While on the surface the law appears to promote egalitarianism, looking deeper different motivations can be assumed. Comments from their website (below) follow:
…Angara said the use of religious, regional, or ethnic affiliations to describe suspects or convicts in mass media, creates a sweeping generalization on other members of the race, culture or region who did not commit any crime. … Angara lamented that many members of media continue to callously use terms such as "Muslim Criminal"‚ "A Muslim Terrorists" and other denoting words in describing suspected criminals or even convicted criminals. … Once the bill is enacted into law, it shall be unlawful for newspapers, radio stations, televisions and even electronic mass media to use the words "Muslim" and "Christians" and other words denoting religious or ethnic affiliation in describing a person. "Banning this culturally and religiously biased practice would definitely contribute and result in increased positive social space and understanding between and among Muslims and non-Muslims," Angara said. The bill was sponsored by the House Committee on Muslim Affairs, chaired by Balindong under the legal/political cluster 5 headed by Deputy Speaker Simeon A. Datumanong. http://www.congress.gov.ph/press/details.php?pressid=2749 Note that this includes ‘electronic mass media’, perhaps that includes us. Be careful what you say! Maybe the US could add things like homosexual, heterosexual, black, white, red, yellow, terrorist, tall, short, wearing blue jeans, wearing a cap, vegetarian, meat eater, male, female, child, elderly, crippled, congressman, congresswoman, CEO, CFO, pundit, well known source, dog lover, plumber, world leader, comedian, actor, etc. This I’m sure would “definitely contribute and result in increased positive social space and understanding between and among” ALL people. A true Orwellian idea! Soon we could reduce the cost of all dictionaries, having rid them of pesky things like nouns and adjectives. On Oct 18, 7:30 am, Clogtowner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi y'all - if they can do > it:http://www.congress.gov.ph/download/billtext_14/hbt100.t.pdf --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Memphis Freethought Alliance" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/memphisfreethoughtalliance?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
