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FPI Snubs Playboy Model Pamela Anderson's Disaster Aid
Jakarta Globe | November 01, 2010

Pamela Anderson plans to donate earnings from her Playboy cover shoot to help disaster victims. (AFP Photo/Leon Neal) Pamela Anderson plans to donate earnings from her Playboy cover shoot to help disaster victims. (AFP Photo/Leon Neal)

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SirAnthonyKnown-Bender
10:33am Nov 3, 2010

We're all born naked. Even members of the FPI who seem to live in biological denial and who have been indoctrinated into a misogynistic cult of bodily self disgust. Years and years of virginity, fear of women and simultaneous fascination of and repulsion from the making of the beast with two backs...is this approach to life going to make their mental states more or less eroticized?


forgetyourself
8:46am Nov 3, 2010

@oleleho: You make a good point, but what you consider to be an "unacceptable act" is only your opinion. In Bali recently, I saw a whole village bathing in a river completely naked. In Papua some tribal people live naked all the time. In Europe, women will often sunbathe topless at the beach. This may also be 'unacceptable behavior" for for you, but for others it is really quite normal. Let me continue, Saudi men get aroused by only seeing a woman's hair, or legs. This is because they are not used to seeing a womans hair. So, for Saudi men, it is unacceptable to see a womans hair in public. These are all different views of life. So, let the victims of the disaster decide if they think it is acceptable to receive her donation


Putrimawar
8:27am Nov 3, 2010

Habib Umar Salim, how much have you and FPI donated to victims in Mentawai? So far you and your FPI thugs have only created violence everywhere. We do not need FPI in Indonesia. You must dissolve FPI. If you really wants to create a group like FPI, you should go home to Yemen and do it there. Indonesia has no place for people like you. You are not welcome here. Go home to Yemen and never come back!


Roland
7:42am Nov 3, 2010

@BlueJoe - I actually think it is rather the rancid remark of the FPI who brought the charity of Anderson into the spotlight in the first place...

...but agreed, I also do not like people who point explicitly out how philanthropic they are (or not!, eg “FPI is operating an aid center for Merapi victims, why don’t you [the media] write about that? Don’t just write that the FPI can only kill people,”


kales
7:08am Nov 3, 2010

I say let Indonesians know exactly who the individuals and countries are which provide aid to Indonesia. By far most Indonesians are blissfully unaware they receive aid at all. They would also be quite surprised which countries do not provide them with any aid.


foto4mike
2:33am Nov 3, 2010

These FPI thugs are just angry to see that someone makes more money with an honest job than they with extorting money and stealing...


BlueJoe
11:02pm Nov 2, 2010

Whoever you are, if you want to donate your money, just donate it. Don't make a publicity out of it. I really hate people taking advantage of their donations to make themselves look philanthropic.


peterR
10:53pm Nov 2, 2010

BilboBaggins - The Governor of Jakarta, the new Chief of Police, the President, and most of the Governments Ministers and Legislators.


BuleGila
10:37pm Nov 2, 2010

but seriously - i agree with Bilbo - the more the media report on the FPI the more their feelings of self importance grow and the more danger that they do become seen as the voice of Indonesia


BuleGila
10:36pm Nov 2, 2010

I say let's get Habib Umar Salim to pose nude and show everyone just how small his cahones are


P.Bear
9:53pm Nov 2, 2010

SirAnthony - thank you for the clarification. I do like to keep abreast of this sort of thing.


Mas-Udin-Yang-Baik
6:19pm Nov 2, 2010

We applaud her sharing her assets not only with Playboy readers but also with the victims of disasters in Indonesia!


BilboBaggins
9:44am Nov 2, 2010

I think it's about time the media began ignoring these clowns. Who really cares what they think anyway.

I believe it may be their sinful and hateful actions which are bringing these disasters upon Indonesia.


SirAnthonyKnown-Bender
9:38am Nov 2, 2010

P. Bear - a group of virgins and getting her norks out.


polleney
9:32am Nov 2, 2010

@oleleho : I dont think she's trying to justify her act by donating. She has been doing this for a long time, and being in a playboy issue can be regarded an achievement where she came from.


P.Bear
7:34am Nov 2, 2010

Would oleleho please clarify for me who "we" is & what is "her unacceptable act" ?


TGIF
7:02am Nov 2, 2010

Well...for one thing: Beggars can't be choosers!!!

Donations are donations to help in dire needs. Without any doubt the FPI may have received donations in the past which are considered haram. So precisely what is your point??

And perhaps to make it more understandable...think about it as robin hood helping the poor and in this case victims of a natural disaster.


wongndeso
3:14am Nov 2, 2010

@oleleho, I like your balanced comments except that FPI has not yet reached the level of Taliban/Al-Qaida.

Most people here tend to simply unfairly judge the FPI. FPI is a minor entity and it doesnt really represent the rest. Those who have lived here long enough will certainly know. I personally dont agree on most of their actions/comments either but I'd prefer to let them exist and voice their own view as long as no violence is involved. This is guaranteed in a democratic world. Last time I checked, their leaders served their time in jail for the so-called bloody Monas incident. It's fair enough.

Oh yes, have a look at Germany, the so-called Neo-Nazi party does exist and is protected by the law despite their destructive behaviors...


oleleho
1:01am Nov 2, 2010

I don't defend FPI as for me they are like Indonesian version of Taliban/Al-Qaida.

However, people should be fair too. Why on earth Pamela needed to tell the world that she's going to donate the money from posing nude to the victims. Didn't she need to be a little sensitive about it? Nobody will refuse her donation and none will be curious on how she'll get the money had she not mention about it.

Hating FPI doesn't mean you should defend Pamela blindly either.

Her donation will be wholeheartedly welcome. It's 100% up to her to get the money from any source she can get. But we don't want someone who is, knowingly or not, trying to justify her unacceptable act by donating money out of it.

Similarly for the corrupt people. Why on earth somebody would bother to say "I am going to donate my money I got through corruption." I don't think people would do this, wouldn't they?


TiaTum
12:09am Nov 2, 2010

She wants to help, then let her help and say "terima kasih"!


Jakarta. Former “Baywatch” star Pamela Anderson has donated $25,000 from a Playboy cover shoot to a charity that helps disaster victims in Indonesia, only to find her pledge of help snubbed by members of the hard-line Islamic Defenders Front.

“I’ve just shot another Playboy cover that will debut in January for Hugh Hefner, at his request — I adore him. Playboy and I decided to do this, so I could donate earnings from the shoot to Waves for Water,” Anderson said on her Web site.

However, Anderson’s intention to donate money to victims in Indonesia was challenged by the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI), which declared the donation haram, or forbidden, because the money was obtained through what it deemed an immoral act.

“If she wants to do nude shoots, it means she is challenging a bigger disaster to happen in Indonesia. It’s haram,” Habib Umar Salim, the head of FPI’s advisory council, was quoted as saying by Metro TV.

“FPI is operating an aid center for Merapi victims, why don’t you [the media] write about that? Don’t just write that the FPI can only kill people,” he added.

Waves for Water has helped people in Sumatra and Bali, as well as communities in Haiti and Chile affected by disaster.

According to its Web site, following the 2009 Padang quake, it distributed 200 filters to help  2,000 people access clean water.

In Bali, it helped 37 poor villages get clean drinking water.

“It’s an amazing group that supplies water filters to countries that are in need of clean drinking water. It has already made a huge difference in Indonesia, Pakistan and Haiti. I’m so honored to work with Playboy again to support this life-altering cause!” Anderson wrote on her site.

The FPI also protested against the Indonesian version of Playboy magazine. 

The short-lived local version of the magazine published its first issue in April 2006.

It released its sixth and final issue in February 2007, and did not publish nude pictures in any issue.

The ruckus was followed by a police investigation that resulted in Playboy editor Erwin Arnanda and two members of the publishing company, Velvet Silver Media, being charged with violating an indecency article in the Criminal Code.

Erwin has just started serving a two-year jail term for his indecency conviction, which he is challenging.




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