Cambodia Bans 3G Wireless For A Decade Thanks To Prime Minister's Wife
from the one-way-to-do-things dept
Mobile operators have something of a love-hate affair with mobile porn. They want it to drive data revenues, but they're afraid they're going to get in trouble for promoting porn. This problem has become worse as content filtering has been shown to be ineffective and actually could open up new liabilities for the operators. However, too many people seem to assume that because of the more powerful networks and phones associated with 3G wireless technologies, they're going to become huge porn conduits. In fact, the wife of the Cambodian Prime Minister is apparently so concerned about this that she signed a petition that the Prime Minister has agreed to support banning all 3G technology from the country for a decade, since they might be used for porn. Why a decade? "Maybe we can wait for another 10 years or so until we have done enough to strengthen the morality of our society." Good luck with that.
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It's not really porn...
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Seriously did he say that?
Before i get a flame im not a grammer major, nor a spelling bee master.
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Your kid is your responsibilty, not societies. If you don't want your kid watching porn over a 3G network then don't buy him a phone that has the capabilities. You're probably the same type of person that wants more sensor ship of television. Why, because it's easier for you to have everything sensored for everybody rather than taking control of your own household. Your kid is your responsibility, if you don't want to take the time and effort to sensor what he see's yourself then you shouldn't have kids, they're a privlege not a right.
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WAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!
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You may now resume re-watching your Daily Show videos.
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you say haveing kids is not a right but
a privalege people like you makes me glad for abortions
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Why the hell can no-one in this thread spell 'Serial Killer'?
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Cereal killer, that's different
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Our culture has a dynamic that says that sex that is not for procreation is bad. The dynamic was born out of religion. Many of the deeply religious are the ones that continue to support the idea that nudity is bad. Hence the connection to religion.
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The problem with banning things like this is that there is nothing wrong with it. Why the hell should I not be allowed to access porn on my phone should I choose to? Because you think its wrong? Tough shit, its non of your business. What if my wife and I want to make porn and send it to a friend? Again, how is that your business? Why should we not be allowed?
Now, I can understand why you don't want your child to see such things, but heres an idea, why not tell them not to open messages from people they don't know. Clearly its a complicated idea for you, but if you don't want your child not to do something, tell them not to, then disipline them if they do.
Don't make my life harder because parenting is to much like hard work for you.
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Seriously....did he say that?
cerial killer?
roflmao....
I'd be more concerned about the kid not learning how to spell.
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Damn backwards Cambodians...
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I like how this took a religious turn.
When did this country start putting up religious quotes/references in class rooms or elsewhere?
When did gays become outlawed?
When did woman's rights start getting assualted?
What war was started with no good reason?
Christianity was always in public places, it is recently being taken down.
Being gay is not outlawed.
Woman have more rights now then 50/100/1000 years ago.
A war was started for a reason, not agreeing with it does not make it a "war started for no good reason."
I always here people say religion forces thier opinion on people...it is usually being said while someone forces thier opinion on someone else.
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As to religion? Believe what you like. Jesus died for your sins? Cool. A blue-skinned canary named Bob is the creator of the universe? Neat. Just keep it to yourself. Religion is as personal as whose gentalia you bump with your mouth/anus/genitalia.
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Try telling the families of those killed in Sept. 11th, 2001 attacks that their losses are "no good reason". Do it from a distance though... if it had been my son killed in one of those towers, I'd be tempted to punch your lights out shortly after the words were out of your mouth.
Take everything the news media pukes out with more than a grain of salt. They skew the truth at every turn, and take so much out of context that it boggles the mind. The American public hasn't received the "full story" in decades from this bunch. There's a lot more to this war that what you'll see on Foxnews or CNN folks......
And for those of you who hate Christians, here's a dose of reality. TRUE christian faith demands tolerance and love of others, not the hate mongering you see in many of these splinter faiths. Don't lump ALL christians in one stereotype and call it a day. That's as wrong as saying that all blacks are welfare receipients and crack addicts.
And on topic, the Cambodians have the right to govern their own public, but if they set this precident, then they're next going to have to start rounding up PCs, video players, and magazines.
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Try telling the families of those killed in Sept. 11th, 2001 attacks that their losses are "no good reason". Do it from a distance though... if it had been my son killed in one of those towers, I'd be tempted to punch your lights out shortly after the words were out of your mouth.
Why do people keep confusing the war in Afghanistan with the invasion of Iraq? We were attacked by a group based in Afghanistan, led by a man named Osama bin Laden. In retaliation, we sent less troops to Afghanistan than we have police officers in New York. Without even finding bin Laden (THE GUY WHO ATTACKED US) we send ten times as many troops to Iraq to...umm...to do whatever the hell we're doing there. I'm all for getting back at the guys who got us, but Iraq is not related! (unless you watch Fox news lol)
A few quotes from Bush should muddle things up:
"The most important thing is for us to find Osama bin Laden. It is our number one priority and we will not rest until we find him."
- G.W. Bush, 9/13/01
"I don't know where bin Laden is. I have no idea and really don't care. It's not that important. It's not our priority."
- G.W. Bush, 3/13/02
Ah, what a difference 6 months can make.
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The reason for going into Iraq was not billed as revenge for 9/11.
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But yeah, all Cambodia did was set them selves back. What would that make them now -- a "Fourth-World" country?
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Stupid People
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Great War!
Poor dumb bastards would rather be alive than free...
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As to people prefering to be alive than free, is this supposed to be surprising? It's been a couple hundred years since "I regret I have but one life to give for my country." There are people out there who prefer 'freedom' over life, and they show it by strapping bombs to themselves and setting them off in the middle of crowds. These days, being willing to die for a cause is recognized as a bad idea. If everyone dies for their cause, who's left to keep the cause going?
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Bush caused my erectile dysfunction.
Bush is syping on you right now, http://blamebush.typepad.com/blamebush/2006/05/belowaverage_am.html
Outlaw being gay?
Yes, the gay police have outlawed this, Bush and the evil neoKKKon Kkkonspiracy has made this their top priority.
Put up bible references in their courts and classrooms?
OMG Bible references, they have to have any other religious text other than the evil Bible which was created by men (not womyn) and about a God who is against homosexuality and punishes people. All other religions except Christianity are good, that is why I support the public displays of the Quran, Mahabara, etc.
Revert back to the bad old days of creationism and anti-science?
Yes, creationism is anti-science, believing that there is not enough genetic variablity to create complex multicellular mammals from amoebas. Don't they know that random chance is much more believable than a Designer?
Go on an all out assault on women's rights?
Translated: they are going to outlaw abortion, the single and utmost important right that all women have!!!
Leave a poor black city to die under a hurricane?
Because Bush, being superman, didn't stop Hurricane Katrina because he cared about the oil wells, and he doesn't like Black people, that is why he created the weather machine, the truth will come out.
Start a war half way around the world for no good reason?
We should give Saddam Hussein reparations for stealing his country, let us give him back the country so that he could continue his tyrannical regime, and have rape rooms, maybe gas a few million Kurds while we're at it.
Oh...uh...wait...that sounds familiar"
It does, it is right here in the US, Bush is destroying the US, the end is coming!!!!
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Until you grow more mature in conspiracy theory I wish you would just keep your mouse off the reply link.
You give all of us conspiracy nutzs a bad name.... hehe
BTW - for those of you that think he is totally crazy.... your totally deillusioned concerning the current state of reality as our government sees it.
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I guess so.
Anyways, since you have your dictionary handy, look up 'tongue-in-cheek.'
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Well, it's not going to cost you anything to totally butcher the language, but it certainly speaks volumes about your desire to project a good image. I find it hard to believe that the poster is this illiterate, and more likely that they wanted to make a point about typos, but y'never know....
My question is this: Would you knowingly walk around in public with your fly unzipped and your shirt sticking out the open fly? No, of course not. Why? Because it looks bad.
If you're going to post in a public forum, and you CAN spell correctly if you try, then make the effort. It's hard for me to take anyone seriously that either doesn't want to take the time to spell correctly, or just isn't literate enough to spell correctly. Either way, I see someone that's mentally lazy, hence not someone I'd put a lot of stock in for their opinion.
Just MY opinion. Bash away flunkies.....
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Nothing more be said.
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stop watching cnn, and msnbc, and grow a brain
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Before the internet there were magazines.
Before magazines there were pictures of your mom,
and before even that there was funny shapped fruit,
and so on. The egyptians even carved it into stone.. (not verifiable)
There will always be porn and its completly natural.
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Cambodian mobiles
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Cereal Killers
And are we talking about killing Frosted flakes or Corn flakes... Cause I could get behind the killing of corn flakes....
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Why need pornography?
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cereal killing
"Toucan Son of Sam, Toucan Son of Saaaammmm!"
for those not familiar with the works of Green Jello :
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/6302550599/002-5659371-7362461?v=glance
http://en. wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Jell%C3%BF
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"Toucan Son of Sam, Toucan Son of Saaaammmm!" "
That's Green Jelly. ;P
Follow your nose....it always knows...the flavor of DEATH....wherever it goes!
...lmao
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Lol.
All this bullshit about Religion and 'Morals' is just fucking bullshit. Who gives a fuck if your parent's so called 'God' said Pornography was bad, though when you look at it, I didn't know they had porn back in these 'biblical' days. And Morals? WHAT THE FUCK? 21ST CENTURY NORTH AMERICA HAS MORALS? I don't even give a shit about Morals anymore. Burp in my face? I'll just punch you in the face. Look at porn? I'll give you advice on some good sites to look into!
All in all, don't ban something just because it has a potential to supply porn to people. As a quote from NOFX - You're Wrong, "Your religions are all flawed."
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That's right. You Americans are so selfish and ignorant, you don't give a shit about morals. No wonder more than half of the world hates you.
Guess what, I'm European and about 70% of the people here think that Americans are stupid, selfish and a bunch of sheep. If you're not following Bush, then you're following Michael Moore. Get your own opinion, following Bush or Michael Moore is not.
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I refuse to let stereotypes influence my decisions about people. From what I hear Europeans are either stuck up, proper prunes or immoral heathens. But hey we still got love for ya.
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Cereal & Porn
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Tried it... not easy
I'll stick with PCs, DVD, books, magazines, VHS, BETA, billboards and MTV... phones.. pffffttt.
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Or maybe...
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Talk to your kids.
I think most women are more worried about fair treatment in the workplace, justice for rape victims and sexual harassment over abortion. But then again, abortion is legal where I’m from and I’m not a woman.
I don’t see how banning a technology is going to slow down the spread of porn. I don’t think I’ve ever received porn on my phone. Not would I want to on such a tiny screen… It’s just something for 12 year olds to giggle at.
Talking to your kids is the only anti-drug, anti-porn and anti-violence measures that need to be taken. Parents can’t blame everyone else for screwing up they’re own children. My parents talked to me, and I will talk to my children.
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What is so different or special about getting porn on a cellphone? Like... on some tiny screen... for starters... and second of all, can't you... buy a magazine if you want portable porn?
I'm just saying that I really don't see how cell phones all of the sudden open wide the door to portable porn... yes, they could make things easier, but if people want it they will get it anyways. Don't blame the technology if it can be used for evil; the problem is with the morality of society - and that is also not something you are going to be able to change in 10 years, lol.
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Yep, we took out the taliban, but the taliban was just one player in the game. We didn't declare war on the taliban, we declared war on terrorists and those states that support or harbor them. Iraq was one of those states, and we're in the process of taking care of that problem.
Our country MUST take aggresive actions against all those who would do us harm. If you don't like that, fine. We'll pull back all our troops, leave well enough alone, sit in a circle, hold hands, and sing cum-bayah...
and the next attack on our country will leave some of you wondering why we weren't prepared for it, and why we didn't take steps to keep it from happening.
War stinks. Lives are lost. Folks have to stay away from home. It costs billions of dollars. But you have to ask yourself what the cost of NOT defending this country is.
And before anyone accuses me of being "pro-bush" or something, I'm not PRO anyone. I'm pro-america, irregardless of who is sitting in the "big chair".
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We're only seeing the beginning of the end of our freedom and the American Way of Life. As each new intrusion is introduced in the name of "protecting the children" or "spreading Democracy" or my favorite: "Family Values", we fall deeper into an intractable totalitarianism.
Reading the mad ramblings of the President of Iran reminds me of nothing more than those of our own President Bush. Two religious fanatics seeking to remake the world in the image of some imaginary being who lives on a cloud.
The only difference is that the President of Iran probably is sincere in his madness, whereas The Little Prince, George Bush, seeks only to use fear and the madness of crowds to enrich his elite associates.
Fortunately, each day brings us closer to a "V for Vendetta" solution. As more and more people realize it's too late for op-ed columns or elections to make a difference, they also realize that sometimes the best way to save something is to blow it up.
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Wait, wasn't it Bill Clinton's government that gave us the "V-Chip" -- a government-sponsored censorship in every television?
Republicans hate sex.
Democrats hate violence.
Both are equally guilty of trying to outlaw fun. Hillary is STILL crusading against violent video games. It cuts both ways.
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Dont want to go to war? then dont complain when others attack us.
Dont like cereal? Dont buy it then.
If you dont want others to force their opinions on you, then dont force YOUR opinions on them.
If a country decided to do something that does not directly affect you, why do you care?
If you dont like this country, go live somewhere else.
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Cereal Killer am I
And it is all due to seeing a Playboy magazine when I was 9 years old --- it showed a woman's breasts! And they were very nice.
OK, sure, one doesn't want young kids looking at porn, or for anyone to get really obessed with it, but it might be the least of our worries - and if we instill in our kids core values (humanity, compassion, honor, generosity, to value life and people) then I think they will do OK in the end.
Bit of a double entendre there - see?! I am sick.
At what age do we give kids a cell phone - probably around puberty or later, right? At that point its not the availability of explicit materials that's to blame for interest, it's the kids' hormones - nothing we can (or should) do about that!
Our best bet is to tell them not to and give them rubbers anyway.
Now I am going to go have a bowl of Frosted Flakes! Where is my cell phone!
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figures...
You know what? SCREW THE CHILDREN. THEY ARE F-ING CHILDREN- they don't vote, don't pay taxes and if you would actually ask them they would tell you to shove most of the things done in their name.
What is done "for the children" by politicians is always for the politicians- it doesn't matter if it's Hillery in DC or "Auntie Porn" in Cambodia.
I'll bet a C-note that the PM and "Auntie-Porn" have investments in companies that 3G technologies would harm that will take 10 years to recoup.
Whenever politicians say that "its for the children", invoke morality or appeal to patriotism, you can be sure that there is mischief afoot.
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Mr. T cereal
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What's wrong...
If you want to fix the world, start by taking a look in the mirror, if you can stand it... Before you flame me...No, I am not perfect. Yes, I do accept responsibility for my actions and poor examples. I also strive to be a good example and study hard, even though it sux. Now, it's your turn. Consider this: One interesting thing about ignorance is that those who suffer are among the few that don't realize it; However, it is easy for those who do not to identify and avoid them. The only problem is that they are the majority. I sure hope this changes direction before society as a whole is viewed as a waste of skin.
It used to be mainly third-world countries that were mostly exploited and invaded. If the superpower becomes a nation of lazy, ignorant egomaniacs, you can surely expect to be invaded sometime soon. Laziness and ignorance is not what builds or even sustains superpowers but it is surely what will lead to their downfall. Do yourself (and society) a favor and get an education...before those who have one lose their patience.
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serial
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Cambodian Porno -vs- Cambodian Food
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3G and serial killers
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so who cares?
but I do feel bad for the companies who wants to invest in Cambodia...they bring new technologies and economy to the country and this ban may inconvience them without high speed mobile connection...
if enough big businesses protest, the government may reverse the decision....
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lemme guess...
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So what alternatives are there...
Not that I care all that much, seeing as I'm about as likely to find myself looking for wireless porn in Cambodia as I am to become a cerial killer (sorry I couldn't resist).
But I am curious as to what this actually means tecnically. Is there some other standard that is still ok there?
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I can believe I keep coming back to read these com
Porn- good or bad? There's a lot of gray area here. Is there something wrong with a naked female or male body? Heck no, but what about ten guys preforming a circle jerk around a girls face? I have to ask my self do I want my kids watching this. Do I want them to grow up believing that it's morally right?(regardless of religion) NO. Am I going to shelter them and keep them from see this at a early age? Yes. Would I stand by and let the government do it for me? NO because I'll raise my kids how I what to good or bad.
Do I think they should ban this tech, heck no, all those lazy parrents should get off their fat @ss and watch out for their "OWN" kids. Heck I all ready do that on the computer and the Television.
BTW Bayne, next time I go to Iraq I would love to take you with me!
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