The Conference of European Rabbis, which represents Orthodox Jewish congregations across the continent, says it wants the iPhone manufacturer to stop selling an Arabic-language version of the Protocols being offered through its iTunes service. 'The Protocols of the Elders of Zion' can and should be available for academics to study in its proper context, (but) to disseminate such hateful invective as a mobile app is dangerous and inexcusable," conference president Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt said in a statement. The app does include a disclaimer that "The Protocols" has been described as a forgery, but Goldschmidt said in a telephone interview that it was being sold for 99 cents a download in a context which made it clear that it was aimed at "propagating hatred."
В общем, эту хохмочку мы, кажется, уже слышали - спецхран для неправильных книжек, специальный допуск для тех, кому можно, ну и т.д. Правда, тогда это называлось страшной советской цензурой, а теперь, видимо, политкорректностью и другими красивыми словами. Но все равно, нет ничего нового под солнцем.
P.S. Ну и чтобы два раза не вставать - истчо одна новость из политкорректного быта, найденная на просторах ЖЖ:
Two high school choruses will reportedly not perform with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra this year because their groups are not racially-diverse enough. This year, the schools were informed by symphony officials that their choruses are not diverse enough, and that the symphony would be inviting a third, more diverse chorus," Cobb County Schools spokesman Jay Dillon told the website.
Аз, многогрешный, как-то привык думать, что соблюдение прав человека - это когда в хоре поют те, кто может и хочет петь, независимо от цвета кожи. Но похоже, в нынешние