he s a guy at the beginning of what appears to be a brilliant musical career, he s a young russian and he has seen concerts cancelled. in canada, for example, twice. and i read his post on the facebook page. it broke my heart. this kid had lived a very short time until now. had absolutely nothing to do with any of the actions or decisions of his government and he said i don t have the quote exactly in my mind now, but. well, i actually have the quote in front of me. he said, every russian will feel guilty for decades because of the terrible and bloody decision that none of us could influence or predict. exactly. now, for me, cancelling performances of this young man, i think, is extremely unjustified and, in fact, what it does we have to look, for example, at the nazis in germany burning books,
of this young man, i think, is extremely unjustified and, in fact, what it does is we have to look, for example, at the nazis in germany burning books, of those that they disapproved of, it s cancelling. so you re a passionate anti putin figure who is saying that cancelling russian artists, in the way you just described, represents something akin to nazi approach to censorship? well, not a nazi approach, because we don t burn people, we don t kill people in that way. but what is the difference between them cancelling culture in their way, and us? if we do it on a case by case basis and it has to do with those figures that have consistently associated themselves with the regime, had all the benefits from the regime the titles, the money, the opportunities,
is we have to look, for example, at the nazis in germany burning books, of those that they disapproved of, it s cancelling. so you re a passionate anti putin figure who is saying that cancelling russian artists, in the way you just described, represents something akin to nazi approach to censorship? well, not a nazi approach, because we don t burn people, we don t kill people in that way. but what is the difference between them cancelling culture in their way, and us? if we do it on a case by case basis and it has to do with those figures that have consistently associated themselves with the regime, had all the benefits from the regime the titles, the money, the opportunities, the wealth accumulated, well, as far as i m concerned, it s not a question of