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Thai ban for "Big Flabby Buttocks"
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Thailand's culture ministry has issued a list of 18 love songs -- including "Big Flabby Buttocks" -- which it wants to ban as part of a campaign against music it says could encourage promiscuity or marital infidelity.
The list was compiled by the ministry's Culture Watch Center and includes songs which contain "improper" content or are offensive to "public decency," The Nation newspaper reported Friday.
Songs on the list include several by two of Thailand's best-known artists and one song that was released two decades ago but has only just come to the attention of the moral guardians, The Nation said.
I'm sure some of you would say that if the government of Thailand wants to maintain "public decency" they'd issue a ban on big flabby German and American tourists who come to Bangkok on "sex cruises" for the purpose of banging underage girls. Baby steps, people.
Rather than being overly conservative, [MR Chakrarot Chitrabongs, permanent secretary to the culture ministry] said the agency was simply doing its job preventing negative changes to Thai society.
Because cracking down on the sex tourism trade would damage the economy, apparently. I can't wait until 2040, when the most popular reality show in America is "America's Funniest Snuff Films," and the moral custodians in Thailand are up in arms over DJs playing George Michael's "I Want Your Sex" at wedding receptions.
Unlikely. I spent all my political capital lobbying for "Lynda Carter Vonder Haar."
Thai and Indonesian people have the best names. We should adopt their names, sort of like England has allegedly adopted Indian cuisine as their national food. Hey Pete, aren't you due to have an opportunity to kick off this trend sometime soon?