Mikhail Shishkin about the "criminal regime": the vomiting reflex worked

According to the Guardian newspaper, the writer Mikhail Shishkin refused to represent Russia as part of the official delegation at the American book fair Bookexpo and stated that the power in Russia was seized by a “corrupt, criminal regime”.

The story of Shishkin’s statement has overgrown with literature; And still several problems remain.

The first, and the main thing: the space of the discussion has collapsed, only the voting space remained: for, against, it was abstained. If you are for Shishkin, then he is a hero without fear and reproach, and no reservations are accepted. If against, then he is a villain and plagiator, and no shades are discussed. The second, and no less important: we began to think in political logic. Political logic involves choice, calculation, consequences; If the choice is correct, then the calculation is successful and the consequences are not terrible, and if not, then the opposite is true. And the fact that political logic can be weighted by ethics, the history of personal human relations and other things, this is carried out by brackets. Think about it, too.

So, if you try to replace the vote with reasoning, then Shishkin certainly spoke out sincerely, and this is his main motive, all the others, pragmatic, are additional. He is sick. Why didn't you speak before? Yes, because the gag reflex worked right now. So with poisoning it happens - it did not work, did not work, but worked. And who (with the exception of some Kononenko with his missing smell) does not feel the same impending nausea? The air clearly smells of stench, moral discomfort in any some kind of educated and emotional person grows steadily; No rational arguments of this growing disgust will be canceled. "Pork snouts instead of faces."

As for the premiums he received, the transfers paid by the state and previous trips to the fairs, all these are arguments from the crafty. He did not sign the consent to always love the government under torture. This was not a deal. Yes, I received yesterday, but today I voluntarily refused to receive. Why refused? Because he already broke through? And this is a matter of his inner life, and I personally do not have any reason to discuss this. About what you do not know, it is better to be silent.

There are grounds to discuss something else. We pierced all these bonuses, payment of transfers, trips to fairs are quite specific people. They did not make any evil either Shishkin or any of us. On the contrary, who did a lot of good things. Their name is Mikhail Seslavinsky and Vladimir Grigoryev. Leaders of Rospechat . The industries were really lucky-for a second to imagine that other people are at the head of the agency (there is no need to go far for examples), and all, sorry, sorry, native prairie. You can evaluate Russian stands at book fairs (not all publishers are satisfied, disputes and conflicts were tough), but it is not true that banners with Putin's portraits fluttered over them, and the speeches of the president and other chiefs were shown on the screens. Mini-films about modern writers were demonstrated, there were discussions-there were never officialdom.

But they will be extreme in this story.

So, I don’t know how about politics, but about ethics - you could not throw the glove specifically to these people, from whom you did not see anything bad, calling good. Do not put them in an idiotic position. And simply, without any fairs, write an open letter-not to paint, but to all-all-all. I, the Russian writer, is offended by what is happening in the country and once and for all I refuse to participate in the affairs of the state captured by the gang of robbers. In any business. I ask you to never include me in any literary delegations, do not finance on behalf of and on behalf of the state the translations of moss of books and so on. Herzen's gesture. Applause.

Do I admit the idea that this reasoning is wrong? Of course. I do not allow only one thought: what needs to be calculated on the first or second and hold equal to the right. Or left. Hove radish is not sweeter.