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 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-30735673)
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
Lolz at the thread title.
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
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.
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:
To repost from the other thread: I just realised a "Russian gas pedal" is an expression in gay BDSM slang. :ph34r:
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.
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*
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:
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*
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.
Another No-thread by No-Brazen?
Quote from: CountDeMoney on January 09, 2015, 01:18:22 PM
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.
:blurgh:
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi671.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fvv75%2FMoreck_The_Cat%2FRandom%2Frubber-fist.jpg&hash=8f57c9b2bbb2a802100cabf308aac7280709636b)
I haven't driven anywhere in over two months. Lost my glasses and without them I've become Mr. Magoo.
Quote from: Razgovory on January 09, 2015, 08:05:22 PM
I haven't driven anywhere in over two months. Lost my glasses and without them I've become Mr. Magoo.
They actually let you folks drive?
Quote from: 11B4V on January 09, 2015, 08:09:01 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on January 09, 2015, 08:05:22 PM
I haven't driven anywhere in over two months. Lost my glasses and without them I've become Mr. Magoo.
They actually let you folks drive?
Missourians can drive legally in 45 of the 50 states. However, not in Puerto Rico or Guam.
Quote from: PDH on January 09, 2015, 09:02:33 PM
Missourians can drive legally in 45 of the 50 states. However, not in Puerto Rico or Guam.
They always seem to miss those bridges.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on January 09, 2015, 09:26:22 PM
Quote from: PDH on January 09, 2015, 09:02:33 PM
Missourians can drive legally in 45 of the 50 states. However, not in Puerto Rico or Guam.
They always seem to miss those bridges.
In the 90's, my cousin was asked by a gringo how long was the drive to/from Puerto Rico, I did not believe someone would ask that until I came to the states, I am surprised I have not been asked the same question.
Quote from: PDH on January 09, 2015, 09:02:33 PM
Quote from: 11B4V on January 09, 2015, 08:09:01 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on January 09, 2015, 08:05:22 PM
I haven't driven anywhere in over two months. Lost my glasses and without them I've become Mr. Magoo.
They actually let you folks drive?
Missourians can drive legally in 45 of the 50 states. However, not in Puerto Rico or Guam.
Missourians? What does Missourians have to do with this?
Presumably, the state of Missouri gave Raz a driver's license.
Infantry is mean. :(
My Grandmother had a driver's license and never knew how to drive. Back when she got it, all you had to do was mail away for it and you got the license. She just kept renewing it.
You know, legally I could probably buy a gun. I found a gun around the house, but I ended giving it away since I didn't think it was a good idea for me to have one.
Did you ask your family about it first?
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on January 12, 2015, 02:09:22 AM
Did you ask your family about it first?
It wasn't his house.
Wait, what? A Mizzou DL doesn't work in Puerto Rico or Guam?
What imperialistic bullshit is this? :ph34r:
Man, what do I have to do to get Brazen to respond to my flames?
Dance naked on the hood of my car in the middle of a snow storm and posted on youtube?
Quote from: Siege on January 12, 2015, 01:29:21 PM
Man, what do I have to do to get Brazen to respond to my flames?
Dance naked on the hood of my car in the middle of a snow storm and posted on youtube?
She didn't respond to the worst of what Seedy threw at her back in the day. So I'm thinking you'd have to try awfully hard.
Quote from: derspiess on January 12, 2015, 01:47:32 PM
She didn't respond to the worst of what Seedy threw at her back in the day. So I'm thinking you'd have to try awfully hard.
I never threw anything at Brazen. :mad: You're probably confusing her with charliebear, who has an altogether bigger Languish problem now.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on January 12, 2015, 02:12:08 PM
Quote from: derspiess on January 12, 2015, 01:47:32 PM
She didn't respond to the worst of what Seedy threw at her back in the day. So I'm thinking you'd have to try awfully hard.
I never threw anything at Brazen. :mad: You're probably confusing her with charliebear, who has an altogether bigger Languish problem now.
Ugh, charliebear.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on January 12, 2015, 02:12:08 PM
I never threw anything at Brazen. :mad:
No, you completely went off on her. This was a few years back. I remember it word for word, but decorum prevents me from quoting it. It was ugly and disturbing yet fascinatingly creative. It contained a threat to sew something shut with dental floss.
Quote from: derspiess on January 12, 2015, 04:50:50 PM
No, you completely went off on her. This was a few years back. I remember it word for word, but decorum prevents me from quoting it. It was ugly and disturbing yet fascinatingly creative. It contained a threat to sew something shut with dental floss.
:lol: You sure that was Brazen and not charliebear?
Quote from: CountDeMoney on January 12, 2015, 04:57:19 PM
Quote from: derspiess on January 12, 2015, 04:50:50 PM
No, you completely went off on her. This was a few years back. I remember it word for word, but decorum prevents me from quoting it. It was ugly and disturbing yet fascinatingly creative. It contained a threat to sew something shut with dental floss.
:lol: You sure that was Brazen and not charliebear?
I remember that
Quote from: CountDeMoney on January 12, 2015, 04:57:19 PM
Quote from: derspiess on January 12, 2015, 04:50:50 PM
No, you completely went off on her. This was a few years back. I remember it word for word, but decorum prevents me from quoting it. It was ugly and disturbing yet fascinatingly creative. It contained a threat to sew something shut with dental floss.
:lol: You sure that was Brazen and not charliebear?
Yup, it was me in a thread about single-sex colleges. It so traumatised me it's seared in my memory.
Quote from: Siege on January 12, 2015, 01:29:21 PM
Man, what do I have to do to get Brazen to respond to my flames?
Dance naked on the hood of my car in the middle of a snow storm and posted on youtube?
Post a witty critique to which I can offer a
bon mot of retort? "Your post was a bit rubbish, C- could do better" doesn't really cut it.
Quote from: Brazen on January 12, 2015, 05:18:47 PM
Quote from: Siege on January 12, 2015, 01:29:21 PM
Man, what do I have to do to get Brazen to respond to my flames?
Dance naked on the hood of my car in the middle of a snow storm and posted on youtube?
Post a witty critique to which I can offer a bon mot of retort? "Your post was a bit rubbish, C- could do better" doesn't really cut it.
Damn Seige, you don't do well with the ladies.
But, yeah, post that video and I'll see what I can do :D
Quote from: Brazen on January 12, 2015, 05:13:40 PMYup, it was me in a thread about single-sex colleges. It so traumatised me it's seared in my memory.
I can't remember when it comes to single-sex colleges if I was a-fer 'em or agin 'em. :blush:
Quote from: CountDeMoney on January 12, 2015, 05:36:23 PM
Quote from: Brazen on January 12, 2015, 05:13:40 PMYup, it was me in a thread about single-sex colleges. It so traumatised me it's seared in my memory.
I can't remember when it comes to single-sex colleges if I was a-fer 'em or agin 'em. :blush:
It seemed very important to you at the time :lol: I think I pointed out that women in single-sex colleges did better that in mixed colleges or men in single-sex colleges and that was a reason for their continued existence. But you thought that was why they should be eliminated and I should be subjected to gynaecological surgery.
I was likely suffering from a malady that morn, and of a most foul humour.
Nicotine's a hell of a drug.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on January 12, 2015, 05:56:37 PM
I was likely suffering from a malady that morn, and of a most foul humour.
That's a safe bet.