Published: 7 Jun 12 16:49 CET | Print version
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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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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.