"Nama-Go Fuck Yourself" Russian Officials Try to Ban Yoga [Extremely misleading title]

[PsychedelicLiz]

[QUOTE]

Russian officials have targeted yoga as part a crackdown on activities associated with "religious cults".

At least two studios in the central city of Nizhnevartovsk have reportedly been sent letters by local authorities asking them to stop hosting yoga classes being taught in municipal buildings. The Aura and Ingara studios are both known to conduct classes of Hatha yoga, one of the most popular forms in Europe.

According to The Moscow Times, the letter received by both studios urges them to “prevent the spread of new religious cults and movements.” The letters identify Hatha yoga as being “inextricably linked to religious practices” and ask the property owners to put a stop to the classes accordingly.[/QUOTE]

[url]http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/russia-bans-yoga-as-part-of-crackdown-on-religious-cults-10355676.html[/url]

[Hock]

They're [I]stretching[/I] the limits now.

[Sableye]

They should ban dance now, then Hollywood can make a cool sequel to footloose with an haggered Kevin Bacon being paradropped into Siberia as a commando to secretly train a dance force, and ultimately challenge the ban by sparking a dance to dance revolution

It's got all the hallmarks of a typical reboot, action, some semblance of the original, and some relevant news

Banning activities like yoga though is stupid and a waste of paper to print the law on

[Marik Bentusi]

[quote]When a Muslim campaigner accused the government of trying to push a Hindu agenda in its promotion of International Yoga Day, an MP from the Hindu nationalist party suggested that any Muslims opposed to yoga should “go drown in the sea.”[/quote]

The hell is wrong with this planet

[swebonny]

From Reddit:

"Todays lesson on doublespeak:
"Russian officials" - Local communal manager.
"ban yoga" - Asks trainers not to hold classes in municipal building.
"because it's too much like a religious cult" - The letter also mentioned that municipal building should not be used for, among other activities, religious gatherings."

[editline]1st July 2015[/editline]

Pretty stupid title by Independent.

[Levelog]

[QUOTE=Sableye;48093977]They should ban dance now, then Hollywood can make a cool sequel to footloose with an haggered Kevin Bacon being paradropped into Siberia as a commando to secretly train a dance force, and ultimately challenge the ban by sparking a dance to dance revolution

It's got all the hallmarks of a typical reboot, action, some semblance of the original, and some relevant news

Banning activities like yoga though is stupid and a waste of paper to print the law on[/QUOTE]

I would pay to see this.