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Public sit-ups serve as punishment for watching porn
ABC News ^
| 07/18/2005
| AFP
Posted on 07/18/2005 6:52:37 AM PDT by bedolido
Police in India's eastern state of Orissa rounded up about 200 people watching a porn movie in a cinema hall and made them do 10 sit-ups in public as punishment, the Hindustan Times reported.
The paper said parents of teenagers under 17 caught in the net were ordered to watch the punishment, while all the culprits were made to take a public vow never to watch a sleazy movie again.
Sanjeev Panda, police chief in the Balasore district where the movie was being shown, said he was trying a new approach in a bid to stop the screening of pornography, which is illegal in India.
"Earlier we acted against the [cinema] hall owners and their staff but it failed to effectively check screening of obscene movies, so we decided to crack down on the audience," Chief Panda said.
The paper said similar punishment was meted out to about 400 people watching porn at a hall in Orissa's Rourkela district.
Four reels of film were seized and three staff members taken into custody.
After the sit-ups and public pledge, the offenders were let off.
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: india; porn; pr0n; public; punishment; situps; watching
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posted on
07/18/2005 6:52:42 AM PDT
by
bedolido
To: Constitution Day; Fierce Allegiance; martin_fierro; Tijeras_Slim; Owl_Eagle; ...
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posted on
07/18/2005 6:54:13 AM PDT
by
TheBigB
(My train of thought is still boarding at the station.)
To: bedolido
Ten whole sit-ups?
Oh, the humanity!
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posted on
07/18/2005 6:55:40 AM PDT
by
Constitution Day
(I am the Sultan of Oom-Papa-Mow-Mow.)
To: TheBigB
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posted on
07/18/2005 6:56:18 AM PDT
by
Fierce Allegiance
(This ain't your granddaddy's America!)
To: bedolido
Sit-ups as punishment? That's just weird.
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posted on
07/18/2005 6:56:45 AM PDT
by
SIDENET
("You knew the job was dangerous when you took it, Fred")
To: SIDENET
Yeah, the "squat thrust" would have been more appropriate.
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posted on
07/18/2005 6:57:50 AM PDT
by
GingisK
To: bedolido
Situps as punishment? How Guantanamoesque can it get?
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posted on
07/18/2005 6:58:15 AM PDT
by
Horatio Gates
(Ye olde roadside donuthouse hooligan)
To: bedolido
Some of our Libertarian Freepers would have abs like Jean-Claude Van Damme if they lived in India.
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posted on
07/18/2005 6:58:18 AM PDT
by
Hacksaw
(Real men don't buy their firewood.)
To: Fierce Allegiance
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posted on
07/18/2005 6:58:32 AM PDT
by
Constitution Day
(I am the Sultan of Oom-Papa-Mow-Mow.)
To: Constitution Day
Do you realize how difficult it is to do *one* sit-up with an erection?
To: bedolido
I bet it was difficult to stay balanced with all that lotion on their hands.
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posted on
07/18/2005 6:59:06 AM PDT
by
jtminton
(Help stop second hand rap!)
To: jtminton
Oh wait. That joke is only funny if they are push ups. Nevermind.
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posted on
07/18/2005 6:59:43 AM PDT
by
jtminton
(Help stop second hand rap!)
To: SIDENET
Sit-ups as punishment? That's just weird.
If they were men, it could have been dangerous.
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posted on
07/18/2005 7:00:06 AM PDT
by
Sapper26
(All men should marry, you can't blame everything on the government - Jed Clampett.)
To: jtminton
Probably difficult to lock their hands behind their heads though.
To: Horatio Gates
Put panties on their heads and parade them down a public street. That'll show 'em!
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posted on
07/18/2005 7:01:33 AM PDT
by
tuffydoodle
(In a democracy it don't matter how stupid you are, you still get an equal share.)
To: bedolido
Oh my God...corporal punishment...some one alert Durbin, the Nazis are on the move!
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posted on
07/18/2005 7:01:50 AM PDT
by
ncountylee
(Dead terrorists smell like victory)
To: bedolido
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posted on
07/18/2005 7:02:29 AM PDT
by
kharaku
(G3 (http://www.cobolsoundsystem.com/mp3s/unreleased/evewasanape.mp3))
To: PBRSTREETGANG
I knew that there was a lotion-related joke in this story somewhere. Thanks for finding it!
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posted on
07/18/2005 7:03:12 AM PDT
by
jtminton
(Help stop second hand rap!)
To: tuffydoodle
LOL!...then again with this group panties may be what they were hoping for 8>)
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posted on
07/18/2005 7:04:16 AM PDT
by
Horatio Gates
(Ye olde roadside donuthouse hooligan)
To: jtminton
At least they weren't busted for using squirt guns filled with lotion. That can get messy.
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posted on
07/18/2005 7:04:48 AM PDT
by
Fierce Allegiance
(This ain't your granddaddy's America!)
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