Egypt ponders smut suppression
Nerds to cancel holiday plans?
Nerds planning the ideal vacation destination may soon be forced to strike Egypt off the list. The nation's government plans to impose a ban on internet pornography.
The country's Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Technology has taken preliminary steps to outlaw e-rotica, forming a committee to investigate the possibility, local newspaper Egypt Independent reports.
Investigate skin flicks and jazz-mag sites? Nice work if you can get it...
Cover up the hump? Someone's in de Nile
“The issue is becoming persistent and worrying to families,” claimed Mohamed Salem, Egypt's Minister for Telecoms and IT. According to MPs, rude imagery has a negative effect on families, and has even led to divorce and crime.
The committee could ask for legislation not only to block such content, but also to punish ISPs that fail to comply with the ban.
Alas, references to Cleopatra's pyramids, the broken sphinx or sandy camel toes may never be taken out of context again. ®
COMMENTS
Smut suppression?
Let's crank the alliteration up a notch or two:
"Egypt evaluates eradication of erotic electronic entertainment"
Re: Egypt plans to impose a ban on internet pornography
Bureaucrat: "Well, I've been surfing the net for porn non-stop for weeks and now I can't see any anymore."
Boss: "You mean it's gone, the anti-porn crusade has been a success?"
Bureaucrat: "No, it's still there, I just can't see anymore."
priorities
Shouldn't they be worrying about more important things like setting up a fair government and feeding their people? Bah figures when you a follow a religion founded by a caravan raider with a 9yo bride.
Re: Aliteration..
Not really...
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/alliteration
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/assonance
Re: First the smut sites
More of a knee-trembler and hand-jerk reaction, I'd say.
