Charles Oliver | March 3, 2004
Thailand's culture ministry wants to ban 18 songs from the nation's airwaves. It says the songs—which include popular tunes such as "Big Flabby Buttocks" and "One Woman, Two Men"—promote promiscuity. A ministry spokesman says that banning the songs does not infringe on free speech. Instead, he says, allowing them to be played violates the rights of those who don't like the music.
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