# A sad update on the boob-bikini-Bali thread
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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [October 31, 2008, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sad-update-on-the-boob-bikini-bali-thread/470399 "2008-10-31T08:31:02Z")
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### Author:  [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2008, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sad-update-on-the-boob-bikini-bali-thread/470399/1 "2008-10-31T08:31:02Z")
Some time ago [thread=484266]this thread by Duckster[/thread] raised the possibility that an anti-pornography bill would be passed in Indonesia. That bill had been kicking around for a while, and there is a lot of opposition to it by artists and intellectuals (as well as those with business interests in Bali, who fear what it will do to the tourist trade). Like many people, I was fairly sure it would remain a threat, but never actually pass.
Today, it passed.
[link here](http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2008/10/31/porn-bill-passed-despite-protests.html)
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> The House of Representatives on Thursday passed the contentious anti-pornography bill, defying months of protest from artists, pluralists and human rights groups.
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> Two of 10 factions in the House, the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) and the Prosperous Peace Party (PDS), boycotted a plenary session to endorse the modified bill that criminalizes all works and acts deemed obscene and capable of breaching public morality.
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> The passage of the bill was quickly slammed by human rights and pluralist organizations, as well as several provinces opposed to it.
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> They claim the law threatens national unity, discriminates against minority groups and women, and harms pluralism and diversity in the country.
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> Just minutes after the plenary session opened, PDI-P and PDS legislators interrupted the forum and subsequently walked out of the House in protest at the bill.
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> Also boycotting the session were two Balinese legislators from the Golkar Party, Lisnawati Karna and Gede Sumarjaya Linggih. They each interrupted the meeting and walked out of the room while their party read out its approval of the bill.
It’s a sad day here. I didn’t think they’d really do it. But we’re coming up on an election year, and things are getting a bit funny here. There is also an increasingly strong nationalist movement and the government is busy erecting a “great wall” to keep out foreign products - worrying everyone from hotel executives who don’t know how they will maintain standards in their restaurants to industries concerned about getting the machine parts they need to keep up production to expatriate parents wondering how they will keep their kids fed nutritiously when western staples like whole wheat flour or cheese are hard to get.
Sigh. We can only hope the anti-porn law will not really be enforced.
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### Author:  [@Carson\_O\_Genic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carson_O_Genic)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2008, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sad-update-on-the-boob-bikini-bali-thread/470399/2 "2008-10-31T15:20:00Z")
What’s your take on how this will affect local crime?