âPornography is the worst drawback of Internet technology and the City Government is doing all it can to eradicate this menace.â District Nazim Mian Amer Mahmood recently made the above comment while talking to Daily Times. He said he was working with local police to ensure that Internet cafés set up transparent cubicles. Watching pornographic pictures, he added, was indecent. âOur religion and society disallow such activity.â
| I think I'd rather have my kid looking at dirty pictures than exploding in a mosque full of Shias. Of course, I'd rather he did neither, but if it came down to a choice... |
He said it was tedious for the Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to filter websites displaying flesh, though the proposal was being considered by his government. âSoon we will come up with a solution to this problem,â said the district nazim. âTill then the Internet cafés must have transparent cabins.â
| Amd minders. You should have minders — big guys, with bushy beards, and turbans, and automatic weapons. That'll get the little bastards in line... |
Inspector General Police Saadat Ullah Khan has also ordered these cafés to put up glass windows to deter young people from visiting these websites. According to District Naib Nazim Farooq Amjad Mir, the government is âtrying its best to stamp out pornography and would not compromise on this issueâ. According to psychiatrist Dr Mubasher Hassan, it is imperative to block Internet websites carrying pornographic pictures. âPornography is the reason why most of us believe women are nothing beyond a piece of flesh,â he said, adding that âthose addicted to pornographic websites usually perform badly in life and lose their aesthetic senseâ.
| Here in the West, we can look at dirty pictures all we want. We don't think women are pieces of flesh. Honor killings are unheard of, and thumping the old lady is severely frowned upon. Maybe you should be looking elsewhere for the cause to the effect you're citing... |
The Internet, he claimed, had become a huge distraction for the young generation, making them lose interest in their studies. âOn a larger level, pornography results in indecent behaviour, sometimes pushing people towards homosexuality.â |