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

Heightism

[frisket]

I'd ban any dog under 14 inches high...

Re:Heightism

[dattaway]

This is one way to debark a small yipper:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Tj_Tr7w8d4

Re:Heightism

[EggyToast]

It's good to hear that you're taking the reasonable approach to the problem. If I had more free time, and was just slightly more sociopathic, I would walk around city blocks and look for people who don't pick up after their dogs, put on some latex gloves, and then pick up the dog's poop and throw it at the owner.

I suppose calling the cops is more civil.

Re:Heightism

[MightyYar]

:)

Apparently you haven't been to NYC. The average little yip-yip dog here wouldn't stand a chance against the average subway rat.

You have to admire this guy's balls

[elrous0]

Of course, they'll be freezing soon in a prison. But it's impressive, nonetheless.

Memery

[TheoMurpse]

14 inch dog? No wireless. Less height than a mastiff. Lame.

So, when St. Bernards are outlawed,

[Hawthorne01]

only outlaws will have St. Bernards?

Or something like that...