Top 10 Weird Bans by Governments Around the World

• 4:36 pm July 15, 2018
• vignesh

While the general perception around the world among different countries is that their respective government needs to do so much more for the common man. The government on its part does its job by implying some populist measures to appease the common man but to no avail the common man is a smart individual who knows what he wants and what he doesn’t. Gone are the days of trickery and fooling even vote bank and divisive politics count for nothing this days. But even though these are just one part of the problem the bigger picture is that governments across the world at times have a strange way of working and imply stranger restrictions on their people and things in their countries. We at Genmice are going to list about 10 such weird bans imposed by governments across the world.

Dancing in clubs after midnight banned in Japan for the past 67 years

After the World War II, in 1947, an anti-prostitution law was framed which was termed as “Feuiho”.

During those days, the clubs were considered as “Adult Entertainment Establishments” and a special license was required for dancing after midnight. This ban was revoked after 67 years in 2015 when a famous musician Ryuichi Sakamoto led a campaign against it.

Russia banned Emo clothing

The Russian government became overtly concerned when the number of teenagers giving up their life reached at an alarming stage and they felt that the reason for such negative activity is emo fashion.

As a result, a ban was imposed on the emo fashion and its dress senses. We may have heard that parents decide what their kids should wear but it must have been the first time when a government decided the clothing of youngsters.

Baby names in Denmark

In Denmark, there is a strange restriction which states parents can’t name their kids as per their own will. They are provided with a list of 7,000 approved names from which they have to choose one.

The first name should indicate the gender of the baby; it should never be a surname and it can’t be quirky. If parents want to keep another name which is not in the list, they have to take permission from local church and the government. On an average, 1,000 names are rejected every year. How strange is that you don't have authority over naming your child, wow.

You cant jog in Burundi

You may love to jog but if you are in Burundi, jogging can lead you to jail. This east African country has a history of turmoil, hence people used to jog in groups so that they can save each other if militia attacks.

However, in March 2014, the President of the country Pierre Nkurunziza imposed a ban on jogging, saying that people are using jogging to plan anti-social activities.

Claire Danes banned in Manila

The American actress Claire Danes was banned in Manila in 1998 after she made some negative comments about the city. During an interview with the Vogue magazine, Claire termed Manila as a ghastly and weird city.

She also went on to say that the city smelled like cockroaches, it has no sewerage system with rats all over the place and people have no arms, no legs and no eyes. The city council banned her from entering the city and also banned each and every movie in which she works.

Chewing gum is banned in Singapore

The Singapore government banned chewing gum back in 2004 as it was posing a problem in maintaining cleanliness.

Some people used to stick chewing gums in key holes, mailboxes and elevator buttons. It not only made cleaning difficult but also hugely raised the cost of cleaning by damaging the cleaning equipment. However, an exception has been made and chewing gum can be purchased for medical purposes only.