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16 March, 2006

A sensitive and private matter

Does anyone know what the difference is between "private parts" and "sensitive parts"?

Abu Dhabi: A man who squeezed the private parts of an undercover CID officer thinking he was going to attack him has been jailed for six months followed by deportation.

ABU DHABI — The Supreme Federal Court has upheld the verdict of the Sharjah Shariah Court of Appeal sentencing a man to three months in jail for touching the sensitive parts of another man.

Is there any reason they can't simply be called genitals?

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12 Comments:

Blogger Destitute Rebel said...

both are the same I guess you'll have to ask the local media as to why they cant be reffered to as genitals. Balushi thats me 2 and you 0

16 March, 2006 02:47  
Blogger Hot Lemon& Honey said...

LOL...who cares so long we all understand what they mean...
You obviously got it..and thats what counts

16 March, 2006 02:49  
Blogger archer14 said...

SD how about this new heading for your post - Sensitive judge rules man to be deported for squeezing Pvt. dick.

16 March, 2006 09:10  
Blogger SIN said...

Bah humbug! This is not journalistic accuracy but the kind addition of the translators and/or proofreaders who happened to grab this news story by its..eh..sensitive parts.

16 March, 2006 09:41  
Blogger moryarti said...

i rather they used Webos or Kohones

16 March, 2006 10:10  
Blogger samuraisam said...

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16 March, 2006 10:33  
Blogger samuraisam said...

minkey chief: yeah, it appears to be broken /:

16 March, 2006 10:33  
Blogger Earthbound Misfit said...

Come on guys.

This is Dubai. We have to respect their social, cultural and religious values.

Therefore we should refer to the nether regions as "sensitive" and/or "private" (except in the case of the flashers who make their privates very public).

I can just imagine the spittle flying in the culture and information ministries if the word genitals ever appeared on the front page of Crappy Times.

16 March, 2006 15:46  
Blogger Kiwi Boy said...

Well, 'genitals' would be too offensive, now, wouldn't it? And people would complain. Like they always do.

16 March, 2006 20:14  
Blogger Hot Lemon& Honey said...

Hmm still don't see why everybody here is so bothered with their choice of words?!
I guess its just another thing to complain about...

17 March, 2006 00:29  
Blogger Hot Lemon& Honey said...

kiwi boy do you live in the UAE?

17 March, 2006 00:30  
Blogger samuraisam said...

I don't think people are so much 'bothered' about it, it's just pretty funny how they go out of their way to say anything BUT the 'naughty' word.

Last time I checked most people reading newspapers were educated enough to understand the word 'genitals' and mature enough to not go over the top about it.

It'll change soon enough, just as a few years back Gulf News and the like used to write 'brown liquid' instead of alcohol, or beer.

Sometimes when making an effort to make something sound more acceptable it just sounds so much worse, for instance;
“SHARJAH — An Arab Gulf girl student of Class XII of the Sharjah-based Al Marrifah International Private School has been dismissed by the Sharjah Educational Zone for allegedly photographing herself with her video-camera inbuilt mobile in a compromising and indecent position before showing her pornographic pictures to her classmates."

I think just saying she posed nude for a camera would've been better than saying 'indecent position'.

I know that there are religious + cultural sensibilities, but this isn't exactly raw cutting stuff, I think if you get offended by the single word, genitalia, you'd be better off not reading any newspaper.

17 March, 2006 22:06  

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