Russia and Free Speech

arcticpenguin · 7th February 2003, 07:43 AM

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...nm/language_dc

The State Duma lower house overwhelmingly approved a bill entrenching Russian as the "state language" and barring "offensive," "obscene" and "vulgar" words. Foreign words are also outlawed when Russian-language equivalents exist.

The legislation Wednesday provided no specific penalties for offenders

How French of them!

Brown · 7th February 2003, 07:44 AM

Comrades! Get out your NewSpeak dictionaries!

Reginald · 7th February 2003, 07:53 AM

Double plus ungood.

I suppose that means my adding of

"A get-get-get on down, I said a get-get-get on down" to the official Anthem will out of the question now then!

7th February 2003, 07:43 AM	#1
arcticpenguin woo ban clan Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 5,717	Russia and Free Speech http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...nm/language_dc The State Duma lower house overwhelmingly approved a bill entrenching Russian as the "state language" and barring "offensive," "obscene" and "vulgar" words. Foreign words are also outlawed when Russian-language equivalents exist. The legislation Wednesday provided no specific penalties for offenders How French of them!
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7th February 2003, 07:44 AM	#2
Brown Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Twin Cities, Canada Posts: 12,167	Comrades! Get out your NewSpeak dictionaries!
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7th February 2003, 07:53 AM	#3
Reginald Graduate Poster Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 1,641	Indeedy! Double plus ungood. I suppose that means my adding of "A get-get-get on down, I said a get-get-get on down" to the official Anthem will out of the question now then!
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