Porn pictures: the big unanswered question
Try not to laugh too hard over this one: the police say they treat all of us equally. They would have reacted with equal urgency had it been your nude pictures on the internet and not those of our showbiz celebrities. If you believe that, you will believe you, too, can get away with speeding like our tycoons do in their Ferraris.
Ever since pornographic pictures of our celebrities performing sex acts popped up on the internet we've seen the spectacle of frenzied police rushing to catch the culprits. One unfortunate suspect accused of posting a single nude photo has been held in custody for eight weeks without bail. Senior officers have even taken on the role of moral guardian, threatening to throw all those who dared look at the pictures into jail. Remember how they did that before, threatening jail for anyone wearing those G.O.D. T-shirts with 14K written in Chinese characters?
But the one thing the police didn't rush to do is ask the pop stars if the pictures were fake or real. Excuse me, but isn't that elementary, Sherlock? Could it be that if the pictures are real they would destroy the 'wholesome' image our local celebrities paint for themselves? If our showbiz idols take pictures of themselves having sex, that's their business. It is, of course, wrong for anyone to post them on the internet.
But if the pictures are real it is downright indecent of them to present themselves as wholesome pop idols. None has come forward to tell us if the pictures are real or fake. We would have thought the photos' authenticity or otherwise would have a big bearing on a trial, but the police say their probe is only into whether the pictures are obscene, not if they are real or fake. Nor will stars be made to testify. We'll let you figure out why that is so.
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