http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/hiphopmediatraining/253602/akon-sexy-chick-video-considered-blasphemous-to-buddhists-sri-lankan-visa-denied/
Before you read this blog entry, please read the article and watch the video above. To sum it up, the issue was that in Akon's video, there was a Buddha statue and bikini girls were dancing seductively in that video. So people, especially the Buddhist find this insulting. I may not be a Buddhist but i find it insulting to if the Buddha Statue was to be replaced with a MOSQUE.
Because i really don't like Akon, and it made me hate him even more, i join his hate fan page. And so i read some of the comments people posted there, some defending him stating :
1. The video only show glimpses of the Buddha statue.
2. People won't even notice the Buddha statue but for Facebook creating a page criticising Akon for making such video clip.
This is what i think :
1. When i first saw the video clip posted on the article which I've given you the link above, I immediately notice the Buddha statue, not noticing that the author actually told you the timing where the Buddha statue will appear. Perhaps those who didn't notice the statue are too busy looking at the bikini girls. Or they are not aware what is a Buddha statue. I'm a Malaysian and Malaysia is a multiracial country so i'm pretty much aware of all the religion that most people are practicing here like Islam, Christian, Hindu and Buddhism.
2. Be AWARE though, there are so many edited video clip of this video. When i went to You Tube, i noticed that it looked different from the one that i saw, they cut out the Buddha part.
3. So they are Americans, so they wouldn't know what is a Buddha statue? They are so many people in that video clip, don't tell me they aren't aware of it? Are their general knowledge that low? So you mean to tell me majority of the American teens wouldn't know what is Buddhism? Or perhaps even the adults won't know?
4. The most unacceptable thing that Akon said, according to the article above is that he didn't realized there was a Buddha statue at all. Why am i not surprise? He's probably too busy drooling after the bikini girls to notice the Buddha statue. If i was there, i would have noticed it, especially if i have to go back to the same place for few days (shooting a video clip will take a few days right?). Say even if Akon really doesn't know what is a Buddha statue, he has the nerve to say he can't understand why people are so offended? Excuse me, if people told you something is religious, then you realized you made a video clip filled with bikini and scantily dressed girls doing sexual acts involving a religious element as a background of your video clip, won't you immediately realized you are at wrong? Bikini girls dancing in front of a church, is that okay?
5. So it seems the sri lankans are protesting violently. I don't know how violent they are being but if no one died, that should be good news. But violence is never the answer, perhaps one should use firmness and strictness. Voice out your anger, but not hurt anyone. Demonstrate peacefully, don't throw things at people. Imagine this, you are a mother, and you find out someone is trying to hurt or kill your child, i'm sure you won't be calm handling the matter even if religion told you not to use violence or whatsoever.
6. So what if the video clip only show 3 secs of the Buddha. You think you can get away with it? People should be DISCIPLINED when they do something wrong and hurtful. Taking things too lightly can prove to be a problem eventually. If you have an affair, and you were never caught, you'll keep on doing it until you were caught and punished. That's why Tiger Woods have so many mistresses, because he was never caught!
7. Sometimes i look at some of the American models, wearing bikini and then wearing a 'cross' around their neck. People just keep quiet about it, find it's a normal thing. Or some of the Americans who wear bikini in the pattern of their country's flag. where is the respect? Can't you leave your religion alone if you are going to do something that might degrade your religion. Then you have porn of nun having sex. This happens when you don't control people.
8. Fact : You know the movie 2012? In that movie they showed everything is destroyed but they never show a mosque being destroyed. You know why? Because according to the directors, they are afraid a fatwa may be given against them for doing something controversial like destroying a mosque. Yes, the Muslims are a bit sensitive or whatever but the Muslim means business and they show it. People around the world are aware that Muslims never like their religion being insulted and there's a possibility some very jihad Muslim will kill anyone who insulted Islam. I've seen many videos insulting Islam, which is so unacceptable that i believed the director of the video deserved to be killed and he was killed.
9. I never find it amusing to make fun of your own religion or other people's religion. I think it's a disgraceful act, no matter if it's a small joke. That's the problem with human beings, they think they can make fun of everything.
P/s : The beat of the song is nice. But the lyrics are stupid. You talk about a woman's ass yet your are trying to say how u don't want to make yourself sound disrespectful to her. Try talking about her personality and not her physical.
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