Afghan officials wage war on video stores

[JIMINATOR]

Islamabad - Security authorities closed video shops in the city of Jalalabad, eastern Afghanistan, to save school children from waywardness, a news report said on Tuesday.

About 300 shops in the city were closed and the campaign would also be taken to villages, the Afghan Islamic Press agency said.

"We went after the shops because they were turning school children truants and spoiling their morals," security official Behram Khan told the private news agency.

Khan also said that other shop owners should stop their video game businesses voluntary or face stern action.

The anti-video campaign is reminiscent of the days of the radical Islamic Taliban which banned films, music and dish antennas.

The entertainment industry has been revived in Afghanistan since the United States war on terrorism ousted the Taliban in the winter of 2001.

[Crism]

poor afghan kids...no pr0n..

[Elessar]

freakin nazis

[Sirc]

It sounds like the Islamic fundamentalists are gaining power there. That's not good. :unsure:

[MR. SLiK]

well they dont have much over there if you think about it

[Death-Dude]

Originally posted by Crism@Jul 20 2003, 01:27 PM
poor afghan kids...no pr0n..
A Victoria's Secret mag, or hell, a JCPenney catalogue with bra ads would be pr0n to them.

[FUS1ON]

Originally posted by Death-Dude+Jul 20 2003, 04:36 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Death-Dude @ Jul 20 2003, 04:36 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin--Crism@Jul 20 2003, 01:27 PM
poor afghan kids...no pr0n..
A Victoria&#39;s Secret mag, or hell, a JCPenney catalogue with bra ads would be pr0n to them. [/b][/quote]
:lol:

[OUTLAWS BIOHAZARD]

Thats sad dude I don&#39;t think I could live with out pr0n unless... :hmmm:

[EdoG]

Originally posted by OUTLAWS SHOGUN+Jul 20 2003, 11:19 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (OUTLAWS SHOGUN @ Jul 20 2003, 11:19 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>
Originally posted by -Death-Dude@Jul 20 2003, 04:36 PM
<!--QuoteBegin--Crism@Jul 20 2003, 01:27 PM
poor afghan kids...no pr0n..
A Victoria&#39;s Secret mag, or hell, a JCPenney catalogue with bra ads would be pr0n to them.
:lol: [/b][/quote]
:w00t: :lol: :thumbs:

[Sirc]

Originally posted by MR. SLiK@Jul 20 2003, 05:34 PM
well they dont have much over there if you think about it
I understand that. But the fundamentalists seem to want to take away what they do have. They thrive on keeping the population generally submissive. They will never grow as a people or a nation that way.

This is only the 1st step. The sat dishes will be next, and then they will be back to only reading the government run newspapers. :bandhead:

[ZeLL]

I&#39;m moving to canada if they ever think about banning video games. :unsure:

[Yianni]

i think we need to send the master chief to handle this delima&#33; :devil: it&#39;s just not right if you can&#39;t play video games&#33; :down:

[Aries]

There goes Pathos&#39; business expansion plan :rofl:

[Mr Clean]

Originally posted by JIMINATOR@Jul 20 2003, 01:05 PM
Islamabad - Security authorities closed video shops in the city of Jalalabad, eastern Afghanistan, to save school children from waywardness, a news report said on Tuesday.

About 300 shops in the city were closed and the campaign would also be taken to villages, the Afghan Islamic Press agency said.

"We went after the shops because they were turning school children truants and spoiling their morals," security official Behram Khan told the private news agency.

Khan also said that other shop owners should stop their video game businesses voluntary or face stern action.

The anti-video campaign is reminiscent of the days of the radical Islamic Taliban which banned films, music and dish antennas.

The entertainment industry has been revived in Afghanistan since the United States war on terrorism ousted the Taliban in the winter of 2001.
Hey, who needs freedom of speech anyways? :rolleyes:

[JIMINATOR]

WTF: I am like what the hell are we doing down there??
After we leave they are just going to go back to cutting each other&#39;s throats...

[Sirc]

Originally posted by JIMINATOR@Jul 23 2003, 12:47 AM
WTF: I am like what the hell are we doing down there??
After we leave they are just going to go back to cutting each other&#39;s throats...
What makes you think we are gonna leave? Now that we control both Iraq and Afganistan, we have Iran sorrounded. We will never give up our presence in either country. And Iran is next. :thumbs: