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Anti-porn bill past Congress and in the Senate?
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Revan
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Post Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 7:51 pm    Post subject: Anti-porn bill past Congress and in the Senate? Reply with quote
http://www.senate.gov.ph/lis/bill_res.aspx?congress=14&q=SBN-2464

This is personally a matter of some concern. You only really become aware of :consored: like this and the issues that come up when weird and downright stupid bullshit like this little bill come up.

Read it. It's nucking futts stupid, too damned loose, and penalizes too many things.

I need to vent spleen on this one, but I'll be reading it fully first before I unleash the full depths of my rage.

EDIT: Feel free to comment and raise points guys, I look forward to discussion of this little piece of legislature.
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princessa
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Post Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 8:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
As someone who hails from Fine Arts, I am no stranger to nudity as an "art form". So basically, this tells me I can't do nude photography exhibits in the future cuz if some prudish [insert expletive] gets offended, I could get prosecuted for it.

In the advertising world, it's a fact that "Sex sells." But pinoy commercials/ad aren't very well-known for subtlety.

I doubt this bill will be taken seriously, though. (I mean, there's an obscure law saying you can't wear the image of Philippine flag on your persona. And people still get away with it.)
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Post Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 3:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
This would be a probem for those who run in the oblation run. Laughing Laughing
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boy_bakal
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Post Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 1:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
It makes sense to pass this bill, being that we're such a "Christian" country. Laughing

This, strangely, reminds me of that old org or some such in UP. It was about, I dunno, animal rights or something like that. Yeah, let's talk about the rights of cats and dogs while people are effin' starving in the streets. Rolling Eyes Way to focus, guys.
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Post Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 9:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
What really gets me riled up is the definitions section really.
(Emphasis mine)
quoting for great stupidity Sec. 3 Definition of terms wrote:
(a) "Obscene" refers to anything that is indecent or offensive or contrary to good customs or religious beliefs, principles or doctrines, or tends to corrupt or deprave the human mind, or is calculated to excite impure thoughts or arouse prurient interest, or violates the proprieties of language and human behavior, regardless of the motive of the producer, printer, publisher, writer, importer, seller, distributor or exhibitor such as, but not limited to:
(1) showing, depicting or describing sexual acts;
(2) showing, depicting or describing human sexual organs or the female breasts;
(3) showing, depicting or describing completely nude human bodies;
(4) describing erotic reactions, feelings or experiences on sexual acts; or
(5) performing live sexual acts of whatever form.

Nothing about artistic nudity. Skin is obscene. Talking about sex is obscene. Hell, according to number 5, any form of sex is by definition obscene. Evil or Very Mad ye bloody gods and little bleeding dieties.

quoting for great stupidity Sec.3 Definition of Terms wrote:
(b) "Pornographic or pornography" refers to objects or subjects of film, television shows, photography, illustrations, music, games, paintings, drawings, illustrations, advertisements, writings, literature or narratives, contained in any format, whether audio or visual, still or moving pictures, in all forms of film, print, electronic, outdoor or broadcast mass media, or whatever future technologies to be developed, which are calculated to excite, stimulate or arouse impure thoughts and prurient interest, regardless of the motive of the author thereof.

Regardless of what you were up to, as long as somebody objects, its porn...and you'll be criminally liable.

Realistically speaking, this waste of paper has little to no chance of getting past the Senate. What's got me ticked is that it actually got that far. Still....rage.
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Post Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 10:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Any bill that relies on the adjective "religious" will not pass.
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Post Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 10:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Funny, I just recently watched an episode of P&T: B*llSh*t! recently about the "War on Porn". It's trampling on our right of free speech damnit!!
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Post Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 11:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Is kissing an act of sex???
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Post Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 6:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
dark_axis wrote:
Is kissing an act of sex???


Depends on what you are kissing.
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Post Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 1:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
This is way too vague, I hope as hell this bill does not pass.
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Post Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 2:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Fingers-crossed, it will not pass...
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