Originally posted by HyperFocal:
... they'd do better to ban the Internet if raunchiness is what
they worry about ....
[b]MDA probes printer's raunchy calendars
THE Media Development Authority (MDA) is now in the midst of
investigating how a raunchy calendar, featuring women in the nude
and in suggestive poses, could have landed in the hands of some
people here.
Earlier this month, calendars featuring naked or scantily-clad
women were found in a taxi and now, another version of these
calendars have also been given out to customers of a printing
company.
Some of the recipients are angry and feel embarrassed that they
have been given the items.
When contacted, senior assistant director of the MDA Mr A. R.
Madeei said that publications, including calendars, are largely
self-regulated by the industry.
He said: "While no prior approval is needed, publishers should
ensure that the calendars do not offend good taste and decency as
they are intended for public display".
A spokesman for the printing company told my paper that it had
given out the calendars because its clients requested specifically
for such raunchy images.
The company is usually engaged by engineering firms.
The spokesman, who declined to be named, said he obtained the
calendars from an agent and merely added his company stamp to
it.
Ms Tan Lay Ching, who received one such calendar from the company,
was outraged, and she sent a picture of it to online news portal,
Stomp.
She asked: "Why would the company want to do that? It's disgusting
and uncomfortable".
The woman in the calendar's picture is topless, except for a string
barely covering her nipples.
In another case involving a similarly raunchy calendar, two people
found it in the back seat of the taxi they were in.
The company's spokesman said: "I thought there would be no problem
in giving them if the manufacturer could sell such stuff
openly".
He added that the company had given out fewer than 10 such
calendars.
The calendar agent, from whom the printing company said it had
obtained the calendars, denied having sold such calendars.
In 2005, modelling agency Jeffrey Chung Models raised a public
outcry when it published a calendar with nearly nude photos of its
models.
Under the Undesirable Publications Act, it is an offence to make,
sell or distribute objectionable publications, including
calendars.
Offenders can be fined up to $5,000, jailed up to one year, or
both.
[/b]
loving this.
Pornography against the law.
Someone complains.
Investigation is called for.
And you're complaining?
Wait till you're robbed, and the police start telling you to mind
your own business and not disturb them.
