Malaysia earthquake: British woman arrested for 'stripping naked and causing quake

Kalman

A British student jailed in Malaysia after being accused of causing an earthquake by posing naked on a sacred mountain is said to be "scared and upset".!!!

A few days later, a 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck nearby and killed 18 climbers - prompting a senior Malaysian politician to say that the tourists' behaviour was to blame.

[U]What sort of mumbo jumbo is that?>>> Absolute nonsense ![/[/U]I]

somesoldiers

is it any more nonsense than the bible though?

wes

Kalman wrote: »

[U]What sort of mumbo jumbo is that?>>> Absolute nonsense ![/[/U]I]

She is in jail for public indecency, a law that exists in her native UK. I fail to see the nonsense for someone being arrested for breaking the law. If you actually read beyond the sensationalism, you will see that the people blaming them for the earth quake is not why they were arrested.

mynamejeff

ya f her she deserves to be punished ,

she was specifically warned not to expose herself of otherwise disrespect the area and chose to disregard it.

a stupid young girl learning lessons.

Why aren't the naked men being punished?

Kalman

somesoldiers wrote: »

is it any more nonsense than the bible though?

The whole idea, as far as I'm concerned, is nonsense . [my view]
[What I do believe is: If I fail to pay my gas bill next month, I will no-longer be able to use the cooker.

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Carlos Orange

Candie wrote: »

Why aren't the naked men being punished?

What makes you think they aren't?

TireeTerror

and here I was thinking that Ireland was full of weird inbred God fearing abortion hating morons.....

wes

Candie wrote: »

Why aren't the naked men being punished?

Some have left the country already, but some of the men have been arrested as well.

humanji

Threads merged

Kalman

wes wrote: »

She is in jail for public indecency, a law that exists in her native UK. I fail to see the nonsense for someone being arrested for breaking the law. If you actually read beyond the sensationalism, you will see that the people blaming them for the earth quake is not why they were arrested.

The nonsense is: that she is held responsible for a earthquake that struck nearby and killed 18 climbers. Absolute nonsense!

I have read the article! If the earthquake had not have happened then all would be OK . She supposedly upset some spirits of the mountain huh!! Taking your clothes off is not a hanging offence .
As far as I can remember, the only spirits that I ever upset, came from a bottle .

psinno

psinno wrote: »

What makes you think they aren't?

The focus is almost entirely on the woman and how she broke local laws. Nary a mention of the chaps involved.

pmasterson95

Celeb big brother has found a new contestant. Brilliant.

Amirani

Candie wrote: »

The focus is almost entirely on the woman and how she broke local laws. Nary a mention of the chaps involved.

Reports I read said that she was the only British person arrested. It's pretty normal for the British media to ignore the arrests of the others.

Carlos Orange

Candie wrote: »

The focus is almost entirely on the woman and how she broke local laws. Nary a mention of the chaps involved.

Did we read the same article? Naturally the British press concentrate a little more on the British person.


"A British woman is believed to be among a group of tourists arrested in Malaysia for stripping naked on a mountain, which locals believe caused an earthquake in which 16 people were killed.

The woman is aged between 20 and 33, CNN reported, and is being held alongside two Canadian brothers and a Dutch woman after they allegedly took a photograph of themselves nude at the peak's summit."

Diego Simeone

Diego Simeone wrote: »

Reports I read said that she was the only British person arrested. It's pretty normal for the British media to ignore the arrests of the others.

"Those arrested (in order of importance), include one Briton and two Americans...."

catallus

Candie wrote: »

The focus is almost entirely on the woman and how she broke local laws. Nary a mention of the chaps involved.

Because bewbs

catallus

catallus wrote: »

Because bewbs

Killer bewbs at that.

catallus

Candie wrote: »

Killer bewbs at that.

Mmmmmm, killer bewbs

psinno

psinno wrote: »

Did we read the same article? Naturally the British press concentrate a little more on the British person.


"A British woman is believed to be among a group of tourists arrested in Malaysia for stripping naked on a mountain, which locals believe caused an earthquake in which 16 people were killed.

The woman is aged between 20 and 33, CNN reported, and is being held alongside two Canadian brothers and a Dutch woman after they allegedly took a photograph of themselves nude at the peak's summit."

Yeah, I'm talking about the thread focusing on the woman. That's all, no need to have a conniption over some imagined slight or agenda. I realise she's the one with the boobs and this must be discussed, ok?

Carlos Orange

Candie wrote: »

Yeah, I'm talking about the thread focusing on the woman. That's all, no need to have a conniption over some imagined slight or agenda. I realise she's the one with the boobs and this must be discussed, ok?

So when you asked 'Why aren't the naked men being punished?' the punishment you were referring to is this discussion not the imprisonment in Malaysia?

psinno

psinno wrote: »

So when you asked 'Why aren't the naked men being punished?' the punishment you were referring to is this discussion not the imprisonment in Malaysia?

I had assumed the men weren't being punished because it wasn't being discussed. Is that ok? Do I need permission to ask questions? Are you determined to see something that doesn't exist maybe?

So the men are being punished, and the woman is being punished, and the thread focuses on the woman. Do you have some issue with the question? You seem to have your hackles up for no reason.

Carlos Orange

Candie wrote: »

Do you have some issue with the question?

Generally speaking I deplore commenting on things without reading the article in question or even the first post. Informed commenting is kinda more informing.

psinno

psinno wrote: »

Generally speaking I deplore commenting on things without reading the article in question or even the first post. Informed commenting is kinda more informing.

Feel free to ignore mine. I won't mind at all.

kowloon

I think the thread is focused on one person because the British press focused on the British member of the group. There were three other western tourists who turned themselves in. They should have paid attention to local laws.

m@cc@

Maybe it's just me, but if I had just climbed a mountain, my first thought would not be "Jaysus, I must get my lad out". Methinks they were well aware of the customs and decided to s*** all over them.

Cold War Kid

Hope the punishment isn't ridiculously draconian, but it was a dopey thing to do.

Samaris

Apparently its a ridiculous fad that's been going on and the locals are rightfully fed up of badly-behaved foreigners coming around to expose themselves on their sacred mountain because they're idiots (the tourists, not the locals). Not the first time it's happened but by God (or spirits), says the fed-up Malaysian government, it'll be the last.

darkpagandeath

What need have God's for clothes ?

K4t

castletownman wrote: »

Those involved deserve any punishment they will get.

Nobody deserves punishment for taking their clothes off on top of a mountain. However, any punishment they do receive will be an important/unfortunate lesson.

jank

K4t wrote: »

Nobody deserves punishment for taking their clothes off on top of a mountain. However, any punishment they do receive will be an important/unfortunate lesson.

They do if they break the law but apparently these enlightened worldly progressive snowflakes can't think outside the box and are then surprised that the locals may be upset by their juvenile actions, all of course was just to crave attention for their facebook page.

Turtwig

jank wrote: »

all of course was just to crave attention for their facebook page.

How do you know this?

jank

Turtwig wrote: »

How do you know this?

Check the posed photos of them online.

the_monkey

Candie wrote: »

Why aren't the naked men being punished?

because apparently naked men don't offend the diving creator of the universe like a naked female does ... that just sends him right over the edge ... imagine that ?

wes

the_monkey wrote: »

because apparently naked men don't offend the diving creator of the universe like a naked female does ... that just sends him right over the edge ... imagine that ?

The men who were still in the country were also arrested, but we shouldn't let things like facts get in the way of things......

BTW, once again Western countries have in many cases indecency laws, including the UK, where the Woman is from, so its not even a case of them breaking some weird foreign law, but rather on that in many cases exist in there own countries as well.

steddyeddy

Did she know it was considered sacred? If so she deserves punishment.

josip

steddyeddy wrote: »

Did she know it was considered sacred? If so she deserves punishment.

Ignorance of the law is not a valid defense in any jurisdiction

steddyeddy

josip wrote: »

Ignorance of the law is not a valid defense in any jurisdiction

True that.

catallus

steddyeddy wrote: »

Did she know it was considered sacred? If so she deserves punishment.

What?

How do you come to that conclusion?

Surely it is the act itself and not the intent to sacrilege that is wrong?

Unless you actually think sacrilege should be illegal?

LDN_Irish

Well, the backwards, stone age, neolithic Malaysians have imposed very draconian sentences on this lot. A fine and 3 days in prison, which they've already served. Why won't Malaysia just calm the flup down??

beyondbelief67

I think they got of lightly, not only stripping, but urinating on the mountain to, all against their guides advise who was with them, why people are saying that it's harsh I don't know they would of been arrested and fined in UK or here had they done this !

Samaris

LDN_Irish wrote: »

Well, the backwards, stone age, neolithic Malaysians have imposed very draconian sentences on this lot. A fine and 3 days in prison, which they've already served. Why won't Malaysia just calm the flup down??

There's an awful lot of posters that are being very dismissive towards the locals in this case; "backwards", "stone age", etc. (You're not the first, LDN, just the most recent there!). The area is very strongly regarded, being one of the most important biological diversity sites in the world, as well as an area of rich local history and tradition. They apparently insulted the climbing guide, disobeyed his requests to not act like tits and publically exposed themselves in front of at least one person who was made very uncomfortable about it due to his own beliefs, while verbally abusing him.

The area is known, by the way, as the "revered abode of the dead". They were guests in that country and they behaved disgracefully. We wouldn't be that happy at some dumbass fad to strip naked in graveyards around the world if they did it in Ireland. (It's apparently a fad to strip naked in world heritage sites - sheesh, go back to planking already).

LDN_Irish

I don't actually think that Samaris. I'm highlighting how ridiculous the previous posts from people about "neolithic Malaysia" were in light of the fact that they were sentenced to around 8 years less than the British state has seen fit to imprison Stephen Gough (The Naked Rambler) for the crime of walking around wth out clothes on.

Samaris

LDN_Irish wrote: »

I don't actually think that Samaris. I'm highlighting how ridiculous the previous posts from people about "neolithic Malaysia" were in light of the fact that they were sentenced to around 8 years less than the British state has seen fit to imprison Stephen Gough (The Naked Rambler) for the crime of walking around wth out clothes on.

Ahh, gotcha. I think the Stephen Gough case is a bit demented too, although he could probably also put some pants on!

catallus

Amoralists can't understand the concept of responsibility, so is it really any wonder that they fall short of the standards set by those who do not share their nihilism?

aujopimur

Backward ha, we were told all that ould sh1te about god made the world, heaven and hell, and lots of other porkies.

kowloon

Cold War Kid wrote: »

Hope the punishment isn't ridiculously draconian, but it was a dopey thing to do.

If the authorities there play politics they'll send them home with a warning never to come back.

BlaasForRafa

steddyeddy wrote: »

Did she know it was considered sacred? If so she deserves punishment.

How can a mountain be sacred? Is there proof that gods/demons/spirits or anything else exist that could make it "sacred" exist?

They got naked on a mountain, big deal, is there something inherently wrong with nudity?

Cold War Kid

It's frowned upon anywhere, including this country, for people to be disrespectful of what's considered a sacred site.
I don't agree they deserve a "severe" punishment, that's ridiculous - but they knew what they were doing, and were eejits to do it.

BlaasForRafa

Cold War Kid wrote: »

It's frowned upon anywhere, including this country, for people to be disrespectful of what's considered a sacred site.
I don't agree they deserve a "severe" punishment, that's ridiculous - but they knew what they were doing, and were eejits to do it.

Whoever thought that fresh air on a pair of boobs caused an earthquake is the eejti.