Criminalizing things: It's what's made Russia grand for years and years (that, and secret torture rooms).

Legislation is currenting being formulated in Russia to heavily regulate emo websites and ban emo and goth dress style in schools and government buildings.

The new laws are apparently being driven by fears that these "dangerous teen trends" encourage depression and suicide.

The legislation defines "emo kids" as "teenagers who wear black, have facial piercings and black hair with fringes that 'cover half the face,'" and it's been met with rampant protesting. One demonstration in Siberia saw a banner that read, "A Totalitarian State Encourages Stupidity." Sensitive but smart, these emo kids.

How can we expect emo kids to not get harassed when even ads geared toward them call them freaks? VAMPIRE freaks!

Sorry we're so late with this, the most incredible thing currently happening in global youth culture, but here we go: hundreds and hundreds of young people are taking to the streets of cities throughout Mexico to hunt down and assault "emo kids," those dark, flat-ironed saddies who love Elliot Smith more than themselves. Dios mio! According to reports, the roving gangs are composed of punks, Slayer-loving Hessians and assholes, and, thanks to the Internet, they're more coordinated and propagandistic than American lynch mobs ever were:

… several postings on Mexican social-networking sites, primarily organising spots for these “emo hunts,” have been dug up and translated. One states: “I HATE EMOS!!! They are not even people, they are so stupid, they cry over meaningless things… My school is infested with them, I want to kill them all!”

Another says: “We’ve never seen all the urban tribes unite against one single tribe before… Emos, their way of thinking is for crap, if you are so depressed please do us all a favour and kill yourselves!”

After the jump, video footage of the violence as well as a now infamous clip of Mexican TV personality Kristoff calling emo "fucking bullshit," an incident many believe incited these attacks. Any translation via comment would be appreciated.

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