Oh man. I Can’t Draw Nudes Anymore…

…if this ridiculous bill by Manny Villar will be approved.  >:o

Download the actual bill here.  

(a) “Obscene” refers to anything that is indecent or offensive or contrary to good customs or religious beliefs, principles or doctrines, or tends to corrupt or deprave the human mind, or is calculated to excite impure thoughts or arouse prurient interest, or violates the proprieties of language and human behavior, regardless of the motive of the producer, printer, publisher, writer, importer,seller, distributor or exhibitor such as, but not limited to:

(1) showing, depicting or describing sexual acts; (2) showing, depicting or describing human sexual organs or the female breasts;
(3) showing, depicting or describing completely nude human bodies
(4) describing erotic reactions, feelings or experiences on sexual acts or;
(5) performing live sexual acts of whatever form.

 b) “Pornographic or pornography” refers to objects or subjects of film, television shows, photography, illustrations, music, games, paintings, drawings, illustrations, advertisements, writings, literature or narratives, contained in any format, whether audio or visual, still or moving pictures, in all forms of film, print, electronic, outdoor or broadcast mass media, or whatever future technologies to be developed, which are calculated to excite, stimulate or arouse impure thoughts and prurient interest, regardless of the motive of the author thereof.

*Sigh* Apparently showing of boobs is already obscene to them. If this bill was approved then no Filipino painter can draw or paint nude ‘regardless of motive‘, so yes, you can’t reason art and no, there’s no such thing as artistic nude. *eye roll* Hello I’m Kei, I love painting nudes that means I’m a pornographer. 

But what if I just paint and hide my paintings and just put it in my blog? Oh wait, I can’t. 

 “This Bill aims to criminalize the publication, broadcast, exhibition of pornographic materials including images that  appear in traditional media such as, but not limited to, paper, celluloid, film, magnetic tapes or through airwaves or through the use of computers, the internet, cyberspace, Internet chat, chat rooms, web sites, electronic mails optical media, and other technological advancements thereof to protect the morals of the society.”

Bullshit. I really hope that the senate is smart enough to reject or re-construct this bill, it’s way too restrictive. Banning nudity in this country will not protect the Filipino morals, dignity, or ANYTHING. This is pretty useless when there’s internet, what are they gonna do? Track every connection and arrest anyone who goes to porn sites? Put censors on old nude paintings already printed in books when being discussed in art class? RIDICULOUS.