Malaysia Censors Gay Lyrics in Lady Gaga’s Homo-Sexy Hit, ‘Born This Way’
- Posted on March 17, 2011 at 11:56am by
Emily Esfahani Smith
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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP / THE BLAZE) — Malaysian radio stations worry some lyrics in Lady Gaga’s homo-sexy anthem “Born This Way” are on the wrong track, baby.
Broadcasters in this Muslim-majority nation have refused to play lines in the hit song that encourage public acceptance of gays, claiming Thursday they are being cautious because the government forbids offensive content.
Malaysians who tune in to popular stations hear edited versions of “Born This Way” that use indecipherable garble to replace the lyrics: “No matter gay, straight or bi, lesbian, transgendered life, I’m on the right track, baby.”
AMP Radio Networks, Malaysia’s top private radio operator, said the precaution was due to government restrictions against songs that might violate “good taste or decency or (are) offensive to public feeling.”
“The particular lyrics in ‘Born This Way’ may be considered as offensive when viewed against Malaysia’s social and religious observances,” the company said in a statement to The Associated Press. “The issue of being gay, lesbian or (bisexual) is still considered as a ‘taboo’ by general Malaysians.”
Broadcasters can face fines up of to 50,000 ringgit ($16,000) and other penalties for breaking the rules. AMP Radio Networks runs eight radio channels, including Malaysia’s No. 1 English-language station, Hitz.fm, which has an estimated 1.5 million listeners.
Malaysian gay rights activist Pang Khee Teik criticized the broadcasters’ decision, saying the media should be “a platform for marginalized voices and create understanding – not perpetuate ignorance and hate.”
“Lady Gaga was attempting to address this very thing in her song. How dare they play that song and cut out its shining heart,” said Pang, the co-founder of Sexuality Independence, a Malaysian anti-discrimination arts movement. “We just want the same thing as everyone else: to love, be loved and have our songs played on the radio.”
Lady Gaga, who is highly outspoken about gay rights, should consider protesting the decision by asking Malaysian stations not to air her songs at all, Pang said.
Gay Malaysians have tried to press for greater acceptance in recent years, saying discrimination persists.
The Sexuality Independence group last year posted a Youtube clip of a young gay Muslim who defended his sexuality, but it removed the video after anonymous viewers made online death threats against him. Government religious authorities accused the man of insulting Islam, though no official action was taken.
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Comments (180)
AzDebi
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 12:45pmLove the MUSIC! I heard this a couple of weeks ago and could not get it out of my head! Love the “general” concept of ‘born this way”…could do a lot of good in the world…the “gay” issue? Not so much! But, when you think about it, even if her intent was not leaning in that direction…others would have taken it down the “gay” road anyway…God will judge…and, He will judge ALL of US when it’s said and done, right? My problem with “gay” or any other type of “preference” is that I wish they would just keep it to themselves…flaunting ANYTHING is what I like to call “stinkin‘ thinkin’”…
Report Post »scoreev
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 12:37pmLady Gaga is nothing but the symbol that represents the moral decay of the American nation. God help us all.
Report Post »ProgressiveLiberalMarine
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 1:31pmThat was said about Elvis too.
Report Post »604karen
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 3:46pmElvis didn‘t sing about ****’s, he also had talent, something she doesn’t.
Report Post »ProgressiveLiberalMarine
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 4:15pmThey are both the Top of their respective music genre.
Report Post »scoreev
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 4:50pmUh, you’re comparing Lady Gaga to Elvis? They barely fall into same category together (singers).
Report Post »outpost13
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 12:33pmThe world is going to crap and all you can talk about is gag gag.
Report Post »Emily Esfahani Smith must follow gag gag.
Gonzo
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 12:26pmBeware of Romans
Report Post »You want to get your message out? Start your own website.
alr79
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 12:25pmLady GaGa is dumb. I’ve been boycotting her since day one. She is just like the other girl(*****) that can’t sing, Kesha. She sucks as well.
Report Post »uisignorant
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 12:50pmI thought you said they were lezbos….
Report Post »quarter horseman
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 1:44pmKesha? isn’t that some sort of food?
Report Post »TMan2020
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 12:25pmThe sick witch! This is the kinda crap that gives the US a bad name all over the world! Hey “parents”! Teach your friggin kids something about honor, you losers!
Report Post »quarter horseman
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 12:38pmAgreed! teach the kids that this is crap! she looks like a tramp, sings songs about filth and if you want to be treated like a tramp you dress like one.
Report Post »Beware of Romans
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 12:21pmFunny ….I finally see people talking about Jesuit corruption and asking questions. How is this NOT getting my message out?
Report Post »Uncle Crusty
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 12:20pmjesuits, freemasons, illuminati the roman catholic church all the same…the jesuits are the assasins of the catholic church! and the freemasons have been taken over by the satan worshiping illuminati a long time ago!
as for the slut in underwear on stage, homosexuals are the scourge of our country, along with abortion and well let’s face – progressivsim has prostituted our nation!
Report Post »MissCherryJones
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 12:47pmYou DO realize that some of your fellow Blaze-ers are Catholic? And that we hold a lot of the same beliefs and principles that the others do? You are hopelessly misinformed.
Report Post »Beware of Romans
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 1:06pmIf true Catholics did their homework, I’ll GUARANTEE you they would be Catholic for very long.
See :Protestant Christian Reformation
Report Post »ProgressiveLiberalMarine
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 1:20pmWell, I used to be Catholic, atheist now, do I break the theory?
Report Post »Uncle Crusty
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 1:30pmnot really – your just a progressive useless tool…
Report Post »ProgressiveLiberalMarine
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 1:42pmActually, I do break the theory.
You may think I am a tool of my side, but I think you are a tool of yours.
Report Post »It‘s such a vicious circle ain’t it?
Warphead
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 2:13pmNaw, Uncle Crusty is right. Your just a tool, nothing more.
Report Post »ProgressiveLiberalMarine
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 2:18pmlol
Report Post »greenherring
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 6:22pmYour name sir,is an oxymoron.
Report Post »Cherynn
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 9:31pmYou do realize that there are conservative gay, lesbian and transgendered people. What goes on in someones bedroom is no ones business but thier own. Freedom means freedom for all people, not just a select few.
Report Post »ProgressiveLiberalMarine
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 2:03pmLook at it this way, if there are MORE abortions then in theory there would be more gay people aborted.
Lawyered.
Report Post »Gold Coin & Economic News
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 12:19pmLady Gaga is sick and nothing more than an attention seeking wh*re. I feel sorry for her in a strange sort of way, but I can’t stand her freak show all the time. I guess I was just born that way.
Report Post »TRONINTHEMORNING
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 12:19pmDon’t care. I’m listening to “I GO TO RIO” by Peter Allen while reading about Obama headed to Rio and planning a trip to Ireland. Ya just can’t make this stuff up.
Report Post »Warphead
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 12:23pmObama’s next destination on his never ending, knee bending, ring kissing, American bashing apology tour. Can’t wait to see it…NOT!
Report Post »larman
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 12:32pmHere you go Obamo Go to Rio, do I a hear a parody. “When Obama see the world is going to crappo he goes to Rio” LOL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCYxTg6svXg
Report Post »Warphead
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 12:18pmWTF. Who cares? Why is this a headline? What is a “Lady Gag-Gag” anyway? Hey! You damned kids get off of my lawn.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 12:24pmKids today.. I tell ya.
Report Post »trolltrainer
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 12:52pmAbout my sentiments…Nothing against lady meatjacket, and nothing for her either. As long as idiots throw money at her she can keep doing what she is doing, makes me no nevermind. I do not listen to trash and I am not planning on living in Malaysia.
Report Post »FGWinFLA
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 2:01pmProud moment as a grandparent #3287 – The day my grand-daughter (6 yrs. old) saw this bimbo on TV and said “I really can’t stand the way she runs around half naked, G-pa…. I don’t like her songs, either.” Thank God for small favors. Give me some good ‘ol screaming Les Pauls & driving, deafening Marshalls anyday of the week. I wish lady(?) gaga would just go go….
Report Post »trappedinlibschool
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 12:49pm@Warphead
Thanks for the good laugh!
Clearly Gaga and all of her followers need love and prayer.
Report Post »But it is comforting to see someplace on this Earth has morals. And don’t feed me that “art” crap. Art is beautiful, this is a disgrace.
wildbluyonder11
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 12:17pmFirst off, Malaysians are definitely not missing anything. I heard the song the other day, and it really isn’t that good by any standard. You can tell that the song was written and performed moreso for the political point of it rather than the art. The music, the lyrics just seem thrown together, like something a grade school kid might write for a music class project or something. Call me a geezer if you like, (I’m 39), but I just don’t see the talent in this “Lady”.
Report Post »Gold Coin & Economic News
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 12:16pm@Beware of Romans – Your diatribe is completely irrelevant to the post, plus I’ve seen it at least once on another post. Not good dude. This isn’t the way to get your message across because it just pis*es people off.
Report Post »Beware of Romans
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 12:15pmAs for the douchbag comment…
Prove me wrong instead of personal attacks.
Man up…if you can.
Report Post »TERMLIMITSNOW
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 1:46pmShe is the epitome of “butter face”……everything looks good “but her face”!
Report Post »TERMLIMITSNOW
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 1:48pmit’s not the content of your cut and paste campaign….it’s that you insist on plastering every article with it
Report Post »uisignorant
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 12:13pmI am reporting you for off topic rambling.
Report Post »Beware of Romans
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 12:13pmYes the Jesuits are the ones called the ‘Illuminati’ When they were disbanded in the 1500′s for political subversion on a global scale, they quickly retreated and renamed themselves as “Bavarian Illuminati’ as to not attract global attention to their continued efforts to dominate global Chrisitian & Jewish Capitalist markets.
uisignorant
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 12:12pmI don’t think it should be censored because of the lyrics.
Report Post »I think it should be censored because she sucks.
Gonzo
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 12:11pmWhat’s the matter TERMLIMITSNOW? Sick of seeing this guy cut and paste on every story? Me too.
Report Post »TERMLIMITSNOW
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 1:47pmlol, exactly
Report Post »TruDat
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 12:11pmLady GaGa is hot, that is all.
Report Post »quarter horseman
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 12:16pmI knew it wouldn’t take long for that comment, think of her this way, if you touch her you may get something that doesn’t wash off.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 12:23pmAre you drunk? I can excuse your taste in women if you are. Otherwise….
Report Post »ProgressiveLiberalMarine
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 1:10pmIt’s weird, but I don’t think anyone has been Really Hot and then Not At All in the course of even one Photoshoot. Luckily, most of the time she is attractive.
Report Post »ritamweep
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 1:41pmMaybe, if you squint.
Report Post »ProgressiveLiberalMarine
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 1:46pmWell, I did just get glasses so I will give that photo shoot another look.
Report Post »ritamweep
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 1:49pmReally, really, really squint.
Report Post »ProgressiveLiberalMarine
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 1:53pmHey, I think she is attractive. Everyone thinks different things are attractive.
Different Strokes for Different Folks.
Report Post »TruDat
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 3:44pmSpeaking from experience?
Report Post »yippyio
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 12:08pmThose Jew haters. How dare they refuse one of gods chosen.
Yes Lady gaga is Jewish.
Report Post »MissCherryJones
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 12:42pmLady Gaga was raised Catholic. Went to Catholic school
Report Post »yippyio
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 5:00pmNo Catholic promotes homosexuality, how dare you.
Report Post »JP4JOY
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 12:07pmSince I didn’t see a reply to my previous inquiry, are the Jesuits the same people that are called the illuminati?
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 12:03pm(screams: “Oh my God! Someone has dared to ban part of the lyrics of Lady Ga Ga! Quick send the POTUS over to there on another apology vacation while there is still time to save the world!!!”
Sarcasm intentional and directed at the administration who will probably do another apology tour,
Report Post »lillianrose
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 12:48pmI am sure he could find the time between his vacations, golf games and parties.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 12:03pmI guess Glee won’t be on TV anytime soon in Malaysia, lucky dogs.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 2:14pmAmen to that, Gonzie.
Report Post »I won’t watch Glee because the promo for it was too distracting while I was watching Glenn Beck on my computer. Kinda like payback!
quarter horseman
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 12:03pmLady GAGA should go back to her crib.
Report Post »lillianrose
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 12:38pmThey need to come take her away- to a nice padded room!
Report Post »Robert-CA
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 4:22pmor back to her egg :)
Report Post »Stoic one
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 12:01pmahem……..
Report Post »isn’t that spelled lady gag gag?
and no i do not like her..
Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 12:25pmI posted this farther down, thought it might apply as well with yours of lady gag gag…
(screams: “Oh my God! Someone has dared to ban part of the lyrics of Lady Ga Ga! Quick send the POTUS over to there on another apology vacation while there is still time to save the world!!!”
Sarcasm intentional and directed at the administration who will probably do another apology tour,
Report Post »REETZBEE
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 12:39pmObama will probably book Ga Ga on the next White House concert jamboree and apologize to the world then.
Report Post »smithclar3nc3
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 12:56pmNo it’s Lady Gag a
Report Post »Gold Coin & Economic News
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 1:19pmI feel sorry for Lady Gaga. She’s just seeking attention and leading a whole generation of little monsters astray.
Report Post »watchtheotherhand
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 1:23pmWhy when I see this woman or her about her I think of the following verse from Proverbs 5?
3 For the lips of the adulterous woman drip honey,
Report Post »and her speech is smoother than oil;
4 but in the end she is bitter as gall,
sharp as a double-edged sword.
5 Her feet go down to death;
her steps lead straight to the grave.
6 She gives no thought to the way of life;
her paths wander aimlessly, but she does not know it.
Showtime
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 1:30pmGood for Malaysia!
Ga-GA is no lady. She looks like a whore off a Decatur Street corner in Atlanta.
Report Post »silentwatcher
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 1:31pmMan, don’t you just hate it when moral standards are enforced? I mean, really, who has the right to tell one that they can’t act like a vile, indecent, degenerate who gives vulgar examples to children?
Let this spread, I hope.
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 1:36pmCensorship is wrong. If we only protect freedom of speech for ideas we like, then we don’t have freedom of speech.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 1:38pmSilent Watcher, I like your attitude!
Report Post »I also appreciate your morals.
Showtime
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 1:43pm@GhostOfJefferson
Report Post »Posted on March 17, 2011 at 1:36pm
Censorship is wrong. If we only protect freedom of speech for ideas we like, then we don’t have freedom of speech.
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Ghost, when someone doesn’t know the difference between immorality and decency, he would not understand the difference between freedom of speech and censorship. There is a difference between pornography and free speech, and Malaysia demonstrated that it has values.
ProgressiveLiberalMarine
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 1:43pmWhat about her is “vile, indecent, degenerate who gives vulgar examples to children?”
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 1:53pmSHOWTIME
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 1:43pm
@GhostOfJefferson
“Ghost, when someone doesn’t know the difference between immorality and decency, he would not understand the difference between freedom of speech and censorship.”
Whose morality? Whose sense of decency? Who gets to define it? If one can define it, cannot the torch pass to another, perhaps against *your* viewpoints, and suddenly you find yourself censored?
“There is a difference between pornography and free speech, and Malaysia demonstrated that it has values.”
Actually, by banning *any* type of expression, it immediately becomes political speech (since government action was invoked to silence it), which makes it a matter of freedom of speech.
Most here would be blowing gaskets and have steam shooting out of your ears if this were an article about some Muslim nation banning a singer from singing Christian lyrics. Most here would be in the same state of anger if it were an article about our government banning any kind of speech we liked.
I don’t enable tyrants. I despise, truly despise, this “Lady Gag-Me” person. But it always bothers me when freedom of speech is abridged. Trash must be allowed to show its face in public, so that the people can justly dismiss it and let it fade into history.
Report Post »sissykatz
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 1:54pmI don’t really like lady gaga but I admire her for her Marketting she is brilliant at getting people to watch her and doing the unexpected. She has made millions without even being able to sing.She studied this in college and know how to put it out there. I don’t think she is a good example of anything else especially morallity. She is like Madonna on steroids.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 1:58pm@ProgressiveLiberalMarine
Report Post »Posted on March 17, 2011 at 1:43pm
What about her is “vile, indecent, degenerate who gives vulgar examples to children?”
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What else is she about?
Showtime
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 2:04pmWell, she certainly has our attention and has us talking about her, doesn’t she?
I have a friend from high school on the phone, and he said her singing sounds like somebody stepped on a cat’s tail, and he wouldn’t touch her with (another male classmate)’s equipment! And the friend on the phone is a pervert!!!
Report Post »silentwatcher
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 2:04pmI raised three great kids to adulthood. I let them express themselves and taught them that they are responsible for their own actions. They are decent, well-thinking, responsible adults.
I also taught them that “just because they can,,,doesn’t mean they should.”
There is a big difference between enforcing morality and censureship.
Report Post »ProgressiveLiberalMarine
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 2:08pmI guess wearing a dress made of meat could be a euphamism for something.
But there isn’t anything vile about trying to talk about acceptance of people who are born the way they are. That doesn’t mean that there needs to be a 2 page long thread of people fighting over homosexuality being a choice or not, because that just goes nowhere.
She wears outfits that arent any more revealing than a bathing suit.
As for talking about sex? Teenagers have sex, it happens. So either preach about safety and protection, or try and repress it and let a whole bunch of bad stuff happen.
Report Post »silentwatcher
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 2:15pmJust because you can, doesn’t mean you should.
Report Post »ProgressiveLiberalMarine
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 2:18pmI am assuming that comment was directed to the sex section, and I agree.
But it happens.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 2:21pmGhost, I understand where you’re coming from. If this freak wanted to be heard in Malaysia, what would be wrong with lyrics that are less offensive and less extreme? What’s wrong with preserving morals? Aren’t high morals to be valued?
Report Post »No1YaKnow
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 2:28pmThat‘s Malaysia’s problem on the free speech issue…I am tired of the stupid argument. Though I disagree with Malaysia cutting content based solely on that—-again, this is Malaysia’s issue.
For the U.S., I am BEYOND tired of the victim class in this category. Based on the marriage issue and that issue ALONE, they claim they are being discriminated against in EVERY OTHER AREA is bogus. The ONLY so-called right that is being denied is marriage at this point. Because of this, this platform is used to stage events and shout down and berate other citizens and DEMAND they accept the gay lifestyle. Let’s take a step back—no one has to ACCEPT your lifestyle. They can even call you names in public if they wish. It would be tasteless and moronic, but it is ALLOWED. Again, over the marriage issue and the marriage issue ALONE, leaders in this category have rallied gays to engage in victim behavior in EVERY aspect of their life and have pushed people like public ho Gaga to rally for them in ridiculous ways. Again—-based on her song alone, she is advocating the DEMAND that you accept their lifestyle, not tolerate it.
And before the progressive nuts jump all over me, my best friend is a lesbian. She has done quite well in her life and does protest the inability to marry in her state, but other than that, she is successful in every area of her life and her sexuality is no more of a standout issue than my own relationship. She doesn’t define herself by her sexuality alone.
Report Post »First Time Poster
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 2:30pmWhere are the comments defending freedom of speech and freedom of the press? Have all the freedom-loving posters forgotten these rights are not granted by the government but inherent in our nature? This includes Malaysians! The rights of listeners, the broadcasters, and Lady Gaga are all being violated. Instead of rallying against government censorship, I have seen little else besides gay/weirdo-bashing.
Oh, lest we forget, anti-gay marriage types are amongst the worse of progressives. A marriage is a contract between two people. Why do you want government intervention in these contracts? Many of the benefits of marriage relate to taxation (inheritance as well as tax-favored benefits like health care). If the progressive government were less intrusive, and our taxes were minimal as they should be, then there would be little-to-no economic or tax benefits to marriage (I realize some may pay more payroll taxes due to marriage, yet no estate tax or gift taxes). Anti-gay marriage types expose their pro-Nazi, pro-tax, big government progressive nature.
Progressives love to shape behavior with taxes. Why are so many of you on that side?
There I said it. Whose freedom of speech will you ignore next. “Report Post” to let us know.
Report Post »freeus
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 2:30pmThis woman is certifiable. Get her a psych bed. Does she qualify for Obamacare?
Report Post »silentwatcher
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 2:33pmI’m REALLY big on manners and morals. Can you imagine where we we would be right now if either were ‘non-existent?’
Report Post »silentwatcher
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 2:46pmI‘m also one for ’tolerance.‘ I’m not gay, don’t believe in it, but I also don‘t promote ’anti gay.‘ I won’t hold signs that show I’m against it, nor will I call someone names for being such. Just don’t push it on me,,,,don’t tell me I have to accept it.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 2:47pm@ProgressiveLiberalMarine ~
YOU looked at the pictures! You’re a gawker!
I didn’t. Wonder why not?!
In a situation during Hurricane Floyd, I was staying with a friend of my late husband because I had absolutely nowhere else to go after the shelters closed. One night he got drunk and said some things to me. I told him I thought he and I were friends, that I did not realize he thought of me as a piece of meat, and that I would be out the next day.. Thanks to the Lord, a cabin at the campground became vacant that same (next) afternoon, and I moved out and over to my own place.
If GaGA chooses to be thought of as a piece of meat, that’s her business; but I have more respect for myself.
Report Post »silentwatcher
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 3:09pmStarving people all over the world and she‘s wearing a ’meat dress.’ That is enough food to feed a family for a month.
Report Post »avenger
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 4:04pmthis freak is very lucky…she should thank mommy that she never paid attention to planned parenthood…
Report Post »drbage
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 4:13pmAMP Radio Networks, Malaysia’s top private radio operator, said the precaution was due to government restrictions against songs that might violate “good taste or decency or (are) offensive to public feeling.”
Wouldn’t this mean that they would not be able to play any of her songs?
Report Post »watchtheotherhand
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 4:28pm@ GHOST …………there are obscenity laws that are based on a communities standards of decency that have been to the higher court and found not to violate freedom of speech laws. Would you defend kiddie porn under freedom of speech/expression laws? And so you can’t use the “it hurts a child” argument what if it was computer generated kiddie porn? They can post any scene or situation they want under freedom of speech? Believe me I am a staunch supporter of 1st amendment, but all our rights also come with responsibilities to the community. When those sometimes cross the line in such extreme ways (not this situation necessarily although I can’t stand lady gaga) then the community may have the right to curtail such irresponsibility. That is why the founders liked a stronger local government rather than a centralized one. The standard of obscenity in NY would be different than in KY I am sure, which is fine as long as it is the communities standards as determined by the local officials voted into office and the local courts do not find that these standards of decency do not violate freedom of speech unduly. It is a very sticky situation with all kinds of clashing rights and moralities. In the end each situation needs to be evaluated. I don‘t surely have all the answers but just wanted to provide a devil’s advocate position.
Report Post »encinom
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 5:04pmShowtime
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 2:21pm
Ghost, I understand where you’re coming from. If this freak wanted to be heard in Malaysia, what would be wrong with lyrics that are less offensive and less extreme? What’s wrong with preserving morals? Aren’t high morals to be valued?
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What is immoral? Are you going to enforce your definition of morality on the nation? Is all homosexuality immoral, who decided that?
If you are going to use the bible to justify this, should we not also out law tattoos, and bring back slavery? Also, the same book of the bible that outlawed homosexuality, justifies honor killings so I guess you support that also?
Report Post »silentwatcher
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 5:14pmENCINOM
honor killings in the Bible? I read it,,,,,didn’t see that. Where is that located, exactly???
Report Post »silentwatcher
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 5:18pmENCINOM
for that matter, would you tell us where in the Bible any of your claims are located? I probably just missed it…………
“If you are going to use the bible to justify this, should we not also out law tattoos, and bring back slavery? Also, the same book of the bible that outlawed homosexuality, justifies honor killings so I guess you support that also?”
Report Post »encinom
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 5:29pm@silentwatcher
two locations at least:
Lev 21:9 And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the whore, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire.
If any man take a wife, and go in unto her, and hate her, And give occasions of speech against her, and bring up an evil name upon her, and say, I took this woman, and when I came to her, I found her not a maid: Then shall the father of the damsel, and her mother, take and bring forth the tokens of the damsel’s virginity unto the elders of the city in the gate: And the damsel’s father shall say unto the elders, I gave my daughter unto this man to wife, and he hateth her; And, lo, he hath given occasions of speech against her, saying, I found not thy daughter a maid; and yet these are the tokens of my daughter’s virginity. And they shall spread the cloth before the elders of the city. And the elders of that city shall take that man and chastise him; And they shall amerce him in an hundred shekels of silver, and give them unto the father of the damsel, because he hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin of Israel: and she shall be his wife; he may not put her away all his days. But if this thing be true, and the tokens of virginity be not found for the damsel: Then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father’s house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die: because she hath wrought folly in Israel, to play the whore in her father’s house: so shalt thou put evil away from among you. Deuteronomy 22:13-21
Report Post »encinom
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 5:32pm@Silentwatch,
THey can all be found in Leviticus. also prohibition against shaving and cutting one’s hair.
So are we to use this outdate book for morality, or realize that we have advanced in 6000 years.
Report Post »ozchambers
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 5:36pmI do not agree with those lines in that song in any way. BUT its not the governments place to shut down someone’s right to say it. There are limits of course such as extreme cursing, pornography, etc. But it is our INDIVIDUAL responsibility to live morally and those morals that do not intrude on another citizen’s rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness are exclusively protected by our Constitution. We certainly can have discourse and debate about what is right and moral and from where or whom morality stems, but all freedom loving Americans who respect our Constitution should stand unified AGAINST governmental control of personal morality. Personal morality which is expressed quite often through speech.
Report Post »watchtheotherhand
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 6:21pmOh my word ENCINOM..this is as about as kindergarten as logic and reason get, but when you want to disregard SHOWTIMES morality you are in fact imposing your own. You are holding your values up over hers. You are stating that the value of determining values as she would deem appropriate is not valid, by doing so you are stating your won morality over hers. Every law, EVERY law is the imposition of some form of “someone’s” morality on the rest of society. That is why there is such bitter division between right and left in this country. Don’t think for a second you stand on some higher moral ground than SHOWTIME, you don’t. That was a ridiculous and hypocritical statement. Pro-abortion is imposing one groups morality on others that would think it morally the same as murder. Same with gay marriage. Same with collective bargaining rights and so on and so on………………Be a man or woman and just say, “I think my morality is better than yours.” Otherwise, hide behind cowardice hypocritical statements in the area of community and let your statements fall on deaf ears.
Report Post »watchtheotherhand
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 6:32pm@ OZ…….I hear what your sayin’. But I have a question for you. You listed pornography and extreme cursing as limits to 1st amendment. Then proceeded to say we need to limit government over 1st amendment. To play devil’s advocate for a sec. That sounds all good and stuff, but where and who decides the morality and limits in those 2 areas you listed? It must be established by standards of communities that elect officials to represent their views in office by setting standards of decency and obscenity with the courts playing the counterbalance to protect the 1st amendment. That is our system of government. Only problem is that too many ideologues have infiltrated the courts and perverted the intent of the 1st amendment to defend even the most obscene forms of pornography etc. Same with the right to bear arms. The courts have found that certain requirements and restrictions do not unduly limit this right. Just my 2 cents
Report Post »watchtheotherhand
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 6:33pm@ FIRST TIME POSTER…………..maybe you should consider changing your name to LAST TIME POSTER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »JoeBtfsplk
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 7:34pmGaga is being produced by some sick people.
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Gembo
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 7:42amLady Gag-it.
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stifroc
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 10:18amthe song is nothing but a cheap knock-off of Modonna’s song “Express Yourself”.
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