Singapore Clamps Down On Gay Web Sites

[davidinalameda]

http://www.365gay.com/newscon05/10/102805singapore.htm

Singapore dealt another blow to the city-state's LGBT community on Friday banning one gay Web site and fining another.

The government controls the internet through its Media Development Authority. The MDA said that both sites - one based in Singapore, the other overseas - contained offensive material.

It said that it acted after receiving complaints about the two companies. An MDA investigation found what the agency called content "promoting a promiscuous homosexual lifestyle".

[OldLeftieLawyer]

1. I love Singapore

It's really a great place, provided you don't try to chew gum.

My husband - who is Asian-born and raised - had the best line about Singapore: He said, "I'm always afraid that if I use the wrong fork at dinner, I'll have my hand cut off."

This latest bit of eliminating anything that doesn't fit in doesn't surprise me in the least.

[Ally McLesbian]

2. This is another example of

a non-European culture taking the worst of European culture, and taking it one step further.

Singapore was British for a long time.

The same crap happened in India (mostly British), the Philippines (Spanish and American), Hong Kong (British), and South Korea (unofficially American Christian). Well, not exactly banning gay websites, but generally homophobic anyway.

I will have some business opportunities going in South Korea soon. Goddess help me.