{"id":12260,"date":"2023-11-17T00:11:38","date_gmt":"2023-11-17T05:11:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/?p=12260"},"modified":"2023-11-17T00:11:38","modified_gmt":"2023-11-17T05:11:38","slug":"i-am-freer-than-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/?p=12260","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;I am freer than you&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I am freer than you&#8221;. These were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/russia-artist-skochilenko-sentenced-final-words-court-prison\/32687860.html\">the defiant words<\/a> of St. Petersburg artist Sasha Skochilenko as she was sentenced for five tiny pieces of paper, providing details about Russia&#8217;s &#8220;special military operation&#8221; in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/russia-artist-skochilenko-sentenced-final-words-court-prison\/32687860.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12261 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/sasha.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/sasha.jpg 800w, https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/sasha-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/sasha-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>She used the five pieces of paper in question to replace price tags in a grocery store.<\/p>\n<p>Among other things, she said in court, that [emphasis mine]<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>[&#8230;] <em>I am unable to understand why we need military operations. Why are we doing this? Military actions shorten life. Military actions mean death.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>You can call it anything you want. You can say I was mistaken, misled, or brainwashed. But I always stick to my opinion, my truth.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>I don\u2019t know anyone other than the state prosecutor who wants to put me in prison.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>In fact, I think that deep down even the state prosecutor doesn\u2019t want this. I think he became a prosecutor to imprison real criminals and miscreants &#8212; murderers, rapists, pedophiles.<\/em><br \/>\n[&#8230;]<br \/>\n<em>You are worried about your career<\/em> [&#8230;] <em>to give your children or your future children a head start. But what will you tell them? Will you tell them how you sent to prison an ailing woman because of five tiny pieces of paper?<\/em><br \/>\n[&#8230;]<br \/>\n<em>Even though I am behind bars,<\/em> <strong>I am freer than you<\/strong>. [&#8230;] <em>I am not afraid that I won\u2019t have a dazzling career or of appearing funny, vulnerable, or strange. I\u2019m not afraid of seeming different from other people. <\/em><strong>Maybe that is why the state fears me<\/strong><em> and others like me so much and keeps me in a cage like a dangerous animal.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>What an incredibly brave woman. What a morally bankrupt state it is that imprisons someone for this &#8220;crime&#8221;.<\/p>\n<fb:like href='https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/?p=12260' send='true' layout='standard' show_faces='true' width='450' height='65' action='like' colorscheme='light' font='lucida grande'><\/fb:like>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I am freer than you&#8221;. These were the defiant words of St. Petersburg artist Sasha Skochilenko as she was sentenced for five tiny pieces of paper, providing details about Russia&#8217;s &#8220;special military operation&#8221; in Ukraine. She used the five pieces of paper in question to replace price tags in a grocery store. 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