Provocative T-shirt show banned in Poland (hmmm similar to cartoons?)

[The Straight Story]

Provocative T-shirt show banned in Poland
Warsaw, Poland
21 February 2006 02:40

A university in Poland has banned an exhibition of T-shirts bearing slogans such as "I didn't cry when the Pope died" and "I've got Aids," saying the show was too provocative, press reports said on Tuesday.

"The texts printed on the T-shirts could have offended the feelings and beliefs of many people," Wieslaw Kaminski, president of UMCS University in the southeastern city of Lublin, was quoted by the Rzeczpospolita daily as saying.

The exhibition featured Polish personalities wearing T-shirts with slogans that refer to subjects which are normally taboo in Roman Catholic Poland, such as "I am gay", "I'm Jewish", "I'm Arab," "I masturbate" and "I have my period."

"To write 'I've got Aids' or 'I've had an abortion' on a T-shirt, you would have to be devoid of all human feelings," the bishop of Lublin, Jozef Zycinski, said.


http://www.mg.co.za/articlepage.aspx?area=/breaking_news/other_news/&articleid=264914

[Djinn]

1. I've given up on my free speech addiction

I've now decided that as we can't seem to beat 'em I'll join them instead, lots of things offend me so hopefully we'll soon see the following banned:

1. anyone coming to my house to preach ANY religion whatsoever, if I want it I'll come to church/synagouge/temple/mosque etc

2. anyone coming to my house to sell me crap, again if I want it I'll go get it

3. anyone who painstakingly reduces their taxes but does not reduce their use of public services

4. colleagues who brag that they don't waste money on union dues but are happy to take the benefits paid for by those of us that do

5. the Pussycat Dolls and anyone who listens to them