Islamic decree alert from our best and most "certified ally". From Reuters:
Saudi mobile operator Mobily has stopped users from text message voting for an Arab "Star Academy" competition because of an Islamic decree branding the reality show immoral, the company said on Monday.Saudi religious scholars last May condemned the hugely popular talent show aired by Lebanese channel LBC as a crime against Islam when a young Saudi returned to a hero's welcome after winning in the Lebanese capital Beirut.
"The decision was taken last night because of a fatwa (religious decree) issued last year, since the program is culturally inappropriate," spokesman Humoud Alghodaini said.
"It shows men and women living in one house, sometimes semi-naked and in inappropriate situations," he added.
How gauche!
Seriously, if Western Civilization allows these "allies" to continue to promote their agenda, then all basic human rights which the Western world now enjoys will be compromised - freedom of expression being the first.
A reality TV show to suit Islam? Space Cadets. As in Islam, you've got ignorant people thinking they're the elite and pseudo-scientific babble believed as if it were gospel truth. No murder, though, and there's probably a lower age limit so no nine-year-old girls. And the Space Cadets hoax didn't last 1400 years and counting.
I hope evrybody had a good Christmas. This article by Martin Samuel in The Times is not strictly on the topic (except that it is about stupidity) but it made me laugh out loud and thus is A GOOD THING.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,21131-1959549,00.html
Hope you had a good one too, Granny W, and thanks for the link.
Remember those killer tea cosies a few years ago?