Emo to be made illegal in Russia?

[Mr.Sam]

A new Russian law could make being an emo kid illegal in the eastern European country.

Legislation is currenting being formulated in Russia to heavily regulate emo websites and ban emo and goth dress style in schools and government buildings.

The new laws are apparently being driven by fears that these "dangerous teen trends" encourage depression and suicide.

The legislation was presented last month at a hearing held by the State Durma, where critics claimed that the "negative" emo culture encourages anti-social behaviour and glorifies suicide.

Emo kids were described as teenagers who wear black, have facial piercings and black hair with fringes that "cover half the face", reports The Guardian

The weekend saw mass protests by Russian emo kids.

In Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, where laws are already being implemented, protestors in a march held signs saying "A Totalitarian State Encourages Stupidity".

Dmitry Gilevich of Russian emo band MAIO stepped in backing the protests, saying: "Expressing psychological emotions is not forbidden by law."

However, emo critics remain unconvinced.

Alexander Grishunin, an adviser to bill sponsor Yevgeny Yuryev, described a ban as necessary, stating: "This is the first step in the public discourse."

The moves in Russia follow criticism of the genre in the UK earlier this year, which saw My Chemical Romance fans protesting at the offices of British newspaper The Daily Mail over their coverage which linked emo with suicide.

http://www.nme.com/news/my-chemical-romance/38392

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[Janczyk]

Kids don't even know what emo is.

They think because they listened to MCR once on their mates phone they're emo.

[le harry]

lol cool

[cocaine]

dressing in black, having facial piercings and having black hair sounds a bit gothic to me

[Markeh]

Let em be what they WANT to be fgs. its their choice!

[Jordy]

I don't care how people dress, but any websites encouraging self-harm or glorifying suicide should definitely be made illegal. The government shouldn't label people like that but I think they do sometimes have a point and it can be sorted out if it's done properly.

[N-Dubz]

its about time !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[GommeInc]

If the old Emo definition still stands, emo kids don't admit they're emo And it's about time they banned them, they're incredibly annoying. Heck, why worry about the suicide when they could just go mass-genocide on them to beat them to it Next thing on the menu, chavs to be gassed.

[Josh-H]

If the old Emo definition still stands, emo kids don't admit they're emo And it's about time they banned them, they're incredibly annoying. Heck, why worry about the suicide when they could just go mass-genocide on them to beat them to it Next thing on the menu, chavs to be gassed.

I'm with you on the whole chavs being gassed

If they're going to make being emo be illegal because of its "links with suicide" then why not ban chav and gang culture because its linked to murders and drugs?

[Niall!]

I'M GOING TO LOSE ALL MY FANS

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