Sonam Kapoor, Ram Gopal Varma, Chetan Bhagat call porn ban in India regressive

Ban idiots who think banning things is going to make a difference to Indian mentality.. #sooverthisgovt #NextBanIdea #sick #ashamed

— Sonam Kapoor (@sonamakapoor) August 3, 2015

Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma, in a series of tweets, also has criticised the ban of porn websites in India. Calling the move “regressive”, Varma said banning porn sites is not a solution against sexual crimes. “History proved it multiple times that if anytime anything is banned it will just gather strength in the underground. ” “Any deprivation of personal liberty of an individual by a government amounts to a regression of social progress of that country. It’s a proven fact by international surveys that instead of fuelling sexual crimes porn actually provides safer outlet for sexual repression,” he tweeted.

All in all any deprivation of personal liberty of an individual by a government amounts to a regression of social progress of that country — Ram Gopal Varma (@RGVzoomin) August 1, 2015

The best way to tackle a presumed menace is to bring it out in open rather than pushing it under the rug or pretending it doesn’t exist — Ram Gopal Varma (@RGVzoomin) August 1, 2015

To ban porn saying it will be seen by who shouldn’t see it is like saying to stop traffic because there will be accidents — Ram Gopal Varma (@RGVzoomin) August 1, 2015

Government should work on finding ways to steer the content not to go in wrong directions rather than to block it — Ram Gopal Varma (@RGVzoomin) August 1, 2015

To deprive consenting adults of the harmless fun they ar having of watching porn is equivalent of what Taliban nd Isis is doing to freedom — Ram Gopal Varma (@RGVzoomin) August 1, 2015

The 53-year-old “Satya” director feels government should rather try to make sure the content does not go in “wrong direction.” “Government should work on finding ways to steer the content not to go in wrong directions rather than to block it.” Music composer Vishal Dadlani also tweeted against the porn ban.

My problem with the #BanSarkaar is: Everyone knows bans immediately lead to illicit/pirated distribution. Piracy funds terror. Now? Bhakts? — VISHAL DADLANI (@VishalDadlani) August 3, 2015

Actor Arshad Warsi also called out to the porn ban in India.

Maybe by banning Porn we might forget how to have sex, which might cut down the population… What amazing foresight by the govt… Wah

— Arshad Warsi (@ArshadWarsi) August 4, 2015

So India is being turned into a regressive, sex starved horny nation with the maximum population… I am sure there is a point to it???

— Arshad Warsi (@ArshadWarsi) August 4, 2015

We can’t ban politicians with criminal records so let’s ban hmmmmmm MAGGI OR TINTED GLASSES ON YOUR CAR OR SIDECAR ON A BIKE OR BEEF OR PORN

— Arshad Warsi (@ArshadWarsi) August 4, 2015

Director Shirish Kunder condemned the ban in his own witty way.

So, what are they banning today?

— Shirish Kunder (@ShirishKunder) August 4, 2015

Author Chetan Bhagat also criticised the government’s decision to make porn sites inaccessible in India, and called it an “anti-freedom and impractical” move.

“Porn ban is anti-freedom, impractical, not enforceable. Politically not very smart too. Avoidable. Let’s not manage people’s private lives,” Bhagat said on Twitter.

Porn ban is anti-freedom, impractical, not enforceable. Politically not very smart too. avoidable. Let’s not manage people’s private lives.

— Chetan Bhagat (@chetan_bhagat) August 3, 2015

As per reports, most internet service providers — including Vodafone, MTNL and BSNL — are showing blank pages instead of porn sites.

The matter came to the limelight late on Saturday, when a number of internet users across the country could not access pornographic websites.

Bhagat further said that instead of banning porn, the government should “ban men ogling”, “molesting”, and “raping women”.

“Don’t ban porn. Ban men ogling, leering, brushing past, groping, molesting, abusing, humiliating and raping women. Ban non-consent. Not sex,” he wrote on Twitter.

Don’t ban porn. Ban men ogling, leering, brushing past, groping, molesting, abusing, humiliating and raping women. Ban non-consent. Not sex.

— Chetan Bhagat (@chetan_bhagat) August 3, 2015

Filmmaker Onir too shared a post on his Twitter page against this ban.

“Would #Kamasutra books be banned for propagating #Unnaturalsex ? #pornban”, he wrote.

Would #Kamasutra books be banned for propagating #Unnaturalsex ? #pornban

— Onir (@IamOnir) August 3, 2015

(With PTI Inputs)