Post by redbaron on Nov 18, 2011 13:49:56 GMT
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45352418/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia/#.TsY-rXKa-4Y
Pakistan's telecommunications agency has issued a list of words that it considers obscene or offensive, telling mobile phone companies to block text messages that contain them.
The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) deemed 586 Urdu words and 1,109 English words offensive or pornographic, according to reports in local media.
Some are expletives or sexual words while others are medical terms, but some entries have left many scratching their heads.
Included in the list are words such as "intercourse," "condom" and "breast," as well as seemingly ordinary words like "period," "hostage" and "flatulence."
Among the more bizarre are "monkey crotch," "wuutang" and "Jesus Christ."
The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) deemed 586 Urdu words and 1,109 English words offensive or pornographic, according to reports in local media.
Some are expletives or sexual words while others are medical terms, but some entries have left many scratching their heads.
Included in the list are words such as "intercourse," "condom" and "breast," as well as seemingly ordinary words like "period," "hostage" and "flatulence."
Among the more bizarre are "monkey crotch," "wuutang" and "Jesus Christ."
