Theme of the week: slap in the face of social taste

What is normal and abnormal in modern Europe?

A strange set of European accidents of recent times, from the British astronomer’s shirt offensive to the radical feminists to the Czech President’s mat on the direct radio, forced the participants in the Europe project to think: what is the same in general (and, accordingly, “abnormal”) in modern Europe?

The conflict between "let one hundred flowers bloom" and "you can’t offend anyone." How to resolve it? Why is the scientist forced to apologize for the “wrong” shirt, and the mayor of London considers it proper to protect him? Political correctness and prejudice: who will collect whom? And will it become political correctness by the prejudice itself?

The colorful quarters of European megacities and the mono -ethnic "ghetto", sharply different from the surrounding areas with their mores: how is one and the other?

Russian talk about norms and values: what is behind them? Is there an incompatibility of norms and values allegedly entirely liberal Europe and seemingly total conservative Russia?

Contemporary art as a space for expanding norms and the spread of alternative views on social reality. Should “slap in the face of social taste” be heard continuously?

What is normal and abnormal in modern Europe?