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on Monday February 01 2016, @06:57AM
from the what's-the-code-for-netflix-porn dept.
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TV and movie lovers in Asia jumped for joy earlier this month when Netflix finally launched throughout the region.
Some in Indonesia, however, weren't so excited by the news. The country's largest telco, PT Telkom Indonesia, announced that as of 12 a.m. Wednesday morning they had blocked access to the streaming service on all of its Internet platforms.
Dian Rachmawan, Telkom's Director of Consumers, said the ban was put in place due to Netflix not following the country's broadcast laws and for having violent and "pornographic" content, Indo Telko reports. The exec did not specify which content the company found to be overly violent or indecent.
No cewek cewek nakal [girl bad girl] for you!
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(Score: 4, Interesting) by Phoenix666 on Monday February 01 2016, @12:47PM
No, that's not it. 'Muricans is a specific jab at nativists in the United States. They even formed their own party once, called the "Know-Nothings." That label is still used by some to describe them. The Know-Nothings have had several incarnations, though, including the John Birch Society and now the Tea Party. They are all generally anti-outsider (though the specific type of outsider they hated has varied) and anti-government. Racism is a through line, too. As you can surmise, the strain of thought is particularly popular in the South and in rural, very white areas of Appalachia and the Midwest.
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 01 2016, @03:58PM
"'Merican" is better shortened to Merkin [wikipedia.org]. I know Dubya called himself a merkin once or twice.
(Score: 2) by HiThere on Monday February 01 2016, @07:56PM
I believe the name "Know Nothings" was applied by the media rather than self selected. I don't know that it was ever accepted by those to whom it was applied. (It still seems a good descriptive term for a certain group of people.)
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