The anti-pornography law is overkill. There are laws and regulations in the book that prohibit the sale, distribution and production of pornographic material. To date, these have not been applied. The new law will simply increase the interests of the oversexed people and the prices of these offensive materials.
The children of Indonesia will not be in any way more protected. If anything, they will be more likely to be victimized.
In the meantime the oversexed and immoral men will continue to prey on young girls and even boys, especially those who are financially challenged.
Our government, Police and many individuals continue to tolerate child brides, contract marriages, unofficial marriagesmarriages"), polygamy (that definitely encourages corruption and is truly demeaning to women and disastrous for children) which are insidious but politically acceptable to many.
Our legislators should have paid more attention to the more urgent matters such as corruption amongst their numbers, the poor state of our nation and deteriorating economy of Indonesia.
PAUL E. RANTAU
Singapore
Well, if there's one thing that's positive about this, it's that it might change sinetron (television soap opera). I really hate those shows. Though I guess they won't get better.
ANON
Jakarta
Indonesia, please educate your people, help them to understand and control their emotions and natural urges, help them to develop and to become responsible acting adults. Then you don't have to put a ban on human life!
Once upon a time, there was a kind of real Pancasila in this huge and wonderful country. But who protects today the idea in "diversity"?
Now the hard-liners come in to take over the helm, slowly creeping in, discriminating against different ethnic groups and looking down on minorities because "we are the majority".
Aproposprotect the children and families of this country", how about to putting a ban on hailing convicted terrorists? Because today this is a country where interviews with mass murderer Amrozi and his killer friends get aired on television, and nobody stops them.
How about putting a ban on these constant threats? To protect the children and families of this country!
TOM
Denpasar
Goodbye, Indonesia. Goodbye, Pancasila. Goodbye, Bhinneka Tunggal Ika (Unity in Diversity).
R. ASTARI
Jakarta
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