zanemay Posted March 14, 2003 Report Share Posted March 14, 2003 In this land, characteristically blind to public health and safety (witness the holes in streets that swallow up motorbikes in all weather and pedestrians during torrential rains, and the one-cup-serves all water coolers) an amazing thing seems to have happened. Although the subject riles certain people, who already feel harassed to the depths of their souls, I bring it up. It is apparent that Thailand wants to save its children. I come from America and America wants to save its children too. A lot can be told about a culture from what it appears to want to save its children from. In America there is hysteria about pedophilia and sensible concern about drunk, teenage drivers. We want to save our children?s lives and bodies. In Thailand they are especially keen on saving the children from drugs and saving the children from non ?Thai-ness.? Since the drug culture is is seen as spread from other countries, its spread is perceived as a real threat to ?Thai-ness.? But now, freshly back on LOS turf, what do I see? Is this a new thrust to save the kids!? If so it is enlightened, exemplary and groundbreaking!! During movies on UBC, when characters smoke cigarettes, the cigarette and the mouth are fuzzed out behind the same kind of grid of boxes they use to censor naked body parts. Whether or not this is being done in cinema houses or on other TV I don?t know. But yes, I think smoking is obscene! Am I misinterpreting the meaning of this? I can?t be sure. But I do know that in spite of tremendous anti-smoking legislation in America, and especially in California where so much of the film and television industry live, there is a lot of smoking by characters in movies. This is known to have a very significant effect on teenagers, who perceive them as glamorous models of behavior. So if this is an anti smoking initiative, it is a fantastic and forward-looking one. Who ever thought that Thailand could be more forward-looking in an area of public health than farangland? More anti-smoking, than that smoker?s hell, California. Cheers and Sanook Mak, Zane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALHOLK Posted March 14, 2003 Report Share Posted March 14, 2003 Hi! In most of the Thai TV programs I have seen it would have been a major improvement if they applied the grid to the entire viewing area for the length of the program. In this way they would also save the kids from everything. regards ALHOLK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redbaron Posted March 15, 2003 Report Share Posted March 15, 2003 Couldn't have put it better myself Al Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shit-Spattered Dog Posted March 15, 2003 Report Share Posted March 15, 2003 Says ALHOLK: Hi! In most of the Thai TV programs I have seen it would have been a major improvement if they applied the grid to the entire viewing area for the length of the program. regards ALHOLK Opps, it thought you typed "Canadian TV programs"...ok back to sleep now...... Shit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 15, 2003 Report Share Posted March 15, 2003 You'll also find many programs are censored when a gun is held to a character's head. Yet the TV news cameras gleefully linger on the deceased and the more gruesomely disfigured, the better. You may puzzle over this at your leisure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALHOLK Posted March 17, 2003 Report Share Posted March 17, 2003 Hi! I haven't seen them for some time now but there used to be a magazine(s) with a couple of pages witht the most gory murders of the past week. The showed pictures of people who's head was blown of with a shotgun, dismembered, split open or burned. These magazines were extremly popular among many of the bar girls. regards ALHOLK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gawguy Posted March 19, 2003 Report Share Posted March 19, 2003 I especially enjoyed watching Japanese TV programming in Thailand where they showed porno. However, they could not show breasts, dicks, pussy. At the end though, there was no problem showing the girl splattered with cum or with cum running out of her mouth. Sanuk mak! GG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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