This Lady Strongly Demands to Be the First Person Detained for Sending Dirty Text Messages!

2006/3/5 15:06:24

Today I saw this news item: "165 new types of punishable conduct added to public security regulations; sending dirty text messages 3 times can result in detention." It reads: "Article 42 of the Public Security Administration Punishments Law stipulates that those who repeatedly send obscene, insulting, or threatening messages, thereby disturbing others' normal lives, may be detained for up to 5 days or fined up to 500 yuan. In more serious cases, detention of 5 to 10 days may be imposed, with a possible additional fine of up to 500 yuan."

This ID thinks: how can "insulting and threatening messages" be lumped together with "obscene"? By comparison, the punishments for insult and threats are obviously too lenient, while so-called "obscenity" has absolutely no business being listed there at all. The saying goes: food and sex are human nature. And "dirty" text messages sometimes don't even relate to sex — at most they're jokes. Consider the following joke from Hong Huang's blog on China's biggest website, which gets over 200,000 views daily:

In the forest, the elephant and the mouse are best friends. One day, after the rain cleared, they went for a walk together, chatting about forest affairs. Suddenly, the little mouse disappeared.
"Where did you go?" asked the elephant.
"Help me!" cried the little mouse desperately. "I've fallen into a mud pit!"
The elephant hurried back and found the little mouse had indeed fallen into a very deep mud pit.
The elephant immediately stretched his trunk into the pit. Not long enough. With no other choice, the elephant braced himself and extended his big thing into the pit. The little mouse climbed up along the elephant's big thing and was saved.
After walking a bit further, the elephant disappeared.
"Elephant, where did you go?" shouted the little mouse.
"Help me," said the elephant. "I've fallen into a mud pit too."
The little mouse hurried back and found that, indeed, the elephant had fallen into an even deeper mud pit.
"What can I do?" said the little mouse. "I'm just a little mouse!"
"Please save me," the elephant begged.
So the little mouse sprinted home, opened the garage, drove a Mercedes to the edge of the pit, and tied a rope around the elephant's neck, with the other end fastened to the Mercedes. He floored the gas pedal — no luck. The elephant was too heavy. So the little mouse went back home, brought out the BMW, tried again — still no luck. Finally, the little mouse had to bring out his most beloved Rolls-Royce, gave it everything he had, and the elephant was finally pulled out.
The moral of this story: if your thing is big enough, you don't need a luxury car.

That blog gets over 200,000 views a day. Tell me — isn't this far more impactful than three dirty text messages? So is there a problem with that too? Why is it that what can be done cannot be said? May I ask the people who drafted this regulation: have you never read a dirty text message? Have you never told a dirty joke? Have you never watched a dirty movie or magazine? Have you never visited a dirty website? Have you never done anything dirty? If such a person actually exists, they'd be the sole worthy nominee for the 2006 Most Moving Person in China award.

In conclusion, although this ID has never sent or written dirty jokes before, starting today, this ID intends to begin creating and writing dirty jokes. This lady strongly demands to be the first person detained for sending dirty text messages!