Friday, October 06, 2006

No dissing Genghis

Monglia takes a stab at its own curious brand of political correctness, with a move by the Mongolian parliament (the State Great Hural) to regulate the uses of the great Khan's name. Apparently free enterprise has led to too many situations like this and this. With the country in the throes of Genghis mania it was decided that...

'We are not showing enough respect to Genghis Khan,'' said lawmaker E. Bat-Uul. ''We tend to use his name more on vodka bottles. If today somebody produces toilet paper with Genghis Khan's name, we do not know what to do about it as currently there is no law.''

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