[FairfieldLife] Re: Fwd: Hey, Ron, Do me a favor

[Jason Spock]

 
 
   Hey Vajranatha, remember, Pakistani's are hypocrites.
  Read this,
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       Friday, November 15, 2002
 The New York Times reports on a looming clash over pornography in Pakistan.
 
  PESHAWAR: The sight of an MMA government is cause for concern to many, especially those running ‘theatres’ in the North West Frontier province of Pakistan, says a report by David Rhode in the New York Times on Friday.
  About a dozen young Pakistani men stood in silent clusters, he says, in front of the Shama movie theatre, doing their best to look casual. But when the box office opened, the rush was on. 
  “The young men standing near the entrance surged forward and tried to slip in before anyone could see them. A few older men emerged from the shadows and darted inside. Stragglers arrived for the next 15 minutes, including one young man who held a scarf in front of his face as he entered the theatre. 
 
   It was "English movie" night here in Peshawar, Pakistan's conservative Islamic and famously anti-American city near the Afghan border. But for the next two hours, what appeared on screen had nothing to do with the American movies advertised outside. First came three Indian music videos featuring curvy starlets with long, shimmering black hair, clingy shirts and, in one or two scenes, gently sashaying hips. An abrupt reel change later, the screen flickered with a series of Pashto-language stag films: Pakistani women in bathing suits and underwear gyrating, singing and taking off their tops. But in the end, it was the Great Satan that delivered the night's feature presentation: a hardcore 1970's-era pornographic film starring an American bleached-blonde named Jennifer Welles.
  A coalition of religious fundamentalist parties won control of the provincial government in last month's election, on a platform which included a crackdown on pornography. The theater manager defends the screenings. "'If this closes, there will be more terrorism in their minds,' [the theater manager] said, referring to his patrons. 'If they see these movies, they are satisfied.'"
  “Dubbed in German, the film opened with a lengthy conversation in an apartment that seemed to bore the packed gallery, which by now reeked of hashish. The plot quickly thickened. In a fast-paced scene set in a barn, two young women gave a returning Confederate soldier what could only be described as a hero’s welcome.” Rhodes met a middle-age man outside the theatre who identified himself as the manager and explained to an American visitor that the evening’s bill had 60 minutes to go and that the theatre also showed “Dutch, French and Spanish” films.
“In addition to imposing Islamic law and driving American soldiers and FBI agents from Pakistan, the parties have vowed to ban pornography and end Ms Welles’s career in Pakistan,” asserted the paper. 
  A man, who unlike the others wasn’t ashamed of the practice, told the paper that closing the theatre would ‘do nothing’ because pornographic videos and DVD’s were available across the city. “You can go to every video shop; they sell it,” the manager seconded the man. 
  According to the paper, opponents of the religious parties also point out that previous crackdowns both here and in Afghanistan in the 1980’s and 90’s may have curbed ‘sin’ but did not eliminate it.
  The report says, “Despite the substantial social taboo, a sizeable number of people attend ‘English movies,’ according to both supporters and detractors of the theatre. Nearby shop owners and the theatre manager estimated that at least 70 to 80 men attended each of its two daily screenings.”
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From: "Vaj" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>   Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2005 07:49:58 -0500 Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Fwd: Hey, Ron, Do me a favor 
  In some of the old "Stans" approx. 25% of the women are either sold into slavery or used as prostitutes.
  In Somalia, due to a religious Fatwa, all women who are to marry must have a clitoridectomy (surgical removal of the clitoris). If they don't they are considered "manly" and cannot marry. Approx. 90% of Somali have this procedure.
  The worshippers of the god Allah may represent the greatest threat to world peace. It's hard to tell if they or the followers of the torture device are number one in this regard. Why not call it a draw?
 
                            
 
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