Kata2 Salman Rushdie ttg pronografi: 1. "a free and civilized society should be judged by its willingness to accept pornography."
2."it sometimes becomes a kind of standard-bearer for freedom, even civilization." Setujukah anda dg pendapat om Salman Rushdie di atas? (khairurrazi) Porn is vital to freedom, says Rushdie Press Trust of India London, August 8 Raising yet another controversy, Indian-born writer Salman Rushdie claims that porn is vital to freedom and supports his argument with statistics about the volume of porn traffic on the internet in Pakistan. Rushdie argues that a free and civilized society should be judged by its willingness to accept pornography. His views are to be published alongside images of American porn stars in a book called XXX:30 Porn star, The Sunday Times reported today. Rushdie, who faces an edict issued by Iran sentencing him to death for allegely insulting Islam in his controversial book 'Satanic Verses,' writes in an essay 'The East is Blue', "Pornography exists everywhere, of course, but when it comes into societies in which it's difficult for young men and women to get together and do what young men and women often like doing, it satisfies a more general need." He adds: "While doing so, it sometimes becomes a kind of standard-bearer for freedom, even civilization." According to Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, the book's photographer, Rushdie supports his "argument with statistics about the volume of porn traffic on the internet in Pakistan." MORE Rushdie, 54, is joined by some of the most prominent figures in American literare, music and cinema in his campaign to welcome pornography into the mainstream. Gore Vidal, the grand old man of American letters, writes in the foreword to XXX:30 Porn Star that America is a puritanical society which has fettered sexuality with unnecessary constraints. "We didn't take sex so seriously thousands of years ago because we had so many other things to worry about, such as surviving," he said Khairurrazi Aligarh Muslim University Uttar Pradesh, India -- India.com free e-mail - www.india.com. Check out our value-added Premium features, such as an extra 20MB for mail storage, POP3, e-mail forwarding, and ads-free mailboxes! Powered by Outblaze ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/BRUplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> *************************************************************************** Berdikusi dg Santun & Elegan, dg Semangat Persahabatan. Menuju Indonesia yg Lebih Baik, in Commonality & Shared Destiny. www.ppi.4t.com *************************************************************************** __________________________________________________________________________ Mohon Perhatian: 1. Harap tdk. memposting/reply yg menyinggung SARA (kecuali sbg otokritik) 2. Pesan yg akan direply harap dihapus, kecuali yg akan dikomentari. 3. Lihat arsip sebelumnya, www.ppi-india.da.ru; 4. Posting: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 5. Satu email perhari: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 6. No-email/web only: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 7. kembali menerima email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ppiindia/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
