Man's ‘devil’ number plate banned in Sweden
Published: 7 Jun 12 16:49 CET | Print version
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/41304/20120607/
Authorities have told a motorcyclist in southern Sweden to change his number plate after the current “666” registration was deemed to be too offensive.
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When the time came for a renewal of the plates, the agency told the man that his triple six would be de-registered come Monday – even though they had given the plates the green light back in 2007.
According to the agency’s rules, “a personal plate may not be designed if it causes offence or harm to anyone else.”
“The number combination of 666 may be offensive to some,” wrote the agency in a letter to the man.
“The Swedish Transport Agency therefore has decided that you are no longer entitled to these personal number plates.”
The number 666 represents the antichrist or the devil in popular culture and is sometimes referred to as “the number of the beast”.
Some people take the number so seriously that they actively avoid it, a fear which is known as Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia.
It is not known whether staff members suffer such a fear, or if the concern was for the residents of the Falköping community.
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They exist....
Wat a bul.....
What's wrong with Sweden? Is this country being transformed into a paranoid and super-conservative state? The US had this attidute in the 80s (PRMC, etc); are we going backwards?
P.S. Anyway, could it be offensive because in Swedish it translates to sex-sex-sex? :p
Yep
http://phobias.about.com/od/phobiaslist/a/fear666.htm
Of course this is to the interpretation of whoever comes across the number, it was passed on 2007, but surely it came across an old swedish democrat feminist who works at trafikwhatever and says noooooo!!!!
Dont change the numbers because 123 might be offensive to people from Madagascar or whatever!
Cutting the list short, can somebody please take care of all these things that are offensive to me and ban them?
my neighbour here in the city on your national holiday on wednesday was wearing an american flag bikini with an american flag towel wrapped around here. she was a swede too - not a yank. to give you an idea of how gullible swedes are look at their foot wear. 99% are wearing converse shoes - like sheep. the american collection.
If anyone is offended by 666 they want to be offended.