tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post7491693388395265836..comments2024-01-06T00:28:45.062+08:00Comments on Bibliobibuli: Both Boobs and Books Get Censored by IHTbibliobibulihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-75978229363096259592009-10-03T11:43:58.744+08:002009-10-03T11:43:58.744+08:00Today's IHT has a picture of Monty Python take...Today's IHT has a picture of Monty Python taken in 1967 in which Graham Chapman is smoking a pipe.<br /><br />The pipe has been blacked out!<br /><br />Stranger and stranger...M Tuxfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03853666667384676108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-28057230412187382612009-09-03T16:48:32.123+08:002009-09-03T16:48:32.123+08:00Imaginative, Animah. Best thing to find an Arab o...Imaginative, Animah. Best thing to find an Arab or someone who knows Arabic and ask him/her what the inscriptions in the original photo mean. If they are simply titles of sections, then probably Animah's suggestion is correctAggrophobiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01240588040880978730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-33210848124404315672009-09-03T16:37:36.772+08:002009-09-03T16:37:36.772+08:00Maybe cos they think you can't take Arabic wor...Maybe cos they think you can't take Arabic words to the loo?<br /><br />Or you can't wrap up your rubbish in newspaper with Arabic words on them?<br /><br />It could stem from the fact that you can't treat Quranic verses in that manner, so they've gone a step further and felt that photos of which might have Quranic verses can't go to the loo either.animahnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-4402221775201183522009-09-03T16:08:29.809+08:002009-09-03T16:08:29.809+08:00On a similar note, I've noticed the words '...On a similar note, I've noticed the words 'Islam', 'Islamic' and 'Muslim' etc. are sometimes bleeped out on Astro programmes. Very, very strange.Jordanhttp://macvaysia.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-47312453024768709802009-09-03T09:02:16.587+08:002009-09-03T09:02:16.587+08:00In a country where you can't go hear music bec...In a country where you can't go hear music because the sponsors make beer, anything can happen??<br /><br />It amuses me that if the censors actually read all the books in English on sale here, they'd be appalled. They should start with the romance section, then when they are sufficiently titillated, they could move over to paranormal romance with vampires, then they could...<br /><br />No, by that time they'd decide reading is a sin.glenda larkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16568199985482116193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-88348771836334361512009-09-03T07:44:03.389+08:002009-09-03T07:44:03.389+08:00Very fascinating.
Like I was telling a few friend...Very fascinating.<br /><br />Like I was telling a few friends yesterday, the more I get to know Malaysia, the less I'm beginning to like it :(.<br /><br />I want to go back to my former ignorant, but blissful state!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04283371140346602856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-3999541085298755692009-09-03T04:52:36.148+08:002009-09-03T04:52:36.148+08:00I remember being a bit taken aback when we were at...I remember being a bit taken aback when we were at your at your house and I was looking at the sports page of the IHT. There was a picture of Michael Phelps with a s strategic black line over his nipple...Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11647405720597546140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-74924229018749957212009-09-03T01:21:58.231+08:002009-09-03T01:21:58.231+08:00If you notice, I think they are only blacking out ...If you notice, I think they are only blacking out the Arabic scripts, for what reason I have no idea.Dingodingohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05471672149689376105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-87584023193432483362009-09-02T22:39:42.500+08:002009-09-02T22:39:42.500+08:00Caption of the photo: "I'm actually naked...Caption of the photo: "I'm actually naked underneath but was blacked out by Malaysian censors."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-14704081010089614242009-09-02T22:19:34.042+08:002009-09-02T22:19:34.042+08:00Well, if the titles of the books behind the woman ...Well, if the titles of the books behind the woman in a burqa read "Erotism in traditional Islam" or "Discover the sexuality of Muslim women" the picture is absolute genius... :-DStefania - The Italian Backpackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02208023950547260256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-72411563802375696552009-09-02T21:27:40.142+08:002009-09-02T21:27:40.142+08:00i think it's a typo... the censorship guy read...i think it's a typo... the censorship guy read 'books' instead of 'boobs'. My best censorship gripe was when i first arrived 'home' after 17 years in the UK.I was pregnant then and bought a motherhood magazine. I was astonished that the pictures accompanying an article on breast feeding was censored (with a black felt tip). Do people not know what breasts are for?? They are NOT playthings. Jeez.Sharon Sawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10212924397707813541noreply@blogger.com