Ukraine Bans “Non-Medicinal” Pornography
- Categories: International, News
- Date: Jul 4, 2009 17:33 JST
- Tags: AV, Bizarre, Censorship, Crime, Politics, Russia, Ukraine
The Ukrainian government has passed a law banning all possession of pornography, “except for medicinal purposes,” with possession of identical images taken as evidence of the even more egregious offence of trafficking in pornography.
Just what is considered pornography and what constitutes medical necessity are not clear…
The bill passed into law on June 11th, after being submitted by the ruling party, comprised of supposedly liberal pro-western elements.
The Ukrainian President, Viktor Yushenko, famously disfigured by poison in a probable assassination attempt by pro-Russian political opponents, denied an appeal by human rights supporters for him to veto the proposal.
Criminal sanction includes up to three years imprisonment. The definition of medical necessity and pornography are both left vague, so it is not clear how the law will be applied, which is perhaps intended.
Via MosNews.
The Ukraine of course, or at least parts of it, has expressed the intention of pursuing EU membership, so it will be interesting to see their (non-)reaction to this grotesque assault on freedom of expression and healthy sexuality…
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What the fuck is "medial pornography"? With nurses?
if u need to give you sperm on analise, maby.
I LOL'd HARD XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
I think he is serious.
i give my sperms to vagina, aka cream pie.
The sperm bank will probably full in no time.
lol! you rock dude! XD
Most likely all the pictures of naked bodies in science/medicine textbooks or things of that nature I guess...
The medical reasons are hypocrisy-itus, a rare case of which one is a hypocrite and incidentally is what the President suffers from. Therefore he is allowed porn and no-one else.
"Stranded at the Gas Station of Love, I have to use the self-service pumps. Doc, it's a medical emergency! Prescribe me some pr0n (or some time with your cute nurse; here are some nekomimi for her to use ~ nyan!)."
Maybe a nurse giving her patient an enema would count as legal, by those definitions then. That or demonstrating the *cough*CORRECT*cough!* way to sponge bathe the patients?
I foresee possibilities here.
Well, it's most likely an attempt to narrow Ukraine's porn fetishes down to only the ones with nurses. Sounds like something the heads in power prefer to the exclusion of everything else.
treatment for Erectile Dysfunction?
Giiiiggitty giggity giggitty giggitty giggitty giggitty giggitty
Actually... Masturbating at least once every 1-3 days is healthy for your prostate and reduces chances of anything going astray *hence less visits to the doctor for a thumbs up*.
medical pron ;
sex with : nurses , doctors , patients and cadavers
NOOOOOOO!!
Sucks to be Ukrainian... :\
It already sucked pretty hard to be Ukrainian before this.
nice 1
Damn bro...
I feel for you.
Atleast you have chernobyl.
Oooh >_<
That was so many kinds of burn...
talk between two prisoners:
prisoner1: sup!
prisoner2: huh?
prisoner1: so, brotha what have u done?
prisoner2: killed my boss after raping his wife in front of him.. and you?
prisoner1: they caught me with porn...
prisoner2: http://images.encyclopediadramatica.com/images/a/a6/SeriousCat_nocaption.jpg
Probably in sperm banks to get it on?
Lol medicinal purposes... "Doctor, I need you to prescribe me some pr0n, or else I'm gonna end up raping all the girls around me."
i think that's going to get you arrested
No one gets arrested for saying they might rape people. If you could convince them that it's a real psychological problem it might work lol
No I'm pretty sure the statement:
"I might rape your daughter."
would some altercations.
^^^
>>*cause* some altercations
altercation != arrest.
It could easily be seen as a threat.
Let me get this straight...if they make watching pr0n illegal, wouldn't it increase the rape rate, considering you would get arrested for doing either, with only the difference of years sentences being in prison (not unless the country give death sentence)?
But that's exactly what they want when politicians ban expressions of sexuality that are not procreation.
Because they're totally insane.
[Alternative A] Or because the goal of the game is to isolate the 'regular' family-makers from the "misfits"?
...No, no that's not really true because there's hardly any difference between parents who enjoy porn and singles who enjoy porn.
[Alternative B] How about because what they're really after is a baby-boom? Since making porn (read: fantasizing about sex instead of actually having it) illegal and logically encouraging rape and increased baby-making in general, Ukraine will net itself an impressive population boost to help care for an aging senior population?
...hmm, that one's not true either, because Professor Google tells me the Ukraine's Birth Rate has been steadily increasing over the past 10 years while the population is going down.
--So the seniors are dwindling, negating the political need for a baby-boom.
Also, they're very pro-abortion, with a healthy and legal trade in aborted fetal tissue for use in medical research for a long time now.
--So rape ≠ babies.
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Nope. Looks like I was right the first time. They just completely insane.
Not as hard a question as I thought it was going to be.
so.. when somebody breaks an ankle or something.. you get free porn?
porn covered by insurance? sign me up!
well this is just dandy.
Fight cancer with POOOOOORN!!
....and get AAAAAAAAIDS!
But isn't porn the best medicine? Or was it laughter?
A combo of both, if i'm not mistaken.
if that was true there wouldnt be as much cancer on 4chan
I see wut u did thar
Some pr0n DOES make me laugh. I think this anon said it correctly.
At this rate, porn including nudity will be ban.
Medicinal "pornography" would be like a cross-section of a uterus or something. This is a sad day for the world, and especially the people who are affected by this law. What a load of horse fucking shit.
so regular porn is baned, but guro is still fine in ukrane? sick bastards.
lolwut?
Was there any reasoning at all behind this?
It's fake.
i'm from ukraine and sadly is isn't... bloody idiots actually passed the law and it is alredy working...
though i'm quite curious how it will be used during elections later this year :)
Man, I feel for you. Seriously, I thought Ukraine was doing alright, but this move just set you back to Soviet times... *shakes head*
As for Ukraine entering the EU, I'll be interested to see whether this action will have any effects. Probably not many Politicians in Strasbourg are willing to stand up for a man's right to bear pr0ns.
The same EU that took no action against the UK's censorship laws? I doubt it.
and the very same eu that is actively pursuing internet censorship right now...
sadly, i'm pretty sure these circumstances aren't going to change soon. just look at the recent eu parliament elections.
as a well-known blogger put it: it's a political problem with a biological solution. but that solution will not manifest itself in the next few years.
Lol, better be careful when you surf SanCom~
I'm confused. What counts as porn? Sex? Vaginas? Nipples???
In any case it's a stupid law.
I think when Viktor Yushenko was poisoned it messed with his brain. Were going backwards with all these ban chain reactions spurring all over the globe. What the fuck is going on?
+1
Countries are getting away with this escalating Mad Hatter party because it's been so long since we last had a healthy revolution (a "reset", if you will) to keep our ancestor's primitive political systems from redundantly over-managing their people. (here is a place to brainstorm political systems that are intrinsically protected from these and many other problems)
I guess if anything is to blame for the world heading toward criminalizing completely harmless human expression (in addition to our unwillingness to rebuild modern politics), it's too much investment in military strength and anti-riot technology.
People always laugh and turn their heads at the thought of something big actually happening modern times, but what else can stop this kind of thing? My ears are always open to suggestions, even if they may never hear functional ones.
Culture, both national cultures and the one international culture we're all a part of, are living, growing entities. What all of us have been watching occur is the spreading of an infection. An infection that uses the weaknesses of today's political structures against their people.
It's not just Japan, or the UK, or Australia, or Canada, or India, or countries under religious & military rule, or Korea, or the Ukraine.
Global communication is gradually converting us into an international, inter-connected organism. As such, the infection has unrestricted mobility, and uses the people's fear of their own country's excessive political and military might (fear to take action and treat this infection) to its advantage.
Anti-expression is everyone's problem, and is only one initial symptom of an intensifying illness.
Can't spell Ukraine without UK. This is a sign of the future. A future where only perverts prosper... for no one will ever suspect those 200-some odd images of a girl standing near her car with a troubled look(perhaps she is lost or it broke down), her hand resting on her vehicle(a powerful, muscular machine she clings to as her only source of protection from violation) as the most vile and naughty of pornography. -to say nothing of people with things like foot fetish or sleeping people or the like.
And this from a country whose main exports are stolen russian gas and prostitutes.
You forget about Holodomor monuments and children's organs.
And cheap copies of Russian weapons.
They gonna export lots of hardcore porn in nearest future. Banning porn usually create underground market, which quickly go extreme (cause gov. have no control over it). Just like Russia in 90's.
-Dinner's ready!
-Wait mom, I'm takeing my medical porn.
any chance for medicinal loli porn??
Oh God! The horrors are coming to life!
Medicinal purposes probably means for gynaecological purposes...i.e. if it's for the study of genitalia, the diseases of, the mutations of, and the cure of...
That's my 2en worth
Pornography is medicinal to it's viewers by it's very existence. What are they talking about?
*its
i got greatest vision ever... what... if.. all anon's or otakus would gather up... buy some island or land and make own country/nation.. Anon Land! or something.. we could put our own laws there etc allowing loli's. cosplay prostitutes.. what ever. you name it. we allow it ,P
it would be like dream land. everybody could do their fetishes and so on.. then ofc we would convince some awesome doujinshi publishers there. ofcourse they would come there because all of their buyers live there ;P
guys... that would be too awesome.
Actually Pirate Bay was trying to do something like that, to by-pass any international copyright laws...
Oh, this is the place: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principality_of_Sealand
Then US medias will ilustrate it as "land of modern pirates" and catholic church and owners of rights for SW and movies will persuade US army to bomb it.
Can anyone say, 'military invasion'?
That would be too expensive.
Ukraine? The gay porn paradise? HAH.
Limiting their porn to nurse fetishes...well the people of the Ukraine will have to live with that I guess?
Medicinal Porn, The only alternative to Viagra.
They banned porn? Seriously?
In text is specified not whole law but only his part. In this law is in the same way said that "the law will be applicatе only if beside you there is more one copies of prOn"so that if you have a sense one disk or sister fuck manga nobody nothing will do to you. but if their two ( on HD and recorded on DVD that will put in prison on 3 years. I live in ukraine and me absolutely do not care on this law. Nobody will not make the raids on a thousand student and schoolboy PC. We lived 10 years keeping Loli mango at home and no one did not put in jail for this time. This law is accepted against pirate which openly trade the disk with PrOnOm on metro station .
But in general our government has got to stop deal with shit and concerned with something useful.
LOL our goverment as always on height.This such fine toling EU.
In Ukrain so much laws against pirate but still of the times in each city possible to buy the pirate disk with any game or film even in "
Official shop (C) " this enormous business bring enormous money. And a part of these money goes the official in government.
This law was accepted that to cloud the brains EU. PrOn what was on sale so and will sell.
I see the Lulz
EU inspector- I see beside you new law
UA goverment- yes now beside us shall increase Spirituality of Nation. you will take us in EU
EU inspector - but that this! this group PrOn and he is liberally sold.
UA goverment - (Coolface.jpg) but this!?
do not worry this Medical Pron all in right. else questions?
EU inspector - get the fuck out of here
This sounds over 9000 times more funny because of your English.
I'm sorry if this offends you.
(Hey, at least it is charismatic! Like Japanese Engrish!)
Somehow I very much doubt that this is a smart move..
i'm from Ukraine, and i don't give a shit.
"Medical Pornography" -
In the United States, the YMCA tried to ban women from accessing information about contraceptives and female hygiene by lobbying to have it declared "obscene" - e.g. pornographic. (The YMCA believed women would act promiscuous if they knew about their bodies. Forget sex-ed in schools, the YMCA didn't even want *adult* women to be allowed to buy a book and read about it on their own). Allowing "medical pornography" assures women have access sexual education materials.
Is it YWCA for Women or YMCA for men?
To hell with censorship. If you ban porn your going to see a massive increase in sexual assults.
Medicinal pr0n... Used for medicinal purpose..
Hmmm.. Guro pr0n..?
I support this law. Pornography, sexuality and human body in general is something awful and unnatural...
...wait wut?
They will force the EU into adopting this ban on porn, just for the lulz.
Oh goodness, in before the fools here blame feminists.
But it's for my prostate!
But it prolongs my life,trains my healt as in heart rate arm strenght and other qualities.
How is pr0n non-medicinal at all?
But, porn keeps me stiff for hours just like viagra. Would that be medical purpose?
*facepalm*
Why just why?
WTF! NO F###en PORN?! I feel sorry for the people over there. I guess they will go on a killing spree instead of staying home and masturbating.
*Removes 'The Ukraine', where ever that is, from future visit or move to locations*. Well couldn't spell it anyway so it wasn't on the list to begin with......
It's simple. Instead of interpreting this as the kind of law that's enforced for the good of the people, this is probably the type that is used as a tool, enforced when those with power/authority want it as a weapon. Let it apply almost anywhere and it's a fucking politician-activated cudgel, to pummel those that would oppose you. If the general population is anxious and irritated over the ambiguity and the potential prosecution of such wide-angle rules it's just a side effect.
Very common to see sets of laws with both. Long live abuse of office.
First sings of male becoming an endangered species in the uk?
So now they decide to ban pr0n so more people will probably have sex and increase the chance of male births.
Not that it matters or anything.
Afterall, it's only a matter of time before the USSR arises from the ashes.
( ´,_ゝ｀)ｸｯｸｯｸ･･･( ´∀｀)ﾌﾊﾊﾊﾊ･･･( ﾟ∀ﾟ)ﾊｧｰﾊｯﾊｯﾊｯﾊ!!
Hey, cool I'm Ukranian. This seems too preposterous to be true, and I haven't heard of anything like this from friends and family who still live there. It's still the number one country on the European continent for prostitution and the sex industry. I went there just last year to fuck some young ones (not loli young).
I guess people could legally own their loli material there now by saying they have a "disease" called "loliconism" >.>
when i first read medical pornography i first thought they mean pornography of a medical genre... not medical purposes xD
I should note that it was in tv news today that the ukrainian government suggests that ban now to the EU...
Mother russia wants more raep porn. It's educational for the comraeds.
Medical eh?
"Doctor! Doctor! My erection won't subside!"
"Hmmm.... This is serious. I'm prescribing you a 12 month subscription to 'Hot Ukrainian Housewives'. See me again after the subscription expires for a refill."
I'm assuming "medical uses" doesn't refer to pornography, it means nudity for reference purposes. A picture of a nekkid woman is not permitted, unless it's being used to diagnose a problem.
Or at least that's the way it sounded to me.
"Medical"? Isn't it "Educational"?
Excuse me officers, you see, I have this medical issue, pornography medically helps me get off.
The EU will probably follow suit.
Porn is the root of evil
Odd thought it was money.
that pic ishikei's?
Thank GOD!!! I live in the states!!!
MEDICAL PORNOGRAPHY IS NECESSARYY EVERY DAYY TO INHIBIT THE SICKNESS CALLED HARD-WOODINIISM..
NURSES WILL ASSIST YOU CONCERNING THIS MATTER..Lolz
OH NO MY DICK HAS BEEN HARD FOR 10 YEARS! I NEED MEDICAL PRONOGRAPHY!!!
lol.
rape cases will number the entire unmarried population of ukraine
I think the US tried this once, only with alcohol instead of porn. Anyone know how that turned out?
It will be a good few years for Ukranian mafia...
Was porn ever allowed in Ukraine in the first place? I see same pixelated crap on tv at night, I don't see any sex shops closing, dating sites are still full of prostitutes... And why medical? In the news they said it was for "personal use".
what's the hell!!!?!!! FTW!
i'm gonna move to ukraine next month (work :( )!
and so, I need to delete all porno from my PC?! what the hell!!!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! MEDICINAL DRAWINGS ARENT PORN TECHNICALLY. So... Doctors and nurses can have porn, and everyone else needs porn with doctors and nurses? I could get used to that! Now what are they gunna say? PORN FOR SCHOOL USE ONLY! HAHAHAHAHA.... I wish... >> << Im just still ramblin on. does anyone actually scroll down this much? w.e