Emo and goth to be made illegal in Russia The Russian government is in the process of drafting a law to make emo and goth music illegal. Last month a parliamentary committee was convened to discuss a draft proposal of the Russian government's Government Strategy In The Sphere Of Spiritual And Ethical Education bill, the details of which were leaked to The Moscow Times. The newspaper subsequently reported that, among other things, the draft bill dubbed the musical movements a "dangerous teen trend" and called for emo and goth websites to be regulated and young people dressing like emos or goths to be banned from entering schools and government buildings. The newspaper interviewed one of the bill's authors, Igor Ponkin from the Russian Interior Ministry's Public Oversight Council. Ponkin called emo a "social danger" and "a threat to national stability" and said the bill is a reaction to teen suicides such as the tragic death of British teenager Hannah Bond. "This type of behaviour is a crucial part of emo ideology," said Ponkin. "Of course there are emo teens who just listen to their music. But our actions are not directed at them but rather at those who also hurt themselves, commit suicide and promote those acts." The Moscow Times also interviewed psychologist Inna Cherkova who said: "Suicide is not a symptom of emo culture. I work with other teens too, and every group has emotionally troubled kids." However, the bill is expected to become law in Russia before the end of the year. source site What is the world coming to... -sad face-
If they can illegalize that, and plan doing so then what's next? I don't care for emo and goth but there are limits...
wow.............................wow just wow anyone say WTF if they can illegalize goths and emos whats next? pokemon and all words beggining with z? I personally don't like goths and emos either but dang............thats a wee bit too far
omg, that is very funny, silly russians, or depending on what part of russia you are from, Asians : D
why are they banning goth they didnt say anything in the article they only said why they were banning emo
How exactly does one go about on banning a social movement? What the **** is wrong with these people? I mean, yeah I don't like emo's or goths too much, but i'm not going to ban them from being what they want to be. The ****.
Thats absolutely ridiculous. How can you ban a personality? I mean wtf. That's like saying its ok to ban same sex couples or white people. It's not right.
silyy emos, nobody likes you, the world only hates you because of how you act toward it, get a haricut. For once i approve of a russian act. Now if only the Dems would let us bring it here.....
I understand the emo ban cause of the suicide problem but not all emo people try to kill themselves, but why ban of being goth, how can you ban a social movement?
Firstly it's retarded of you to think you understand banning a type of person is acceptable. It's actually quite ridiculous and pretty damn immoral. Secondly, way to necro post you moron =]
Now that emos and goths will be gone Russia can actually be democratic!!! JK that is bad that Russia is restricting speech. Even if it is emo and goth.
I completely, 100%, agree with the Russians on this one. Hail to the Russians. And whoever was that guy that proposed the law. Me neither! Yeah, dude, chill.