Sampah Nonsense

National Geographic Magazines Destroyed

- Trashed by SampahMan @ 1:18 AM

I have decided not to renew my National Geographic magazine subscription. It's a great magazine. I highly recommend it for the pictures, the really educational articles, and all the learning to be had. But (there's always a but, right?) beware, if you're OK with censors touching your PERSONAL PROPERTY, then go ahead, subscribe away.

If you're like me, and you really resent having your own property censored, then I will suggest you waiting until Malaysia is mature enough to hire people who apply some intelligence to their censorship tactics. With the prudish asses who are in charge right now, I don't think there's going to be any encouraging changes anytime soon. This is from the wonderful country, who:
- Banned Daredevil (remember Ben Affleck?) for devil worshipping
- Only allowed Passion of the Christ to be shown to Christians. So it means you get to watch it in cinemas if you buy your tickets from your pastor.

Stop people from buying pirated VCDs/DVDs? Yeah, keep up all the good work, censorship board of Malaysia.

The theme for today?

PORN vs. NUDITY (you decide ok!)

Picture of AIDS victim taking a bath. Notice the boob got blacked out. Porn? Would people get off on this picture? Have some decency!


Where the lady's boobs ended up on the opposite page, completely obscuring the text.


Bare ass. Nuff said. Doesn't even look sexy to me, but hey, if the censors think they and the rest of the nation will wank off to this, then, more power to them.


Native girls painting each other. I don't know, but the black marker that they are using really pisses me off. (You can't see it, cuz the pages were stuck to each other and I had to pry it off)


Woman carrying sticks from the jungle. Holy shit, they really scrutinize each picture! Too bad I had no idea what the text in the opposite page was saying. Really beyond my guessing.

So what's your verdict? Do you think the censors in Malaysia are going too far? I would understand if it's Jenna Jameson bearing her assets, but come on! Tribal women! Give them a break! Maybe it's not practical for them to wear clothes!

My message to the censors of Malaysia: LAY OFF EDUCATIONAL MAGAZINES, ESPECIALLY ONE AS ESTABLISHED AS NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC. AND PLEASE TREAT US LIKE ADULTS.

My message to the Customer Service Department of National Geographic: I SENT YOU AN EMAIL A MONTH AGO. IT HAS YET TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED.

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