Hm, I don't pretend to have insights into the motives of "Islamic fundamentalists and Anglo-Saxon moralists". Nor do I think that whatever offends "Islamic fundamentalists and Anglo-Saxon moralists" is per se not offense to others.

But I do know this: A SENSE OF COMMON DECENCY remains a reality for ordinary people, not just "Islamic fundamentalists and Anglo-Saxon moralists". And common decency is justifiably offended by those who flaunt on center stage their displays of sex, drugs and you name it.

Those who choose to live in the public eye, as a consequence of pursuit of power or riches, cannot expect that they can publicly behave indecently without a normal revulsion by a public that places great value in healthy social norms - which, by the way, do exist according to most in the mental health professions.

Jefferson is 100% correct. Now, to Timothy L: Nobody in the developed world is as paranoid about nudity as the USA. And I assure you that people in Europe are very intelligent and have a good social fabric. They have shows with nudity on public TV all the time, and nobody complains.

although it's important to note that these "anglo-saxon moralists" you speak of aren't handing out death threats, they're printing the allegations in tabloids because people actually LOVE to read about them. hypoctritical, maybe, morally oppressive, give me a break.

I could care less.

Your comments about Pakistani film actress Meera show your lack of knowledge of Pakistani cinima and your ignorance about the geopolitical enmity between India and Pakistan

Meera has recently made a Pakistani film full of scenes of "female sexual deisre". Most Pakistani filsm are love story musicals with a lot of dancing and suggestive moves.

You can get a glimpse of this in any Pakistani newspaper or move rental store.

You knee jerk reaction of placing Pakistanis in in stereo-typical box is nonsense.

The judicial hearing you mentioned had to to with showing Indian films that are banned in Pakistan. This has nothing to do with kissing or dancing or female sexual desire. Most American films with a lot of sexy scenes are shown in Pakistani cinema houses with all the "anglo-saxon" morality or lack thereof. The ban on the Meera film is based on the national origin of the film--India.

Before you blog, get a subscription to GEO or ARY TV for a month and you will see Meera in all her colors on the tube

If I remember correctly, Kate Moss got in trouble for snorting lines of coke and having polaroids taken of herself while she was doing it. she got dropped from most of her companies for being a cokehead, not for being an object of any kind of desire, and I have yet to know any many who has seen her as such.

"common decency" aside, free expression is an essential american freedom. if you empathize with people in a country who will make death threats to a woman who kisses an actor in a MOVIE I suggest you move there and see how you like it.

I'd agree with part of the above post. The articles clearly say Kate Moss is being dropped for her drug abuse. They barely mention the other stuff.

Additionally, Moss's big claim to fame were the topless Calvin Klein ads back in the nineties. She sure looked ready to go, and I don't remember her losing work back then.

mmmmm. the cult of celebrity will only grow until it engulfs all of the media.

i love pakistan