what the hell!! what tainting you hypocrites meant???

shit! damn! :mad can you believe this or not? :mad

from the associated press:

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia on Tuesday canceled a concert by Canadian rock singer Avril Lavigne, saying it may taint the Muslim-majority country’s independence day celebrations after the Islamic opposition slammed her show as being "too sexy."

The Arts, Culture and Heritage Ministry said it had decided not to permit Lavigne’s show because it was unsuitable to Malaysian culture and could not be held on Aug. 29, two days ahead of independence day.

"It is not timely. It’s not in the good spirit of our National Day. If we go ahead with the concert, it is contrary to what we are preparing for," said Shukran Ibrahim, a senior official from the culture ministry’s department that vets all foreign artists.

The decision came after the youth wing of a fundamentalist opposition party, the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party, called for the show’s cancellation.

Kamarulzaman Mohamed, a party youth official, told The Associated Press on Monday that Lavigne’s show was "considered too sexy for us" and would promote the wrong values just before independence day.

"We don’t want our people, our teenagers, influenced by their performance. We want clean artists, artists that are good role models," he said.

who the bloody hell appoints you, PAS youth, particularly kamarulzaman mohamed, to be our (esp. youth) moral guardian?? :mad

who the bloody hell do you think you are to decide for us which artists are good role models? :mad

and to the official from the culture ministry dept., shukran ibrahim, don’t make us a laughing stock!! (again!!).

of course i know this is not the first time such an incident happened. lately it was that indonesian singer… what’s her name… inuit or something. there are many instances. (read the full article from the associated press.)

oh boy! i’m too :mad to go on. better go to sleep now and let off steam. :evil