My writings against (the culture of) lewdness thus far have made me thought and reflect a great deal. The war I am waging against the proliferation of lewdness and the tolerant attitude towards it seems endless. As I continue to discover new materials that prove the depravity of this culture, it worries me to know that newer, more abject materials are continuously being generated to further pollute the minds of people.
First, let me clarify one thing: there is nothing wrong about sex. Sex is rightfully good.
In fact, I cringed when they launched the “Lebih seksi katakan tidak” campaign (translation: “It’s more sexy to say no”). Obviously, it can only be more sexy to want sex! Sex is your God-given right and it is even a good deed in this world if you commit faithfully to your partner, marriage being the seal of that commitment.
However, when sex or any sexual depictions are made public and widespread e.g. through music videos, films, or any other mass media, it becomes lewdness. It is pornography.
Yes, I said: it is pornography.
Some try to exonerate themselves by placing the blame squarely on the mass media, for letting these materials propagate to everyone. They say, “you can’t escape it, it’s on TV, it’s on the radio, it’s in the papers and magazines”. These mediums are much unlike the Internet, where one can choose what one sees and hears.
Yes, the media is culpable, and I cannot agree more. Yet, curiously, some of these people maintain a tolerant attitude towards the lewdness that are served to them. Some even try to shine some light on the miniscule positive qualities present within the lewdness. Some say they “just like the music”. Some say they “just like the dancing”. Some say they “just like the story”. And so forth.
All those are but conscious rationalisations of the pervasive, undeniable lewdness, in the hope that the wrong would be less wrong. The level of naivete of such rationalisations is only found in those who believe that “Baywatch is about saving lives” or “Grey’s Anatomy is about doctors”. We all know that’s complete trash.
With regards to songs, any rational human being would want to know the people singing the music that they like. With the Internet, it’s not that hard to find out; a simple search of the artist’s name on Google would be a good start. Even if there’s no Internet, we can analyse the lyrics or look out for music videos or information shown on TV. And once we find out the background of a particular artist, we can make a decision on whether the artist is worthy of our attention or not.
The same, more or less, goes with movies: trailers, reviews, ratings and even synopses are so easily obtainable.
In other words, there is no excuse about it any more. The lewdness will always be there, but our attitude towards it must be right too.
Now, back to what I originally wanted to write about.
Lately, I have been inspired to create a new blog which exposes artists who actively promote lewdness in their music. Roughly, it would be titled “Artists you should condemn”.
Each entry would expose one artist. There will be short commentaries on sexual references and depictions made by the artists in their lyrics and videos. I would write on one artist a day, and I imagine that the list of artists would eventually grow to be very long. Hopefully, this site would eliminate the research required to make the decision on particular artists, since I would have already made the all the facts available clearly.
However, if I were to create such a site, it would only help to spread lewdness around. It would be a haven for fans of the lewd, where they can find all the very materials they love. In the end, I would end up drawing the wrong crowd. I might even get criticism for spending so much time myself going through the lewd materials of each artist, and with such meticulousness.
From this, stems the dilemma.
How, then, does one proceed?
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