Would you like your sister, mother or wife to dress like this in public? Or your children to see this? Perhaps you would whatever turns you on! But guess what? The Indonesians don't and I for 1 don't blame them.
Why shouldn't Lady Gaga come to Indonesia and perform for her fans? There are many many non-religious, non-practicing Indonesians who have no problems with Gaga.
If the religious Islamic groups have such a problem with her, they should just avoid her concert in Jakarta, full stop. Indonesia is not just a country for Islamic conservatives, there are many secular and non-religious Indonesians and they deserve to have their voices heard (not just about this, but for many other issues in the country).
Tolerance is freedom. It does not matter what you would like your family to wear but comes down to the right to wear it. That's what freedom is, and tolerance is needed for this freedom. If we all use the " I don't like this logic" I'm sure Muslims, Christians, Jews would all be banned from parts of the world. People don't like Muslims, but you wouldn't want to see them banned. Freedom of Religion is really Freedom of choice, and Lady GaGa chose to go to Indonesia because she had fans there, and some freedom intolerable haters took that away from people.
London Muslim with a left of center political agenda but dont let that put you off.
I write about issues the mainstream Murdoch agenda ignores and more than happy to also take on the tiny minority of vociferous fruitcakes in my own community.
In addition I'm a long suffering supporter of QPR. So, a Muslim with a sense of humour
And then tolerance took another blow. Tolerance is a one way street (not)
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ReplyDeleteHow can you tolerate this??
http://www.nairaland.com/513778/lady-gaga-bra-panties
Would you like your sister, mother or wife to dress like this in public? Or your children to see this? Perhaps you would whatever turns you on! But guess what? The Indonesians don't and I for 1 don't blame them.
Why shouldn't Lady Gaga come to Indonesia and perform for her fans? There are many many non-religious, non-practicing Indonesians who have no problems with Gaga.
ReplyDeleteIf the religious Islamic groups have such a problem with her, they should just avoid her concert in Jakarta, full stop. Indonesia is not just a country for Islamic conservatives, there are many secular and non-religious Indonesians and they deserve to have their voices heard (not just about this, but for many other issues in the country).
Tolerance is freedom. It does not matter what you would like your family to wear but comes down to the right to wear it. That's what freedom is, and tolerance is needed for this freedom. If we all use the " I don't like this logic" I'm sure Muslims, Christians, Jews would all be banned from parts of the world. People don't like Muslims, but you wouldn't want to see them banned. Freedom of Religion is really Freedom of choice, and Lady GaGa chose to go to Indonesia because she had fans there, and some freedom intolerable haters took that away from people.
ReplyDeletelol this is funny
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