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Indonesia Moves To Ban Same-Sex Emojis On Messaging Apps (thestack.com)
An anonymous reader writes: The Indonesian government has this week demanded that instant messaging apps available in the country remove all same-sex emoticons from their platforms, or face heavy sanctions. While homosexuality is not illegal in the country, it remains a controversial issue in the Muslim-dominated country. Now in the latest effort to crackdown on gay rights, Indonesian authorities want to ban emojis, stickers and emoticons which depict same-sex couples, the rainbow flag, and any symbol that symbolises the lesbian, bay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community. Apps that have been targeted by the demands include the popular Asian messaging app LINE, Whatsapp, Facebook and Twitter. The Indonesian Communication and Information Ministry added that a particular concern was that children would find the bright coloured stickers appealing.
I'd say it's a good thing.
You did mean that they'll eventually ban all emojis, right?
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
Hmm... 72 virgins... a 90s LAN party?
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
The claim is men that martyr themselves get 72 virgins when they die.
I've never understood the appeal for this. I mean, it's the afterlife. I would assume that STD's are no longer an issue. I would think that two ridiculously attractive whores would be preferable.
Or maybe we've really misunderstood the true meaning of this. Perhaps Islam is really opposed to martyrdom. It could be such a bad thing in Islam that if you do so, you will nagged for all eternity by 72 women with whom you can never have sex.
What do the women get when they martyr themselves?
They get to be one of the 72 women who nag some stupid man to insanity for all of time. Hell, there's 72 of them and not an AK47 in site. They can stone him to death over and over.