Seems like the most happening place at the moment is our very own straight-laced northern city of Penang. Have friends up there who frequently bemoan the serious lack of entertainment - well, who'd have thought they were actually hiding the fact that the lil Pearl in the Orient was a budding gay mecca! More than a little lustre has been regained - though in a far cruder manner than many would expect....
Seems like in a recent raid of a fitness center-cum-sauna, glowing pearl necklaces were found adorning quite a number of the patrons, presumably caught in the act. A concerned samaritan ( the twat! ) tipped overzealous vice cops off that the space had been used for clandestine trysts - and boy were they right! Not only did they manage to round up 34 unfortunate patrons - including British and Chinese nationals - the boys in blue also found 20 gay magazines, 7 tubes of lube, 6 boxes of condoms and 4 pornographic movies.
Blimey. Quite the party! Imagine the chagrin of the partygoers.
Does that shock me? No. After years of working in a bustling city hospital - and seeing the best and worst life has to offer, I'm pretty much unshockable these days. Hell I wasn't exactly a saint before. And you guys know I'm far from prudish.
What puts me in a rage isn't the fact that they were having a wild gay sex gala without sending me an invitation. Well, that does put me off a little - I know it's been a while since I was out there but hey, they could have sent an invite :P
The line-up!
What actually drives me up the wall as usual is the sanctimonious morality police. Blame it on good old Section 377. Seriously, morality should not be governed by the law when it comes to affairs held behind closed doors between consenting adults. Not saying that we should all simultaneously hold mass roman orgies in public places but let's just place this in context.
They're all consenting adults. If an innocent underaged waif were to be present, I'd agree to lock the paedophilic lot up and toss away the key. But since they're all grown men of sound mind, I don't really give a damn what goes on behind closed curtains. What's wrong a bit of slap and tickle? They could pretend to be furry forest creatures and indulge in humpy bunny sex for all I care.
They're in a semi-private area. Sure, if they were out canoodling in public parks and recreational areas behind bushes and trees, they should be duly drawn and quartered. After all it's the risk ( and the the thrill! ) that they take. But it's in a closed private sauna dammit. I don't recall them having an open invite.
And they aren't making a nuisance of themselves! If the guys were yelling lewd obscenities and spanking the daylights out of each other till the wee hours of the morning, I'd certainly sound an alarm. Hell, even if they were a married heterosexual couple of 80 making loud whoopee all night long, I'd alert the police for the insane ruckus as well. But they weren't.
So for god's sakes, let them have their fun.
At least judging by the incriminating items found at the site, they practise commendable safe sex.
Look, I know in the general view amongst the more conservative Muslims and many non-Muslims ( especially those following Judaeo-Christian doctrines ), homosexuality is not vastly accepted. Far too liberal a view for them I'm sure. Though I never can quite understand how two guys in love can actually lead to a dramatic decline in society.
Fair enough though, to each his own. I don't need your acceptance but that doesn't mean I'd want to have your puritanical values and cultural norms shoved down my throat as well. Even less do I need a self-righteous Big Brother to come knocking on my door checking on my unnatural sexual practices. Here the question is how do you use the law ( based on prudish colonial statutes written in the Victorian era, I'm sure ) not to intrude on people's privacy and their own private choices?
What next? Stoning adulterers? Strangling unwed mothers? Drowning pagan witches?
With such blatant discrimination ( and the infamous Section 377 forever hanging over our heads ), is it any wonder that young gay boys are driven to end their lives?
17 comments:
Yeah! You go SHOUT OUT LOUD! How I wish I could copy this post and paste it in THE STAR or New Strait Times newspaper, any chance?!
The funny thing is, instead of hunting down mat rempit, robbers or rapists etc and put them behind bars, the policemen are actually only capable to dig out the homo-sapiens who were just enjoying their private life behind closed door. Just because we're so vulnerable?!projk
I think that so much of life is looked under the microscope for the wrong reasons. People with rigid morals often need to protest about the "behaivor of others" because they are hiding their behind own wishes. Sad, really.
Morals and Ethics are all boundaries set up by the society. And sometimes some societies tend to be more self righteous than others
Shall I nominate you to be the next MP? Seriously, we need intelligent MPs around!
Looks like us on the deck of our ship during the lifeboat drill...minus the gun, of course.
i am mad. mad mad mad.
not just because they got caught but i wasn't invited at all as i live in the island! OMG!
some people are simply vulnerable to the bribed-up authority that handles wrong cases, instead solving a murder or robbery or worse, rape cases, they are pretty nosy around the fun neighborhood.
sigh.
Plenty of good reasons I'm not a fan of religion, and being exceptionally asserting moral rights in private, consensual sexual behaviour makes me felt that it's time they update their books.
Malaysia. What other country would something like this take place in?
But then again, reading the article on Fridae.com about the debate, the PM is a goon to say that Malaysia is not a Muslim nation. What other reason would we have Islam as the official religion. Duh!
But sigh. I'm afraid unless you move out of there, there isn't much chance of any grand scale sexual orgies happening. Even in private.
As an advocate of the "there" people, I was quite offended by the raid. I mean, come on ppl, there are bigger issues to solve than raiding some private mano-o-mano party.
The time & menpower they used to conduct the raid could've stopped crooks from robbing/killing/raping innocent ppl.
It's bad enough that y'all can't hold hands in public w/out getting death stares, now they wana stop u guys from doing things behind closed doors too? A bit too much lah kan...
How bout going after the likes of the Mat Rempits? Aren't they a bigger menace to society?
We're always amazed on how fast and efficient they'll act on such issue.
No wonder I love Bangkok so much.
One more stick to add to the bonfire of misconception that gays do nothing but have sex.
that's the way life goes!
i partly blame shows like Queer as Folk for their inaccurate depiction of our lives. Sure partying and F*ck are both part of it but not a huge one
they should of at least sent you an e-vite :)
very well said, this is the world we live in...quite sad really.
whew thabnks fer droppin' by my blog. i thoguht these blog on one of kind to read.. maybe i pay visit this site more and more ;)
I'll say it again (lots of people have asked):
I WASN'T THERE
:P
well, i cudnt agree more wit youh.
i hav to say, my religion (which name i shudnt mention here..)is also against diz..like totally! i knoe its wrong n stuffss, bt i jz cant help it. n so cant they. for god`s sake.. we r jz helpless creatures who happend to like people of the same kind. jz how much they need women in their life... damn it!! its our business!.. besides, dunt they hav a better things to do than raiding on people`s privacy! assholes!
hey, at least we dun breed!
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