Morocco teens arrested over picture of them kissing - "Violating public decency"
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[B]Police have arrested a teenage boy and girl in northern Morocco for posting a photo on Facebook of them kissing.[/B]
The action has provoked a slew of copycats in protest at their detention, a rights organisation has said.
Chakib al Khayari, president of the Rif Association of Human Rights, said: [HIGHLIGHT]"It involves a teenage boy and his girlfriend. They were arrested on Thursday for violating public decency by posting a photo of them kissing in the northeastern town of Nador."[/HIGHLIGHT]
The photograph was taken outside the high school where the two are students.
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Well I'm taking Morocco off my list of potential honeymoon locations.
How fucking backwards does your country have to be for kissing to be considered obscene in public
[QUOTE=Dr.Critic;42423316]How fucking backwards does your country have to be for kissing to be considered obscene in public[/QUOTE]
A lot of Muslim nations + India are like that. Most forms of pda are forbidden.
What irks me is, this wasn't pda since it was on Facebook, not outside somewhere. I'd understand if they were caught while outside kissing as they were, but since they weren't I'd assume they were in somewhere private and probably would have never been found out if it weren't for the photograph reaching some kind of law enforcement.
[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;42422944]Well I'm taking Morocco off my list of potential honeymoon locations.[/QUOTE]
I highly doubt that they would enforce this law against tourists since a fairly large part of their economy comes from tourism.
I'm sure that it would still be a safe honeymoon location.
[QUOTE=Wafflemonstr;42423368]I highly doubt that they would enforce this law against tourists since a fairly large part of their economy comes from tourism.
I'm sure that it would still be a safe honeymoon location.[/QUOTE]
That's rather a double standard then, foreigners can 'break' the law free of punishment but your own citizens can't?
I think the worse part about this is the arrest. Couldn't something so harmless as a kiss just get a fine and drop it after that?
[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;42423398]That's rather a double standard then, foreigners can 'break' the law free of punishment but your own citizens can't?
I think the worse part about this is the arrest. Couldn't something so harmless as a kiss just get a fine and drop it after that?[/QUOTE]
Yep, its sad, but there are many cases of countries giving special privileges to tourists since so many countries are dependent on the act of tourism due to a lack of resources, industry, etc.
In that case, I'd cross Morocco off just because of the dumb double-standard.
Italy is more lovely, anyway.
[QUOTE=Wafflemonstr;42423368]I highly doubt that they would enforce this law against tourists since a fairly large part of their economy comes from tourism.
I'm sure that it would still be a safe honeymoon location.[/QUOTE]
Your avatar is so fitting.
For those that don't know that's the leader of Morocco in Civ V.
[QUOTE=Electrocuter;42423576]Your avatar is so fitting.
For those that don't know that's the leader of Morocco in Civ V.[/QUOTE]
Ha, I just changed it a little more than a day ago so I didn't realise how fitting it would be at the time.
[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;42422944]Well I'm taking Morocco off my list of potential honeymoon locations.[/QUOTE]
It's kind of common sense to scrap Arab countries off of that list.
Morocco always struck me as an African version of Spain, not some place that's totally insane
[QUOTE=Paul McCartney;42423775]It's kind of common sense to scrap Arab countries off of that list.[/QUOTE]
Before the Arab Spring, I would have loved to visit Cairo and the rest of Egypt.
[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;42423804]Before the Arab Spring, I would have loved to visit Cairo and the rest of Egypt.[/QUOTE]
Even before that. There's always asterisks on locations and such.
[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;42423539]In that case, I'd cross Morocco off just because of the dumb double-standard.
Italy is more lovely, anyway.[/QUOTE]
We love honeymooners over here. And 100% less vaccines required.
[QUOTE=lapsus_;42424004]We love honeymooners over here. And 100% less vaccines required.[/QUOTE]
And the fact that you guys have more language friendly areas.
[QUOTE=Wafflemonstr;42423368]I highly doubt that they would enforce this law against tourists since a fairly large part of their economy comes from tourism.
I'm sure that it would still be a safe honeymoon location.[/QUOTE]
Still not going to give such a country a dime of my money.
[editline]5th October 2013[/editline]
Was actually planning on going to Morocco next year funnily enough, I never really knew much about the country. I guess it's to Italy, then!
Jesus fucking christ Morocco
I loved you guys.
What the fuck im Moroccan, i go there every 2 years. This never happens and I see people kiss publicly all the time. Hell we do that spanish kissing cheeks thing in our culture.
I mean Morocco aint the most liberal country in the world but it is certainly one of the best arab countries you can go to atm.
[editline]6th October 2013[/editline]
[QUOTE=Zeke129;42423796]Morocco always struck me as an African version of Spain, not some place that's totally insane[/QUOTE]
Spain? We are pretty much mostly French and Arab though you would see some spanish over there.
[editline]6th October 2013[/editline]
[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;42423539]In that case, I'd cross Morocco off just because of the dumb double-standard.
Italy is more lovely, anyway.[/QUOTE]
Dont hate us :(
Honestly everybody over reacting you see one bad thing about Morocco and everybody demonizes it even though moroccans are against it. This is like crossing out America because of the government shutdown.
[editline]6th October 2013[/editline]
[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;42423398]That's rather a double standard then, foreigners can 'break' the law free of punishment but your own citizens can't?
I think the worse part about this is the arrest. Couldn't something so harmless as a kiss just get a fine and drop it after that?[/QUOTE]
It shouldnt even get a fine. The fact that they even cared that two people mouths touched is ridiculous.
[QUOTE=Gatsby;42426909]This is like crossing out America because of the government shutdown.[/QUOTE]
To be fair, the government shutdown did shut down national parks and all that, so crossing off America would make more sense :v:
[QUOTE=Gatsby;42426909]
Spain? We are pretty much mostly French and Arab though you would see some spanish over there.[/QUOTE]
Mostly just meant it because of the proximity
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