The emo kids have been out protesting again, this time not against the Daily Mail, but in Russia where the authorities are reportedly trying to ban emo and goth wear from the country's schools. A few dozen emo kids took to the streets in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk last week to protest at the new rules, which also ban the use of text messaging in schools. One protestor told the Associated Foreign Press: "How can you stop people from expressing themselves, from dressing how they like, from living a way of life that doesn't harm anyone?" Well, introducing stricter school uniform rules would be one way. Reports suggest the Russian authorities are banning emo wear from school because of this strange obsession with the idea that the emo scene is somehow linked to teenage suicide. Of course, telling angst-ridden suicidal teenagers they can't dress how they want is really going to help.
Jul 21, 2008
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Russian emo fans protest school uniform rules
Dozens of emo teenagers protested in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk against new Russian school rules that reportedly ban emo and goth wear and text messaging.