[OFF TOPIC] Politics Thread

[heywoodu 16,460]

Just now, Griff88 said:

Two big news from Indonesia:

 

1. Our Sports Minister is charged with bribery,     he has now stepped down (after congratulating sambo athletes earlier that day)

 

2. The parliament is preparing a bill to revise the criminal code (current version is inherited from the 1918 Wetboek van Strafrecht voor Nederlandsch-Indie) which includes new "interesting" articles such as:

• In addition of the ban on spreading communism and Marxism, spreading atheist and agnostic views or inciting people to stop believing religions are now punishable (4 years in prison)
• Any form of abortion is now punishable (the new article said that "asking/giving consent for abortion" is punishable thus conflicting with the legal exception for health reasons or rape victims)
• Performing black magic is now punishable for 3 years in prison, bonus 1 year if the damage is financial
• Showing, advertising, or offering contraceptives to children is now punishable by law (except for certified officials)
• Cohabitating is now punishable if someone reports you
• Minimum prison sentence for corruption is now only 2 years (instead of 4)
• Anti defamation law has been modified, which made it possible for journalists to be jailed because the subject did not like their article or felt attacked by it.

 

Looks like I have to make a long-term plan to live somewhere else

Holy crap, when changing the minimum prison sentence for corruption from 4 to 2 years is by far the least bad of a given set of changes, you know the changes are truly godawfully sucking big time  

Edited September 19, 2019 by heywoodu

[heywoodu 16,460]

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Showing, advertising, or offering contraceptives to children is now punishable by law (except for certified officials)

 

Especially this one is just truly shocking.

[Griff88 2,021]

Just now, heywoodu said:

 

Especially this one is just truly shocking.

Maybe Indonesia want to surpass Chinese population l

 

We only have 5 days before the plenary session starts, hoping the president veto it or the constitutional court repeal it if it managed to pass.

[hckošice 16,613]

4 hours ago, Griff88 said:

Performing black magic is now punishable for 3 years in prison, bonus 1 year if the damage is financial

 

[Olympian1010 8,297]

4 hours ago, Griff88 said:

Two big news from Indonesia:

 

1. Our Sports Minister is charged with bribery,     he has now stepped down (after congratulating sambo athletes earlier that day)

 

2. The parliament is preparing a bill to revise the criminal code (current version is inherited from the 1918 Wetboek van Strafrecht voor Nederlandsch-Indie) which includes new "interesting" articles such as:

• In addition of the ban on spreading communism and Marxism, spreading atheist and agnostic views or inciting people to stop believing religions are now punishable (4 years in prison)
• Any form of abortion is now punishable (the new article said that "asking/giving consent for abortion" is punishable thus conflicting with the legal exception for health reasons or rape victims)
• Performing black magic is now punishable for 3 years in prison, bonus 1 year if the damage is financial
• Showing, advertising, or offering contraceptives to children is now punishable by law (except for certified officials)
• Cohabitating is now punishable if someone reports you
• Minimum prison sentence for corruption is now only 2 years (instead of 4)
• Anti defamation law has been modified, which made it possible for journalists to be jailed because the subject did not like their article or felt attacked by it.

 

Looks like I have to make a long-term plan to live somewhere else

Let’s move to Australia or Canada together . We can both flee our dystopian countries.

[Olympian1010 8,297]

Just now, hckosice said:

 

Honestly black magic should carry at least a 5 year sentence. Also, people who believe black magic is possible should be sentenced to 15 years 

[heywoodu 16,460]

Just now, Olympian1010 said:

Honestly black magic should carry at least a 5 year sentence. Also, people who believe black magic is possible should be sentenced to 15 years 

Didn't Egypt have rules about not allowing the use of ghosts in football matches or something? @thepharoah

[Olympian1010 8,297]

Just now, heywoodu said:

Didn't Egypt have rules about not allowing the use of ghosts in football matches or something? @thepharoah

I think California’s weirdest “law” was when we had the referendum on wether porn “actors” should wear condoms 

[heywoodu 16,460]

Just now, Olympian1010 said:

I think California’s weirdest “law” was when we had the referendum on wether porn “actors” should wear condoms 

Which they should.

[Griff88 2,021]

29 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

Honestly black magic should carry at least a 5 year sentence. Also, people who believe black magic is possible should be sentenced to 15 years 

That's basically asking more than half of the population to go to jail...

 

But yeah my country folks are really fond of these stuff. We have the popular saying "rejected love means it's time for the shaman".

 

There are cases our migrant workers in Saudi are sentenced to death with charge of sorcery ranging from wearing certain things (accused amulet) to adding their own urine to their employer's tea to make him complain less