> On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 1:47 PM, Fred Bauder <fredb...@fairpoint.net> > wrote: >>> But that is not all. The most important issue is extremism. According >>> to >>> the bill, the materials, that are banned for distribution in Russia >>> should be included to the register of banned information on the ground >>> of >>> the court decision, banning the distribution of that information in >>> Russia. We already have such court decisions and a list of extremist >>> materials, distribution of which is prohibited in Russia. That list >>> contains some really nasty materials, as e.g. nazi propaganda, but >>> also >>> Islamic texts (including those of famous non-terrorist Islamic authors >>> e.g. Said Nursî), Saentologist, Jehovaâs witnesses , Falun Gong, >>> letters and materials of opposition in Russia, works of contemporary >>> art, >>> etc. >> >> "letters and materials of opposition in Russia" That is the issue. It's >> Russian McCarthyism. > > AFAIK, Huxley's Brave New World, as well, because it "promotes drug > usage". >
There are limits. For example, I am aware of a technique for tattooing the whites of your eyes. I'm afraid I have self-censored with respect to that matter; there is enough evil nonsense already; idiots can put their tongues on frozen lamp posts... Fred _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l