Kiss Off
‘COMMUNISM, or the totalitarian Soviet version of it, may be consigned to historys dustbin, but Russian authorities still want to control their citizens lives, so much so that in Moscow they are considering a ban on kissing in public.
The citys government is said to be working on an order that would ban snogging in subways and other public places. ‘Children do not need any sexual education classes in school. They get amoral lessons every day when they see what goes on around them,’ committee member Tatyana Maximova said. ‘People are making out even on the escalator in the metro. Something must be done about this.’
However, human rights activist Valeriya Novodvorskaya vowed to violate any ban as often as possible if it was enacted. ‘If this is not a joke and the mayor’s office is indeed drafting such a resolution, I will start spending my days kissing in public places – just out of principle,’ she said, urging other residents to do the same.
Fines for breaking the rules, if they are adopted, would range from 300 to 500 roubles (up to £10). And if the kissing couples didn’t have the money, the paper reported, police could hold until somebody paid.’
Posted: 10th, November 2003 | In: Strange But True Comment | TrackBack | Permalink
