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DOWN WITH THE BILL
Sat, 10/11/2008 1:57 PM | National
Indonesian protesters march against an anti-pornography bill in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, Saturday. About thousand of people attended a rally opposing the endorsement of the anti- pornography bill by the Indonesian parliament. (AP/Firdia Lisnawati)
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Ketti (not verified) — Thu, 10/16/2008 - 12:26pm
We have to be aware that pornography bill could not help us avoiding totally from moral damaged. Our faith and obey to God's commandments is the key medicine to avoid from moral damaged. So, let's don't force our societies to receive the bill if it will make them insecure. We will be better focus to the simple way by maintaining our faith to God and obey God's commandments than make something that will bring our societies into the chaos.
Sf (not verified) — Tue, 10/14/2008 - 2:01am
look man, the bill define porn as a "material or action that elicit lust".
If a woman is naked and man feels lust, why do you criminalize the woman. This kind of "i feel this way because of someone else thus that other person is at fault" childish coward mentality is exactly the type of mentality that prevent this nation from going anywhere except muter-muter. it's the same like "do not eat during fasting month because that would make people feel even more hungry", what? if you feel hungry, why i am responsible? isn't controlling hunger (a desire) is the point of fasting? It's time for Indonesian to take RESPONSIBILITY over their own feelings, instead of blaming it to someone else.
Second, who's lust? A jaded dude fashion photographer might not feel lust even if you present him with 10 naked models, thus, they're are not guilty. But a 10 year old kid might see a fully clothed middle age woman and feel lust, should the woman be imprisoned? Or maybe another dude that never have a girlfriend see any women, and feel lust, then should everyone he sees, and elicit his lust, be imprisoned? Who's lust?
Third. This is important, saying that lust comes from seeing the female body and then branding the lust as "Bad" is the same as associating the female body with "bad". You just branded more than of half of specious "bad" because their physical feature elicit a feeling in you. Look, sex is something that God intend to exist. If He doesn't want sex to exist, he would made human reproduce by other method. Let's go to this religious thing further, sex is not sinned, extramarital sex (yes, that's include jacking off with Playboy mag) is sin. If you think sex is inherently bad, then you got some messed up brain in there.
four. So many proponent of this bill are middle age woman...wonder why? Maybe because they have such a hard time holding on their dodgy husbands. Look, ladies, if your husband visit a place or someone you don't like, isn't it his choice? Why blame the other woman?
Man...this bill only shows how low is the mentality of this nation, the men gets a hard on at slightest whim and blame others for it, and the woman keeps on fighting like junior high school student way to their middle age. Grow up people
Ahmed Afzal (not verified) — Sun, 10/12/2008 - 6:27am
Please pass this bill ASAP and clean up the mess.
Schmerly (not verified) — Sat, 10/11/2008 - 3:08pm
If this bill gets passed, it will give more power to the so called “religious police” to collect even more corrupt fees than they already do.
These bigots already have far to much power to collect illegal fees using religion as an excuse.