Will Russia outlaw emo?

Citing its fans likelihood of suicide, Russian legislators are working on a bill that would make being “emo” illegal. The bill would allow Russian government to regulate emo websites, and ban the wearing of goth and emo clothes and styles in schools and government buildings. (God knows they don’t want one of these turning up at the Kremlin.)


As for what makes a person “emo” that’s simple: teenagers who wear black, have piercing and have long black hair they use to cover up their face.


There were mass protests around the country in response to the news of the legislation considering such a move. The government says the laws would
"open up dialogue" about emo culture, but it seems it would shut it down first.
It’d be a curious (read: totalitarian and scary) judgment if a country outlaws a style of clothing and music, but it makes you wish someone would ban these fellas stateside.  [NME]

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July 23, 2008 at 1:43 p.m.

ha... Suicides in Russia have nothing to do with the 3rd world levels of poverty... It's the emo music.

July 23, 2008 at 3:31 p.m.

OMG. It's the thought police. It's gotta be the independant thought processes that this country is way too afraid of!

July 23, 2008 at 4:20 p.m.

If you ever go to Russia, don't read this book first. I just read it and it's put me off ever going there!

http://www.foyles.co.uk/display.asp?ISB=9780718153564&

July 23, 2008 at 5:54 p.m.

I was feeling a little bummed out the other week. It was probably emo music's fault although I don't listen to what's called emo nowadays.

July 23, 2008 at 7:59 p.m.

mimes wear black, will they be outlawed too? maybe their silence is the result of suicidal thoughts.

July 23, 2008 at 8:24 p.m.

So racist metal is okay, but pop-rock is a no go. What a world.

July 23, 2008 at 8:50 p.m.

Well I am all for freedom of speech and expression, but any people who get rid of emo is a friend of mine. Raise your horns, bang your head, kill your soul, and feel the metal rush through your veins!

July 23, 2008 at 9:03 p.m.

^^^ That's the thing, though. Today it's emo, tomorrow it could be electronica, hip-hop, classical, or indie rock. They want to ban it because listeners apparently have higher suicide rates. How flimsy is that? Hip-hop would obviously be next because its listeners are most likely to engage in organized crime and murder. Metalheads are most likely to be racist. Electronic fans are most likely to do E, which is linked to depression. Indie kids often wear retro clothing (Urban Outfitter t-shirts of TMNT or Atari) so they're probably becoming confused about what year it is and more likely to start up the cold war again. If they try to ban emo for being depressed, they can ban anything for any reason. As much as I despise emo and its fans, it's a slippery slope they're embarking on, one rightly referred to as fascism.

July 23, 2008 at 10:37 p.m.

great. put an emphasis on emos and not in other parts of the world where people are actually dying. hmm. now we're gonna have emos trying to escape to emo-friendly countries... its like the hitler era all over again..

July 24, 2008 at 11:20 a.m.

o yeah, sure, blame the emo's, but ignore hip-hop's lyrics that often condone sex, drugs, and violence...just because the emo kids look different
let's not stop with music, though. Outlaw the color red, it represents blood. o wait, how do those pesky littl emos listen to music? bye-bye iPods!!! And we can't use razors anymore,the little emo kids might cut themselves!
See ya, Democracy

July 24, 2008 at 11:57 a.m.

YEAH MAN F@*K BLACK PEOPLE AND THEIR RAP MUSIC. I HEARD LIL WAYNE BUYS PROSTITUTES, SHOOTS EM UP WITH HEROIN, AND THEN CUTS THEIR HEADS OFF. B/\NGER HATES THE BLACKS!

July 24, 2008 at noon

/\ .... LOL

July 24, 2008 at 12:09 p.m.

aaaaaaaaaahahahahahahhahahahhhahaailovebanger

July 24, 2008 at 8:27 p.m.

This is all SH1T. Simple as that. My friends and I are 'emo' or whatever the hell ya'll wanna call us. Screw you all. This is just one step closer to f---ing MIND CONTROL you b------s. You can't tell us what to think, how to act, or how to dress. That's a load of S--T. What if the majority of people hated preps? Ya'll'd be pissed, wouldn't you? Try looking at this from our side, a------s.

Skweek.

July 24, 2008 at 8:31 p.m.

Who are you swearing at? I'm on your side.

July 24, 2008 at 8:40 p.m.

Really? I didn't even know there were enough disaffected suburbanites in Russia to actually have "emo" on the Kremlin's radar.
Still, absolutely f---'d, of course. Emo: terrorists of the self. blech.

July 24, 2008 at 11:56 p.m.

Emo is just a phase. Some grow out of it, some die.

July 25, 2008 at 3:39 p.m.

I wonder if anyone has thought that, if they ban emo, emo kids will likely commit mass suicide since they no longer have the music they so love. Perhaps that's their plan.

July 28, 2008 at 10:38 p.m.

Yes, Russia is on the right track. We should take a hint from this extremely wise law.

July 29, 2008 at 12:05 a.m.

dont hate upon the emo kids
next thing you know us rockers and metalheads are gonna be screwed over for headbanging
'oh no! that young boy is suffering incurable head trauma! we must blame the rock musik!'
that is our future
me?
i had my fair share of the 'Emo Phase'
but ive risen above it
my friends are having their difficulties
but it isnt my fault
nor yours
'just that damn

July 29, 2008 at 7:35 a.m.

Suicide rates are amongst the highest in the entire world there so it makes sense that they're trying to curb it. (that comment about poverty was ignorant btw, poverty levels in Russia are no worse than western Europe these days, not to mention the suicide rates in western Europe and Japan are higher than in Africa, India and China. Suicide rates don't correlate with poverty at all)

July 29, 2008 at 3:20 p.m.

Suicide rates don't correlate with emo either. They correlate with jocks beating up emo kids for 17 years 'till they can't take it any more. When they ban emo, the jocks will just beat up some other group. I say, BAN JOCKS!

July 30, 2008 at 7:41 p.m.

i agree with
^FMH^
jocks do tend to have alot to do with it
but so do preps and rednecks
we all know it is true

August 1, 2008 at 3:28 a.m.

It has been proven scientifically that emotions are contagious wen experessed, now am not ignorant, am far from that, the typical emo is depressed and usually has no problem showin it, now agree with or dont agree with that statement, its true.Aniwey i hear they are planning to take away emo websites which in my opinion is not a problem, ive seen in my opinion truly disgusting pictures of cut wrists in these websites, now id like to know who would such pictures of such things. Really, wat reaction does one expect wen seeing such a picture, the answer is definatly not a positive one.Aniwey am not an emo hater nor am a emo but like just the suicidal stuff related to that trend is not my cup of tea. Id like to add if i in some way insulted someone reading this, i didnt intend to.

August 2, 2008 at 4:35 p.m.

seriously, stop being ignorant yanks.... this is taking place in russia and has jack sh*t to do with you americans..you don't sound like you have any clue about that country anyways. most of you are just "ohhh i can't believe they're hating on emo's... omg, like, hate on the preps or something" or "yaaaa let's kill the emo's".
i mean seriously, get a grip..it's a country that's at least three times the size of the u.s., and has the second highest suicide rate in the world. of course they're taking it seriously...

August 2, 2008 at 4:57 p.m.

did somebody say YANK?!

OHHHHHH YEAAAAH!

August 4, 2008 at 9:11 a.m.

and so the world has got stupider.....
round of apauluse for russia please
now seriously stoping people going out in public in black clothes with long black is never going to solve anything i normaly go out wearing black clothes and i have long black hair but if i lived in russia ( i dont luckily) i wouldnt change how i dressed id tell them to stick there steriotypes up there @rsehole and do what the hell i want
if there going to ban dressing in one way why not say everyone has to dress the same so we all look like clones?
it wont be long before those d!ck heads do that will it

August 13, 2008 at 9:06 a.m.

I support the Russian Government for trying to do something about suicide rates, but this isn't a good idea. And to all the anti-emos, who's to say the old government bastards won't confuse the two genres.

August 13, 2008 at 11:28 p.m.

most of the people in this have made some very good points but i'm surprised that no one has pointed out that a large population of the people that do commit suicide are not emo or goth. if you generally look at the emo stereotype all it is is a bunch of kids who don't have any problems larger than the non-emos & they just

December 15, 2008 at 1:29 p.m.

they have no right to do this....people can be what they want
emo people are troubled emotionally and they have no right to do this what did emos ever do?!

December 24, 2008 at 10:52 a.m.

I am in the uk and saw this, this is f-----g stupid why should emo be outlawed anyway me and and all my m8s are emo`s and we think these Russian legislators are a-- holes how dare they try and do this why not ban chav all they listen to in there music is about stabbing, murder and drugs,just because we are different does not mean we bad or nothing we are just emotional and we have our problems and we sort it out in our own ways.

And a point, half of people that commit suicide aren't emo`s or goth`s just insecure people, so really this is just a load of bulls--t to stop people dressing how they want to and show how they feel and listen to there own type of music,if this ever came over to the uk me and my m8 will kill the government literally good luck over there guy`s.

January 15, 2009 at 5:14 p.m.

This may be the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard. The government is getting closer and closer to total mind control. How dare they think that they can decide what kind of music we listen to and how we can dress and think. I'm sick of people puting other people into categories and then condemning them for it. This is just sick. Let people make their own decisions and live their own lives.

April 17, 2009 at 11:20 a.m.

That's all is sht. Don't believe in that. There was some talks "What to do with this kids killing themselves?". But nothing more. In fact they don't care about kids suicide. They care about making a lot of buzz in case that is not so important.

May 7, 2009 at 4:07 p.m.

People should be able to look, listen, and act the way they want to what gives people the right to say they cant. EMO kids are no different than other people IS IT A CRIME NOW TO BE DIFFERENT! what is this world comeing to. METAL heads talk sh1t about EMO kids but have they really took the time to get to know one "dont judge a book by its cover". In the long run EMO kid will grow out of all that stuff its just a phase and people need to learn to respect individuals if every one was like every one else what would be the reason to live. You can learn so much from people different from you.THE FIRST STEP IN PEACE IS TO BE ABLE TO ACCEPT PEOPLES DIFFERENCES TO LEARN TO GET ALONG. At least EMO kids accept people no matter how they look thats one thing they have that most groups dont and thats something to envy. EMO IS A STYLE AND A GROUP OF MUSIC THATS ALL! (NOT ALL EMO KIDS CUT THEMSELVES, NOT ALL EMO KIDS TRY OR TALK ABOUT SUICIDE SOME JUST LIKE THE STYLE AND LIKE TO LOOK DIFFERENT)

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