Cross posted @ God Is 4 Suckers!
Pakistan. The country that was specifically created for the Muslims. A country pockmarked by religious controversy and riots.
It is no surprise to any of us, that these sort of headlines are commonplace:
Pakistan to monitor Google and Yahoo for 'blasphemy'
Pakistan will start monitoring seven major websites, including Google and Yahoo, for content it deems offensive to Muslims.
YouTube, Amazon, MSN, Hotmail and Bing will also come under scrutiny, while 17 less well-known sites will be blocked.
Officials will monitor the sites and block links deemed inappropriate.
In May, Pakistan banned access to Facebook after the social network hosted a "blasphemous" competition to draw the prophet Muhammad.
The new action will see Pakistani authorities monitor content published on the seven sites, blocking individual pages if content is judged to be offensive.
Telecoms official Khurram Mehran said links would be blocked without disturbing the main website.
As no doubt you are all aware, Pakistan has the strictest anti-blasphemy laws – you literally cannot badmouth religion in that country. On pain of death.
And of course, the UN concurs. Because when you grant rights to an idea over the rights of a human being, you are (indirectly) giving free rein to terrorist bullshit. And let’s face it folks: you take young men, tell them they can’t masturbate or can’t have sex until marriage, well, all that energy has to go somewhere, doesn’t it? I know that I would be extremely irritable if that were so, but luckily I live in a country that isn’t as stringent as some of these ass-backwards Sharia countries.
And this garbage isn’t happening in Pakistan alone – Indonesia is also in the grips of this stone-age anachronistic horse manure:
One of Indonesia's top celebrities has been charged under an anti-pornography law for his alleged role in sex videos which have appeared on the internet.
Pop star Nazril "Ariel" Irham and two other celebrities, TV presenter Luna Maya and soapstar Cut Tari, have denied involvement in the sex tapes.
The scandal has angered many in Muslim-dominated Indonesia.
Some conservative Islamic groups have called for the celebrities to be punished.
Zainuri Lubis, deputy spokesman of the National Police, told the BBC that Ariel had been charged with the making and distribution of the sex tapes under the controversial anti-pornography law.
He is the first high-profile person to be charged under the law, which came into effect in 2008 despite strong opposition from the public and members of government.
The law has been criticised for being too vague and for its harsh penalties.
Ariel's charge carries with it a maximum sentence of 12 years and a fine of more than $600,000 (£403,000).
The Abrahamic religions sure seems to be obsessed with sexuality. Human sexuality is a driving force – it could well be said that civilization owes a large debt to it, as much of civilization was an effort to impress the opposite sex (to paraphrase Orson Welles and Futurama). It may not be a force to be feared, but it is to be reckoned with. But when a society is in the thrall of an iron age set of rules better left centuries ago, fear is all those people will know.
Islam (AKA Asslam): it’s gotta go.
Till the next post, then.
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