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Russia bans all of Languish from driving

Started by Brazen, January 09, 2015, 11:02:27 AM

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Brazen

This is going to cause some interesting questions on licence application forms.

QuoteRussia says drivers must not have 'sex disorders'

Russia has listed transsexual and transgender people among those who will no longer qualify for driving licences.

Fetishism, exhibitionism and voyeurism are also included as "mental disorders" now barring people from driving.

The government says it is tightening medical controls for drivers because Russia has too many road accidents.

"Pathological" gambling and compulsive stealing are also on the list. Russian psychiatrists and human rights lawyers have condemned the move.

The announcement follows international complaints about Russian harassment of gay-rights activists.

In 2013 Russia made "promoting non-traditional lifestyles" illegal.

Valery Evtushenko at the Russian Psychiatric Association voiced concern about the driving restrictions, speaking to the BBC Russian Service. He said some people would avoid seeking psychiatric help, fearing a driving ban.

The Association of Russian Lawyers for Human Rights called the new law "discriminatory". It said it would demand clarifications from the Russian Constitutional Court and seek support from international human rights organisations.

But the Professional Drivers Union supported the move. "We have too many deaths on the road, and I believe toughening medical requirements for applicants is fully justified," said the union's head Alexander Kotov.

However, he said the requirements should not be so strict for non-professional drivers.

Mikhail Strakhov, a Russian psychiatric expert, told BBC Russian that the definition of "personality disorders" was too vague and some disorders would not affect a person's ability to drive a car safely.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-30735673

Martinus

Already being discussed in the Russia megathread (99% of all issues now have a megathread on Languish).

We concluded that the only person not caught by this is BB. :P

derspiess

"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall

11B4V

Quote from: derspiess on January 09, 2015, 11:03:53 AM
Lolz at the thread title.

Yea no shit. (to OP) Not everyone is gay on this forum, ass.  :P
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CountDeMoney

Quote from: 11B4V on January 09, 2015, 12:11:33 PM
Quote from: derspiess on January 09, 2015, 11:03:53 AM
Lolz at the thread title.

Yea no shit. (to OP) Not everyone is gay on this forum, ass.  :P

Fetishists are included, rubber boy.

Barrister

Quote from: Martinus on January 09, 2015, 11:03:29 AM
Already being discussed in the Russia megathread (99% of all issues now have a megathread on Languish).

We concluded that the only person not caught by this is BB. :P

:yeah: :yeah:
Posts here are my own private opinions.  I do not speak for my employer.

Martinus

To repost from the other thread: I just realised a "Russian gas pedal" is an expression in gay BDSM slang.  :ph34r:

crazy canuck

Quote from: Barrister on January 09, 2015, 01:19:56 PM
Quote from: Martinus on January 09, 2015, 11:03:29 AM
Already being discussed in the Russia megathread (99% of all issues now have a megathread on Languish).

We concluded that the only person not caught by this is BB. :P

:yeah: :yeah:

You mean people missed his fetsh  :huh:

Just look at his avatars over the years - between the Jets and Curling I really don't want to imagine what goes on in his bedroom.

CountDeMoney

Quote from: crazy canuck on January 09, 2015, 01:39:14 PM
between the Jets and Curling I really don't want to imagine what goes on in his bedroom.

Broomsticks and JP-8.  *shudder*

Legbiter

Quote from: crazy canuck on January 09, 2015, 01:39:14 PM

You mean people missed his fetsh  :huh:

Just look at his avatars over the years - between the Jets and Curling I really don't want to imagine what goes on in his bedroom.

If you google "curling porn" for science you get confirmation of Rule 34.  :huh: :lol:
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Barrister

Quote from: Legbiter on January 09, 2015, 02:36:09 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on January 09, 2015, 01:39:14 PM

You mean people missed his fetsh  :huh:

Just look at his avatars over the years - between the Jets and Curling I really don't want to imagine what goes on in his bedroom.

If you google "curling porn" for science you get confirmation of Rule 34.  :huh: :lol:

*scribbles notes for when I get home*
Posts here are my own private opinions.  I do not speak for my employer.

frunk

I haven't done the google search, but usually when Rule 34 is invoked it isn't for porn that you'd actually want to see.

Siege



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11B4V

"there's a long tradition of insulting people we disagree with here, and I'll be damned if I listen to your entreaties otherwise."-OVB

"Obviously not a Berkut-commanded armored column.  They're not all brewing."- CdM

"We've reached one of our phase lines after the firefight and it smells bad—meaning it's a little bit suspicious... Could be an amb—".

Razgovory

I haven't driven anywhere in over two months.  Lost my glasses and without them I've become Mr. Magoo.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017