On Aug 30, 2008, at 6:06 PM, Chris Doss wrote:
> I call it somebody complaining to the local authorities about the
> eXile, the local authorities making an audit to determine if there
> is anything to it, and the investors running away. Exactly what it
> looks like, what the local authorities said it was, and what Ames
> said it was. (What exactly are Soviet-style suits?)
>
> The thing is, Russia has a thing called hate speech laws, and
> Limonov engages in what could be interpreted as hate speech. When
> you and I read the eXile, we know they're joking. When a bureaucrat
> reads it, he doesn't.
It's none of the gov's business what a paper writes. And if some idiot citizen is offended and complains to the gov, it should be tough luck. As Dwayne points out, this isn't entirely unfamiliar to Americans, but it is several degrees worse. Why can't you admit this?
Doug