Jadi urang teh lalaki...enegke di sawarga..taeun deui nya..mangkaning 10 panon hideung..parawan deuih.....
On 10/29/08, Waluya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Maca artikel Julia Suryakusuma dihandap ieu, kuring bet jadi ngahuleng, > geuning gambaran sawarga ulama Arab Saudi Omar Al-Sweilem mah .....ah teu > wasa ngomongkeunna ge! > > View Point: In heaven and on earth: Breasts and thighs > > Julia Suryakusuma , Jakarta | Wed, 10/22/2008 10:46 AM | > > Opinion > > Surfing the net last week, I stumbled across the reason why so many > Muslim terrorists are not afraid to die, long to be syahid and are > willing to end it all in a homicidal suicide-bombing: Turns out they > may just be sexually repressed lads desperate for a bit of nookie! > > At least this was the only conclusion I could reach after watching a > kooky video by Saudi cleric Omar Al-Sweilem. In the clip, he > passionately extolled the breasts and thighs of the 72 black-eyed > virgins promised to martyrs who make it to paradise > (http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/1741.htm/). "Praised be He who > created night and day. What hair! What a chest! What a mouth! What > cheeks! What a figure! What breasts! What thighs! What legs! What > whiteness! What softness!" > > It seems good ol' Omar has got postmortem sex worked out in detail, > right down to the last grope and squeeze. > > "When they see you, they will push you onto your back, on (the) musk > cushion ... place her mouth on yours. Do whatever you want. Another > one would press her cheek against yours, yet another would press her > chest against yours, and the others would await their turn ... one > black-eyed virgin would give you a glass of wine as a reward for your > good deeds. The wine of this world is destructive, but not the wine > of the world to come." > > Yes, Omar's message to the faithful is clear: It's perfectly all > right to enjoy sensuous joys and erotic sexual pleasures -- including > group sex and drunken orgies -- just so long as you're dead. > > Omar's ravings also led me to realize that for his paradise to be > appealing to naive, young, would-be terrorists wanting to get it on > in the afterlife, there naturally has to be a contrasting prudish > moral culture of sexual denial here on earth. Otherwise, why bother > waiting for heavenly hookers? And that must partly explain why right- > wing, conservative Muslims are so keen on strict moral laws banning > all the enjoyable things in life. > > And perhaps it provides an explanation for why conservative Muslim > groups in Indonesia (like PKS) are so keen on their Pornography Bill > being passed. Building on the success of their shariahization-by- > stealth strategy, these groups have successfully introduced ultra- > conservative Perda (regional regulations) across the archipelago. > > The first draft of this bill emerged 10 years ago but public protest > saw it repeatedly rewritten under the parliamentary oversight of a > special committee (Pansus) headed by Balkan Kaplale. He now assures > us that the latest version of the bill has taken into consideration > all the original objections, especially by watering down over- > regulation of clothing and the prohibition of pornoaksi (pornographic > actions). These provisions would have banned sensual or sexually > provocative movements, turning dangdut singers and their gyrating > hips, pouting lips and suggestive lyrics into criminals. > > Despite Kaplale's claims, massive protests against the bill continue, > including recently in Bali, so I thought I'd better take a closer > look at the revised bill. And you know what? Kaplale is dead wrong. > The bill remains exactly the type of measure Omar Al-Sweilem would > endorse. > > The problem first off is the basic definition of "pornography" in > Article 1: "sexual material" -- visual, written, auditory, verbal, > movements -- made by humans that arouses sexual desire and offends > moral values. > > Whose desire? Whose morals? This is way too vague, subjective and > unpredictable -- and therefore dangerous. > > The definition is too general because the way it works is to ban > everything and then create exceptions. Trouble is, these are > hopelessly vague too. Article 14, for example, exempts "art and > culture; traditional customs; and traditional rituals" but leaves > them undefined. What is "art" and what is "culture"? After all, > pornography may be tasteless and not to everyone's liking, but it's > part of human culture nevertheless. And where is the boundary > between "art" and "pornography" anyway? In which category would > Michelangelo's "David" fall? Or the musical Hair? Or this column? > > Articles 18 and 19 are also a worry. These give local governments > authority to block Internet sites. This can't be for real? With > constant reports of bribery and incompetence at the district level, > do we really want local politicians deciding what websites we can and > cannot access? And who will coordinate it? Sounds like online anarchy > or a corrupt person's wet dream to me! > > Then there are Articles 21 and 22, which allow the public to report, > press charges, "socialize" people about the law and conduct pembinaan > (supervision, support). These articles might as well be titled > the "Defend Thuggery" clause! You can bet fundamentalist Muslim > groups who smash up bars and hotels will rely on these clauses to > justify their violent, criminal brand of vigilantism. > > Yes, there is no doubt that something has to be done to combat our > out-of-control pornography industry, which has earned us the dubious > honor of being the world's No. 2 "porno heaven" (after Russia). But > isn't the obvious solution just to give the existing law on > pornography some Viagra: make it nice and strong so it works > properly! As it stands now, the penalty under the Criminal Code > (KUHP) is a joke -- 18 months' imprisonment, max, and a fine of just > Rp 4,500 (less than 50 US cents). > > Surely toughening up the existing law and enforcing it is easier than > arguing over a new one that is vague, poorly drafted and causing > massive unrest. And it would mean we wouldn't have to pander to the > juvenile, neurotic hang-ups about sex generated by the hard right of > our Muslim world. When will PKS and other home-grown Islamist parties > accept that, unlike Omar Al-Sweilem, most Indonesians don't want to > live in a Wahhabi-inspired world that it is so repressed and devoid > of sensuality that dying seems more attractive? > > And take note SBY: Even if there is an election coming, getting some > spine and saying no to this kind of moral panic would let your > government focus on more real and urgent issues in the here and now: > poor leadership, a weak and corrupt public sector, low foreign > investment, deteriorating health and education sectors, unemployment, > poverty, etc. > > So, sorry, Pak Kaplale, that all means dispatching this sloppy, > dangerous anti-pornography bill of yours to its own afterlife as > quickly as possible. > > The writer is the author of Sex, Power and Nation. She can be > contacted at [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
