Stupidest thing to ever be banned?

[The Apothecarry]

My English professor's daughter's school banned Brave New World because someone got upset about the pilgrims calling the Native Americans "savages."

Historical Accuracy. It's kind of important. And until you develop a time machine to travel back to the 1660s to tell the pilgrims to not call Native Americans "savages," I'm labeling you as an imbecile.

 

[LandoCristo]

"The catcher in the Rye" from American schools. Not a bad book, but nothing worth banning, either.

 

[Nouw]

]Plastic bags have been banned where I live.

Well I want to move in because that sounds like a pretty damn clean place if you ask me.

Well I wouldn't say banned but you're not allowed to be sarcastic in my school. However it is as heavily enforced as restricted video games in New Zealand. Get it?

 

[similar.squirrel]

Marijuana. It began with a timber tycoon wanting to get rid of hemp because of its extremely useful applications in building. Seriously, hemp walls are amazing; they're extremely strong, they can literally be cut into any shape which saves laying bricks and gives great structural integrity, they're carbon-negative and the plant can proliferate under pretty much any conditions.

Also, THC is a friendly compound. Not that growing hemp can be used as a cover for pot plants; cross-pollination will make that extremely non-viable.

 

[Zantos]

British Bulldog in Primary school. It taught us important lessons.

 

[Moonshard]

Two things from my high school.

Yugioh cards were banned because one person made claims that his deck was stolen. A few of us put together some of our cards to remake his stolen deck in order to get the ban lifted. Turns out his cards weren't stolen... he just left them at home. Ban was lifted after one day.

The anime club at the school was shut down because some jerk was looking at hentai porn on his computer when his mom walked in on him. His reason? Blame it on someone else!

 

[Queen Michael]

Homosexuality.
No explanation necessary.

 

[jackpipsam]

Mods on this site, oh come on you know it's true

 

[ENKC]

Most people in this thread are amateurs. There are much more stupid things than smoking and alcohol and cigarettes that have been banned. For example:


No hoops for you.

 

[Sarge034]

On my highschool, smoking wasn't allowed on school grounds. So everyone took 1 step outside of the fence and smoked. Pretty damn stupid if you ask me.

Ever heard of "Passive Smoking"? I think that's the real reason for this "stupid" ban, personally I gag whenever I inhale cigarette smoke, I doubt I'm the only one who finds it utterly disgusting.

Yea, I found out I had asthma at 5 when I walked past some ass smoking in front of Wal-Mart. I was in the hospital for two days, but it's cool. Also, you can't buy or consume tobacco until you are 18. Might that had something to do with it not being allowed on HIGHSCHOOL grounds?

OT- Vending machines/soda/fast food in schools. They did it under the banner of "stop our kids from getting fat". I was not fat, you know why? I ate the fast food, drank a soda, and I got off my ass to exercise.

 

[Davey Woo]

Running games in my primary school playground.
Seriously, when you're under 10, all you do at break is run around, and we weren't allowed.

 

[farq1414]

i hate living in Australia because so much good stuff gets banned it sucks just like mortal kombat

 

[moretimethansense]

Gross,isn't she like 10?

Just don't quote me on that. Like I said, it was a long, long time ago. And I think she was older than Ash... but since I don't know his age... never mind.

Ash and Misty were both perpetually 10 years old, until one of the more recent series aged Ash up to a whooping 13 years of age. In any case, if you are remembering right there's no way they actually showed her nude, racier anime then Pokemon use steam to sensor bath scenes.

Yeah, I didn't mean that they actually showed anything. I probably would have remembered that and probably would have been horrified.

http://animebaths.wikia.com/wiki/Misty Yeah, it happened.

There's a wiki... for catalogueing... bath scenes in anime...?

Even I find that to be a little creepy.

They banned BDSM and BDSM porn here in the UK, point of fact they banned all "extreme" porn, sometyimes I worry for my country.

 

[Lizardon]

Wearing jeans in all secondary schools in Western Australia was banned. The reason being denim is not work attire and is associated with having a good time and has no place in schools.

 

[Lucifron]

A cup breasts in porn in Australia. i am serious look it up. they banned it for reasons it looks like Loli porn. I can not kid you here.

Wow. That's a definite winner. Is voting for anyone that is not a member of some sectarian Church or usually interred in an asylum also banned down under?

 

[Roone]

I wonder no one has brought this up yet, but as it personally affects me:
Basically every violent videogame and movie here in Germany. (Or cutting games and movies)
Ok, in some cases it might be reasonable, but in most cases it's just ridiculous.
And to make it even worse, it often seems arbitrary. For example: Half-Life 2.
First release (and Episode One) were released uncut. (Means: Enemies actually bleed if you shoot them and corpses won't vanish as the touch the floor.)
Then Episode Two got released, was cut (Why? No one knows...) and suddenly you could only buy censored versions of HL2 and Epi One.
Well, good thing Austria is our neighbor and they're not banning every drop of blood

 

[Jonluw]

Trolls. Banning them isn?t stupid, but they are the stupidest thing TO BE banned.

Very probably and I tip my hat to you, sir.

OT: As for me, I say Surge, the drink. There is no legitimate reason to throw that out when we have high octane energy drinks. Hell, we actually HAVE Powerthirst now, the drink that was just a joke spread online!

Where can you find (s)urge? Only in Norway. Where can you find (s)urge? Only in Norway. Forget Kenya

OT: I'm going with the A-cups in Australia. Seriously... What the fuck?
That and lolicon.

 

[Queen Michael]

A cup breasts in porn in Australia. i am serious look it up. they banned it for reasons it looks like Loli porn. I can not kid you here.

This, as it's pretty serious. Australia is easily the most right wing, fascistic country in the west, but this is damn ridiculous.

Well fuck you with a rusty ice pick you ignorant little **** why don?t you look up real fascism is before you accuse my country of it.

Hey now, let's keep it PG.

 

[chiggerwood]

Wow I was going to mention paintball guns in Germany, but They've been outdone. By small tits. Seriously Australia? you banned flat chest? tiny tata's? mini boobs, fun sized fun bags, mosquito bites, [I'll let everyone else fill in the small boobs euphemisms themselves I wonder how many the escapist can think of] all because they supposedly make a woman look like a little kid? that's just retarded.

 

[chiggerwood]

Gross,isn't she like 10?

Just don't quote me on that. Like I said, it was a long, long time ago. And I think she was older than Ash... but since I don't know his age... never mind.

Ash and Misty were both perpetually 10 years old, until one of the more recent series aged Ash up to a whooping 13 years of age. In any case, if you are remembering right there's no way they actually showed her nude, racier anime then Pokemon use steam to sensor bath scenes.

Yeah, I didn't mean that they actually showed anything. I probably would have remembered that and probably would have been horrified.

http://animebaths.wikia.com/wiki/Misty Yeah, it happened.

Why the hell is there a wikipedia for anime bath scenes?? That's just.... creepy doesn't seem strong enough. I mean almost every anime bath scene feels voyeuristic to begin with, and now some one made a wikipedia on the subject? Oh the dirt won't come off. In the back of my mind I know that there is a wikia dedicated to stalking somewhere, and now I want to scrub myself with steel wool because of it.