[Reader-list] Extramarital sex 'causes more earthquakes'

[Shuddhabrata Sengupta]

Its not me. I am not the one blocking messages. But, it could be data  
loss caused by an electrical surge in a server farm, caused by freak  
electromagnetic currents, caused by an electrostatic tweak caused by  
ash spreading in the atmosphere caused by a volcanic eruption  
triggered by earthquakes caused by accellerated subterranean drilling  
caused by a floundering world economy caused by a recession caused by  
capitalism.

Who knows



On 20-Apr-10, at 7:15 PM, Kshmendra Kaul wrote:

> @ Monica - List gone crazy again. Mails indicating one 'sender'  
> whereas actual mail is from someone else. Shuddhya's reply to my  
> post has got archived before my post+
>
> Dear Rajendra
>
> I dont think anyone has 'rejected' your posts. I am quite sure that  
> 'reject' is not an option being used by the Moderators.
>
> This List does off and on have technical glitches.
>
> I sometimes receive posts a few days after they have been sent/ 
> archived. I might receive 'later' posts earlier than 'earlier' ones.
>
> Please be patient. Not just you but everyone faces such proiiblems  
> off and on.
>
> Kshmendra
>
> --- On Tue, 4/20/10, Rajendra Bhat Uppinangadi  
> <rajen786uppinangady at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> From: Rajendra Bhat Uppinangadi <rajen786uppinangady at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Reader-list] Extramarital sex 'causes more earthquakes'
> To: "Shuddhabrata Sengupta" <shuddha at sarai.net>
> Cc: "Kshmendra Kaul" <kshmendra2005 at yahoo.com>, "sarai list"  
> <reader-list at sarai.net>
> Date: Tuesday, April 20, 2010, 7:02 PM
>
> Shuddha, you are the one who mailed about freedom of expression,  
> now is it not abuse of your intellect to reject my posts to the  
> list., i wonder...........
>
> On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 4:04 PM, Shuddhabrata Sengupta  
> <shuddha at sarai.net> wrote:
> Now I know why pious men tremble so much !
>
>
> On 20-Apr-10, at 4:07 PM, Kshmendra Kaul wrote:
>
> > " Extramarital sex 'causes more earthquakes', Iranian cleric claims"
> >
> > (Women who dress “inappropriately” incite extramarital sex that in
> > turn cause more earthquakes, a senior Iranian hard-line cleric has
> > claimed.)
> >
> > By Andrew Hough
> > 19 Apr 2010
> >
> > Attractive women who snub traditional Islamic clothing to instead
> > wear fashionable clothes and apply heavy make-up, caused youths in
> > the country to “go astray” and have affairs, Ayatollah Kazem
> > Sedighi said.
> >
> > The hard-line cleric said as a result the country, bounded by
> > several fault lines, experienced more “calamities” such as
> > earthquakes, the reformist Aftab-e Yazd newspaper reported him  
> saying.
> >
> > Iran is prone to frequent quakes, many of which have been
> > devastating for the country.
> >
> > "Many women who dress inappropriately ... cause youths to go
> > astray, taint their chastity and incite extramarital sex in
> > society, which increases earthquakes," he told worshippers at a
> > Tehran prayer service late last week.
> >
> > "Calamities are the result of people's deeds.
> >
> > “We have no way but conform to Islam to ward off dangers."
> >
> > The Islamic dress code is mandatory in Iran, which has been under
> > clerical rule for more than three decades.
> >
> > Every post-pubescent woman regardless of her religion or
> > nationality must cover her hair and bodily contours in public.
> >
> > Offenders face punishment and fine.
> >
> > But this has not stopped urban women from appearing in the streets
> > wearing tight coats and flimsy headscarves and layers of skilfully
> > applied make-up.
> >
> > Experts have warned that a strong quake in Tehran, the Iranian
> > capital, could kill hundreds of thousands of people.
> >
> > Tehran province has nearly 14 million inhabitants, eight million of
> > whom live in the city, which sits on several fault lines.
> >
> > Earlier this month, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the country’s president,
> > warned at least five million Tehran residents that they should flee
> > Iran's capital because it is threatened by earthquakes.
> >
> > Mr Ahmadinejad said that more than two thirds of Iran's 74-million-
> > strong population lived in urban areas.
> >
> > "We cannot predict when an earthquake will happen. But if anything
> > happens to Tehran province's 13.8 million residents, how can we
> > manage that?" he asked.
> >
> > The worst in recent times hit the southern city of Bam in December
> > 2003, killing more than 31,000 people – about a quarter of the
> > population – and destroying its ancient mud-built citadel.
> >
> > Earlier this year the hardline cleric led rallies from Iranian
> > government supporters who denounced opposition students who burned
> > photos of the country's supreme leader during protests in December.
> >
> > "The issue has reached a point where the picture of Imam Khomeini
> > is insulted," he said.
> >
> > "They questioned things that are sacred."
> >
> > He mocked opposition activists who "thought the revolution had been
> > defeated".
> >
> > http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/7606145/
> > Extramarital-sex-causes-more-earthquakes-Iranian-cleric-claims.html
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> Rajen.
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Shuddhabrata Sengupta
The Sarai Programme at CSDS
Raqs Media Collective
shuddha at sarai.net
www.sarai.net
www.raqsmediacollective.net