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**somasideff** · 12-07-2005, 10:04 PM

I don't get y sumone shud be compared w/ the Taliban jus bcos they comment on indecent dressing of women......esp. in our own double-standard society where we've always gone picky abt the way Western actresses (& even women in general) dress "indecently" whereas today in our own films its perfectly acceptable to wear a Saree (which is considered as a symbol of our so-called culture/tradition) even worse than a vamp & gyrate ur 'exposed' parts & still manage to pass off as "mere entertainment"!

Thats y its called "entertainment."

No one is saying to the real-life folks, "okay, watch these stars gyrate, & when u go home, practice it." I am not sure how Indian society came to be so conservative... I think its the fact that Indian society was extremely liberal once upon a time, that we haven't gone the way of the West, which was closed up for so long, and then one day exploded into the immoral one you see now. Our arts, literature, religious teachings etc. by discussing these issues in the proper context have actually done a great service to the society.

Will go?? Isn't it going already (& at top speed by the looks of it)...... ?!!

No, India won't go the way of the West. The West is something else. You can rest assured of that.

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somasideff Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 471 Senior Member	I don't get y sumone shud be compared w/ the Taliban jus bcos they comment on indecent dressing of women......esp. in our own double-standard society where we've always gone picky abt the way Western actresses (& even women in general) dress "indecently" whereas today in our own films its perfectly acceptable to wear a Saree (which is considered as a symbol of our so-called culture/tradition) even worse than a vamp & gyrate ur 'exposed' parts & still manage to pass off as "mere entertainment"! Thats y its called "entertainment." No one is saying to the real-life folks, "okay, watch these stars gyrate, & when u go home, practice it." I am not sure how Indian society came to be so conservative... I think its the fact that Indian society was extremely liberal once upon a time, that we haven't gone the way of the West, which was closed up for so long, and then one day exploded into the immoral one you see now. Our arts, literature, religious teachings etc. by discussing these issues in the proper context have actually done a great service to the society. Will go?? Isn't it going already (& at top speed by the looks of it)...... ?!! No, India won't go the way of the West. The West is something else. You can rest assured of that.
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