Every year in Bombay, ahem Mumbai, we go through a cheap but violent Shiv Sena circus against couples celebrating Valentine's Day. Their cadre usually attack shops that sell greeting cards and go and beat up couple who cosy up on the "day of love."
I have never cared about Valentine's Day but the meaningless violence from the Sena harms more than helps their cause. But the Sena might just have found an ally in Malaysia.
This is an AFP despatch from Kuala Lumpur.
"Several Malaysian states are planning a crackdown on "immoral acts" during Valentine's Day as part of a campaign to encourage a sin-free lifestyle, an Islamic party leader Wednesday.
Authorities in the northern states of Kedah, Penang and Kelantan as well as central Selangor state will carry out "immorality checks" on February 14, said Nasrudin Hasan Tantawi, head of the Islamic party PAS's youth wing."
Non so se ridere o piangere (I don't know whether to laugh or cry) When will Asia ever rise above this kind of non sense?
