the fact that he had already looked down the barrel of a gun there.  How much has Belarus changed? Apparently not much.  And Peter Berdovsky is in the Belarus Law News:  http://www.einnews.c…

It should be noted that so are two stories about the arrest of student dissenters, several journalists imprisoned because “someone” did not like what they wrote, and more.

This story is playing in every country and every language – including Peter’s native Belarus.

There is no tolerance for dissent in Belarus – and it is not a healthy place for performance art or guerilla marketing, either in my opinion.

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  1. j-c-ripley says

    February 5, 2007 at 11:47 pm

    Hey I’m all for the 1st amendment.  But I’m not stupid and I’m smart enough to understand that if I mock a situation that a lot of powerful people care about…like the concept of public safety…they may want to get even.  The 1st amendment does not give someone the right to yell fire in a movie theather and mocking people during a press conference, may result in pissing off folks who can deport you.

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    Peter just should have walked away from those cameras and never should have opened is smug mouth.  But becuase he could not resist his 1 minute of fame, he may be deported.  Fine with me.

    • amberpaw says

      February 6, 2007 at 11:11 pm

      That is what deportation to Belarus would mean.  So, really, do you want to kill the guy because he hurt your pride?  This I do not understand.  But I do speak Russian, I did check the current situation in Belarus.  They kill journalists there and student dissent means you wiund up in a stalag. 

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      Again, because you feel insulted, should he die?

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      When deportation is a death sentence, immigration consequences matter a whole lot.

      • republican-rock-radio-machine says

        February 7, 2007 at 1:38 pm

        “Surveillance cameras caught 27-year-old Peter Berdovsky videotaping officers removing what they thought was a possible bomb.”

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        Yeah – I just think this kid needs to face the consequences of his actions.  It is one of the many building blocks of being a MAN.

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        Smile : )

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        Come on Peter boy, let’s see that smile

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        Headline is from FOX News “We report…You decide”
        http://www.foxnews.c…

  2. peter-porcupine says

    February 5, 2007 at 11:59 pm

    I happen to know a couple of young people from Belarus – they are here on Cape on H2B visas, along with some Bulgarian kids.  They are intensely embarassed by this person, and hope they – and their country – will not be judged by his behavior.

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    Also – where except the US is a safe place for performance art?  Our first amendment is pretty unique.

    • laurel says

      February 6, 2007 at 12:37 am

      Indeed.  What other country would have tolderated a 6-yr run by the artist formerly known as the most lethal governor of Texas? Oops, they all did!  I guess international intimidation is an art too.

    • cos says

      February 6, 2007 at 1:37 am

      Except, apparently, that you don’t want it to be a safe place for performance art anymore.  Otherwise you’d be wishing it were safe for him to do the things he’s done, rather than going on about how he should understand the serious consequences for himself that it could all lead to (as if those consequences were justifiable, rather than wrong and absurd).

      • peter-porcupine says

        February 6, 2007 at 9:25 am

        I have no gripe with performance art – but I also see nothing wrong with apprehending and accepting the consequences of your actions (post later today – like you, I value quality over timeliness).  Indeed, a modicum of responsibility in action is the only thing that will PRESERVE the US as a safe place for such art.  Stop thinking fascist jackboots – think Station nightclub fire.  Would you aregue that White Snake’s indoor fireworks should be protected in other venues, regardless of consquences?

        • amberpaw says

          February 6, 2007 at 11:23 pm

          The latest “election  http://www.cbc.ca/wo…

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          More Belarus news:  Note the squelching of student dissent, the unitary control by a strongman for 13 years, that to publicly criticize “President Lukashenko” is to do two years in prison” more jolly news:

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          http://www.einnews.c…

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          I am sure your Belarus visitors are well-behaved, politically circumspect and clean cut.  If they want to come on an exchange and go home safely, they had better not criticize, speak freely, or appear to be “different” in any way.

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          It does that mean I think that Peter Berdovsky and Sean Stevens acted in a mature way – but it is 100% true that I am convinced that deportation would be a death sentence for Peter Berdovsky, who if anything, was good for the gross national product of Massachusetts – when was the last 100% profit for a venture around here?  Publicly, anyway. 

          • republican-rock-radio-machine says

            February 8, 2007 at 9:53 am

            I understand what you are saying, I really do.

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            But the Law is the Law.  And I think it is important that Mr. Berdovsky respect our laws….or at least the consequences.

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