Funny news: Police in India try to shame people caught watching smutty movies

ericd

NEW DELHI - Indian police forced around 200 people caught watching pornography to do sit-ups in public to shame them and keep them away from theaters that illegally screen smutty movies.

The Hindustan Times reported on Monday that police stopped the screening of a pornographic movie at a cinema in Balasore district in the eastern state of Orissa and made audience members — some as young as 17 — do 10 sit-ups each at a public square, watched by onlookers.

The police made the all-male group vow not to watch pornography again. To make matters worse for the embarrassed teenagers who were caught, police called their parents to watch them doing sit-ups.

Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8613157/

crvlvr

I think shaming works. Singapore spanks their criminals and they have very little crime.

machadinha

Yup, it's been brought up in the off-topic area: Porn Watchers Punished.

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rangss

Years ago, in Vizag, I watched a posse of cops rounding up youngsters with long and unkempt hair at a busy square. They were made to have their hair cut by a barber called in specifically for the purpose and made to pay the barber Rupees 10 for his service! Those days, long hair was a fashion statement but the cops thought otherwise. It was fun watching guys getting caught unawares and trying to escape the scissors!

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