{"id":5759,"date":"2007-03-29T23:58:01","date_gmt":"2007-03-29T18:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indiauncut.com\/?p=662"},"modified":"2007-03-29T23:58:01","modified_gmt":"2007-03-29T18:28:01","slug":"the-ministry-of-wet-dreams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/the-ministry-of-wet-dreams\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ministry of Wet Dreams"},"content":{"rendered":"

I fear that one day I will look up in the sky and see a giant zipper shutting itself, as a voice from above booms, “Tsk tsk.” What other way is there to control this thing they call “public morality?” CNN-IBN reports<\/a> that the Indian government has banned FTV:<\/p>\n

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The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting said the programmes telecast by the channel were “against good taste and decency and denigrated women.”<\/p>\n

Such shows were likely to adversely affect public morality, the Ministry said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Needless to say, enforcing ‘morality’ is the responsibility of our government. Boys get wet dreams? Won’t do. Where’s the Ministry of Wet Dreams? Girls show cleavage? Won’t do. Where’s the Ministry of Cleavage Inspection? To paraphrase from Zero Wing<\/i><\/a>, all your mind and body are belong to them. <\/p>\n

(Link via separate emails from Gautam John<\/a> and Sridhar Vanka<\/a>. Also read: my WSJ<\/i> Op-Ed, “Fighting Against Censorship<\/a>.”)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I fear that one day I will look up in the sky and see a giant zipper shutting itself, as a voice from above booms, “Tsk tsk.” What other way is there to control this thing they call “public morality?” CNN-IBN reports<\/a> that the Indian government has banned FTV:<\/p>\n

\n

The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting said the programmes telecast by the channel were “against good taste and decency and denigrated women.”<\/p>\n

Such shows were likely to adversely affect public morality, the Ministry said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Needless to say, enforcing ‘morality’ is the responsibility of our government. Boys get wet dreams? Won’t do. Where’s the Ministry of Wet Dreams? Girls show cleavage? Won’t do. Where’s the Ministry of Cleavage Inspection? To paraphrase from Zero Wing<\/i><\/a>, all your mind and body are belong to them. <\/p>\n

(Link via separate emails from Gautam John<\/a> and Sridhar Vanka<\/a>. Also read: my WSJ<\/i> Op-Ed, “Fighting Against Censorship<\/a>.”)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,3],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nThe Ministry of Wet Dreams - India Uncut<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/the-ministry-of-wet-dreams\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Ministry of Wet Dreams - India Uncut\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I fear that one day I will look up in the sky and see a giant zipper shutting itself, as a voice from above booms, “Tsk tsk.” What other way is there to control this thing they call “public morality?” CNN-IBN reports that the Indian government has banned FTV: The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting said the programmes telecast by the channel were “against good taste and decency and denigrated women.” Such shows were likely to adversely affect public morality, the Ministry said. 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