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2008-12-10 Southeast Asia

Indonesian porn ban threatens ethnic traditions

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Posted by Fred 2008-12-10 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top
File under: Global Jihad

#1 Can I wear one of those in a Starbucks? If a woman wears one, is that cross dressing? What do you do with the extra space inside one of those things? So many questions. So little time.

Posted by Richard of Oregon 2008-12-10 09:22|| 2008-12-10 09:22|| Front Page Top

#2 Starbucks Koteka mugs? Your Toffee Nut Latte will never quite taste the same Richard.

Posted by Besoeker 2008-12-10 09:37|| 2008-12-10 09:37|| Front Page Top

#3 But it's the suggestion that outsiders can force locals to abandon their culture that raises hackles.

So thats what the Papuan kids are calling it these days.

Posted by DepotGuy 2008-12-10 10:08|| 2008-12-10 10:08|| Front Page Top

#4 "Put it in a burqua bag or we'll chop it off!"

Posted by Woozle Elmeter 2700 2008-12-10 12:04|| 2008-12-10 12:04|| Front Page Top

Wearing nothing but feathers and a long, tapering gourd jutting from his groin, Papuan tribesman Suroba says the Indonesian government cannot force him to wear pants.

That has got to be one of the all-time greatest opening sentences. That's worthy of an old-school New York Post byline.

As was the later reference to "stiff opposition".

Posted by Mitch H.">Mitch H. 2008-12-10 14:50|| http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/]">[http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/] 2008-12-10 14:50|| Front Page Top

#6 a fertile bowl carved out of the mountains running down Papua's spine

Couple with that line, it starts to get a little too steamy.

Personal deal here, though a sorted story to bring it up in. All those people here who cry for the Native Americans and the loss of their culture, well here it is going on right in front of the world and they do nothing. Same thing with all those people who claim they have the Buddhist spirit sat and did nothing while Myanmar reloaded. Perhaps they should go and do something about it over there where it is happening instead of supporting this by drinking fancy coffee from this region and bitching.
"Oh, the poor orangutans being forced off their ancient forest..boo hoo. Hey, is that a Sumatra coffee bean? I love that stuff gonna go have another. Ugh, can you believe they still have the Cowboys vs. Redskins games? Yumm chocolate..Aztecs, what else did they do that I don't know about?"

Posted by swksvolFF 2008-12-10 16:12|| 2008-12-10 16:12|| Front Page Top

#7 Richard of Oregon, what extra space?

Posted by Deacon Blues">Deacon Blues 2008-12-10 18:24|| 2008-12-10 18:24|| Front Page Top

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