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05-16-2006, 04:10 PM
The Advertiser: Anti-porn move stirs anger in Indonesia [16may06] (http://www.theadvertiser.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,19146635%255E912,00.html): "A SWING of the hips in a traditional Balinese dance. An artist sketching the soft lines of a nude model on paper. A young woman kissing her lover on a deserted beach.
These acts - acceptable expressions of art and affection in most democracies - may be outlawed for 220 million Indonesians if a small group of Muslim parties pushing for the passage of an anti-pornography law get their way.
The Bill, being reviewed by a parliamentary committee, is stirring resentment across the nation's ethnically diverse provinces.
Opponents call it an attempt by politicians to dictate moral standards in this nation, which has more Muslims than any other in the world. They argue that what proponents of the law regard as pornography is art to others and that freedom of speech must not be compromised. "
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These acts - acceptable expressions of art and affection in most democracies - may be outlawed for 220 million Indonesians if a small group of Muslim parties pushing for the passage of an anti-pornography law get their way.
The Bill, being reviewed by a parliamentary committee, is stirring resentment across the nation's ethnically diverse provinces.
Opponents call it an attempt by politicians to dictate moral standards in this nation, which has more Muslims than any other in the world. They argue that what proponents of the law regard as pornography is art to others and that freedom of speech must not be compromised. "
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