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.
"Sit-ups" ping!
Ten whole sit-ups?
Oh, the humanity!
Sit-ups as punishment? That's just weird.
Yeah, the "squat thrust" would have been more appropriate.
Situps as punishment? How Guantanamoesque can it get?
Some of our Libertarian Freepers would have abs like Jean-Claude Van Damme if they lived in India.
LOL!
Do you realize how difficult it is to do *one* sit-up with an erection?
I bet it was difficult to stay balanced with all that lotion on their hands.
Oh wait. That joke is only funny if they are push ups. Nevermind.
Sit-ups as punishment? That's just weird.
If they were men, it could have been dangerous.
Probably difficult to lock their hands behind their heads though.
Put panties on their heads and parade them down a public street. That'll show 'em!
Oh my God...corporal punishment...some one alert Durbin, the Nazis are on the move!
Chief Panda.
I knew that there was a lotion-related joke in this story somewhere. Thanks for finding it!
LOL!...then again with this group panties may be what they were hoping for 8>)
At least they weren't busted for using squirt guns filled with lotion. That can get messy.
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