Deadline looms on Pakistan 'obscene' text message ban

Technically speaking its not possible to filter every sms.

Apna mAzak banwa rahay hain.

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It would appear that you don’t give much of a priority to free speech — religion is fine but this is just another example of how ones religious/moral beliefs can get out of hand. Perhaps you would be better off minding your business rather than trying to control others.

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Its a good move, most people in Pak are uneducated and they use mobile and late night packages for “dirty” things if we want freedom of speech, we first need to spread education to every corner of Pak.

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if you huys require proper software to filter, contact India.

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@Malik: Oh yes, they do use it for dirty things. They talk about TONGUES, and IDIOTS, and JESUS CHRIST, and MARY JANE, and also vulgar stuff like ATHLETE’S FOOT and GO TO HELL! =O

For one thing, its not your business what other people talk about. They can talk about anything they want, they’re free to express any feeling through any word. If YOU have a problem with it, its up to you you do not use such words.

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Pakistan truly is the land of all possibilities, here, the most ill-conceived ideas/actions can take shape easily.

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Since when did Jesus become obscene ? This is heights of intolerence.

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I’m going to laugh when people start distorting religious words you attach extreme value to, to get around it because they know you won’t risk the reaction to banning those ones too. You’ll actually be truly offended rather than scrounging for things to make you feel morally superior and there won’t be a thing you’ll be able to do about it. All you would have had to do is let people think and judge for themselves but, no, that wasn’t going to happen. People are going to react with spite putting you in a worse position than if you never did anything at all.

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Such action would stop all text messaging on pretext of one word or other.

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What if one types Jessus or Jeeesus or Jesuss or JJesus or J’sus or Je’us or Jes’s
etc….Will even those be blocked.

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I am afraid most of the people here are so narrow minded that even either thay are too emotional or they are hiding their mindset behind some technical issues.

This act included following issues to be addressed:

1) As per law/constitution/social norms, is it responsibility of the state to keep check and balance and restrict unethical/immoral act/behaviour within society? OK, just wait, we will discuss family first. Does our society expect that the family head create such environment that family does not involve in vulgarity or unethical acts within house. Even, if he cannot use stick on each and every issue but definitely he creates some limitations. Similarly, our society also expect our Government to create such environment that vulagity or unethical behavior shall be restricted with in society.

2)If agreed on above, then the issue came that how? Is this way to block sms is good or technically not effective. Yes, It may be ineffective but then provide alternates and ways/suggest GoP how to stop such inappropriate acts prevailing in this society.

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first of all Pakistan was made on the basis Muslim majority state not on the basis of Islamic republic.. other wise Quaid-e-Azam first speech after independence would be like this..
“You are ONLY free to go to your masjid,… only Muslims have freedom others don’t have.”
Shame on us we don’t even know the purpose of Pakistan’s Creation.
SHAME!
We don’t deserve Pakistan
and if you want to make Pakistan pure then first we should get rid of corruption before getting rid of these so called explicit material.

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