The Russian State Agrees with SuperFrenchie: The Simpsons Are a Monstrously Scandalous Product

A Moscow court has decreed that the cartoons that a Russian TV channel is showing, such as South Park and the Simpsons, are subversive, writes Marie Jégo in Le Monde — thus (insofar as SuperFrenchy can be said to be representative of les Français) the Russians seem to agree with the French.

…le futur de [la chaîne] 2×2 semble compromis. "Il faut remplacer ces émissions sordides par des programmes éducatifs. Le respect des valeurs familiales, le goût du sport et le patriotisme, voilà ce que nous devons encourager chez les jeunes", a décrété mardi Pavel Zyrianov, 25 ans, député de la Douma.

It is good to know the kind of material that viewers in Russia and America should be barred from seeing…