Chinese Government Sued Over Dog Height Censorship

Googling Yourself writes "More than 30,000 censors are employed in China to monitor the Internet, so it was no surprise when censors deleted a posting by Chen Yuhua protesting Beijing municipal government's regulations barring any dog over 14 inches high and restricting each family to only one dog. The surprise (reports the Washington Post) was when Chen studied China's civil code and marched into court with a lawsuit, only the second time that a Chinese citizen has gone to court over party censorship. 'I was very careful to follow the correct procedure,' Chen said in an interview, while pointing at the official legal manual on his dining room table. On December 14 Chen was told by clerks that the district court, after referring to higher-level judges for advice, had decided to reject the case. The next step, Chen said, is an appeal to the Supreme Court."

Comments

Re:Think of the Economics

[BuddyJesus]

Hurray. Yet another racist slashdot comment.

Re:Check the dictionary

[jihadist]

Hitler was racist, Saddam Hussein was racist, the Viet Cong were racist and now, China is racist.

Let's go get China.

At least this is something liberals and conservatives can agree on: we need to make war against those who do not share our democratic values, because they will never do anything but hate our freedom.

Other dog bans

[rodney dill]

...next they'll be banning rare and medium-rare.