Uzbekistan gives fur-lined undies the slip
Written by Rumil on Monday, 23 January 2006
Culture and History, Uzbekistan3 Comments
Culture and History, Uzbekistan3 Comments
The other day I read an article ( don’t exactly remember where ) about a new invention of uzbek enterpreneurs, the fur-lined underwear that used to be sold in Tashkent. What a frustration but the authorities of Uzbekistan “have ordered an immediate halt to sales of men’s and women’s underwear lined on the inside with animal fur”. I don’t have any idea why they would do that. Do they think this exotic merchandise is dangerous ? Actually things like that do not surprise anybody in Uzbekistan nowadays.
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Why does the Uzbek government ban the sale of fur-lined underwear? Rumil is puzzled.
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So we can safely say this has nothing to do with animal rights or anything like that.
I don’t even get what this means: “Authorities here, citing the “unbridled fantasy” that the newfangled thermal undergarments could spark if left unchecked, have ordered an immediate halt to sales of men’s and women’s underwear lined on the inside with animal fur, apparently the brainchild of a local entrepreneur.” (from the article linked to in this post).
Logic (?): fur-lined underwear -> flagrant sexual fantasizing -> the deterioration of the moral fiber of society
Is that the implication of “unbridled fantasy”?
I am equally confused…
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I wondered aloud if it might not be an anti-Sikh measure in your next commented thread.
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