This is a very strange one but I just couldn’t help myself. Yes this is SA Rocks but there is a limit and I think that the moral police and politically-correct-ravaged have finally lost their minds…completely.
A new law has been passed that anyone under the age of 16 cannot kiss, embrace or even touch in public. If you are caught doing these things and you are under 16 you can be arrested and prosecuted. Are you freaking kidding me?
What is this? A flipping censored state? Surely education is the solution not restriction? Surely the government and Mr Mbeki cannot believe that this is the answer to HIV/Aids (this is the only thing I can think of as a justification)?
What’s next, no under-age expression? No opinion? No swearing, cursing, blasphemy, loud noises, noise, music, rock music, gothic music? I cannot express enough how silly I think this is. Surely the world is laughing at us, surely this is a move in the wrong direction and a move that we will regret in the future?
According to IOL online “The new law, passed two weeks ago under the Sexual Offences Act, sparked a huge uproar on the popular website [Facebook].” For the record, SA Rocks will be in full support of the protests being organised by the groups on Facebook. I will actively be going out and touching (holding hands), hugging and kissing my girlfriend. In fact I will go so far as to get my cousins (both under 16) to hug eachother in public. Is that a crime too?
This law must surely have ammendments to it that allow family to embrace and be affectionate?
What will happen at school socials, parties, private homes? Will police be actively seeking offenders? I can only imagine that this law is more of a hindrance to police than anything else? Not only do they have to catch rapists, murderers, thieves and the like but now they need to be on the lookout for teenagers kissing and hugging in public.
What a crock of shit. Stupid law.
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December 29th, 2007 at 5:34 pm
thats ridiculous,isnt that we have the best constitution in the world for human rights etc, yet
now its illegal for ‘anyone under the age of 16 cannot kiss, embrace or even touch in public’???? is this a joke?what next?no dancing and laughing??
December 30th, 2007 at 10:14 am
Many of my friends and family share your outrage.
But I have two questions…
One, who do you really think will enforce this joke?
Two, why don’t we find two upstanding teenagers from “good families” (ie., families respected in their communities – does not really matter as to colour – who support their children’s relationship choices) who will test the constitutionality of this law?
Doesn’t that make more sense than organizing protests?
Greg
December 31st, 2007 at 5:03 pm
Here is some further info regarding this matter:
The actual act in question is the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act.
This act states that a person who commits an act of sexual violation with a child is, despite the consent of such a child to the commission of such an act, guilty of the offence of having committed an act of consensual sexual violation with a child.
In the same act the term ’sexual violation’ is defined amongst other things to be, direct or indirect contact between the mouth of one person and the mouth of another person.
This is what all the debate among the teenagers is all about.
http://www.doj.gov.za/legislation/acts/acts/2007-32.pdf
January 6th, 2008 at 11:38 am
if we kissin @ tha age of 12…what will we be doin @ the age of 16?
January 7th, 2008 at 9:56 am
Kgothi, you are not going to stop teenage sex by banning kissing in public. Its up to the parents to raise and guide their kids. Even that is no sure thing. You just have to hope they make the right decisions based on their upbringing
Who here did not kiss their first girl/boy by 12 or 13? Its a natural right of passage for all youngsters. Its not something that anyone should be ashamed of.
When you consider how bad child abuse is in South Africa, I cant understand why they would focus on something this silly yet ignore the real issues.
January 8th, 2008 at 2:00 pm
I’m a mother of two teenage girls! I honestly think that Government should take a hard look at the moral standards the Television stations of this country is portraying to the youngsters, they should start banning the pornography on the television first before they can start rapping the kids over the knuckles for showing any form of affection in public. Most kids watch a lot of television which is not monitored by the parents, this filth is being taken in by the undeveloped brains of the children and no-one can blame them then for acting out what they see.
Then also how about them starting to fine and jail the culprits who urinate in public that’s indecent exposure as far as I’m concerned.
This Government is totally and utterly stuffed, they haven’t got a clue what it’s all about.
February 29th, 2008 at 9:30 am
True that! how weird that you’re allowed to use condoms at the age of 12; Abort at the age of twelve; and strangely prosecuted for showing affection at 16!!! I guess that S.A is okay with everything as long as you’re indoors!!! Stop dealing with the fruits and look at the roots, that’s the crux of the matter!!!
April 2nd, 2008 at 8:03 pm
because they are married and have kids know,they wana stop us from following the same path they followed. you would find out that the very person who thought of this law had 20 boy/girlfriend and he would kiss them publicly but simple because he’s grown up ,they wana stop us. no they are just joking we are gona do it more now that they have passed this stupid law.
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February 8th, 2011 at 2:48 pm
Wat shiz seriously…not fair…they had the freedom to do that when they were younger than 16 but we don’t! But like me and my friends even care we’ll just do it more and they are @%#^&*! idiots
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