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Malaysia earthquake: British woman arrested for 'stripping naked and causing quake

  • 11-06-2015 04:36AM
    #1
    old_aussie
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    Thought I'd heard it all, till now.

    Hopefully they will not be sacraficed to the "mountain gods" as a form of appeasement

    A British woman is believed to be among a group of tourists arrested in Malaysia for stripping naked on a mountain, which locals believe caused an earthquake.

    Sarawak Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri Alfred Jabu told Malaysia's official news agency Bernama that the region's indigenous people believed that the group of about 10 foreigners had "angered the spirit" of Mount Kinabalu, causing the earthquake a week later.

    Thought I'd heard it all, till now. Malaysia "truely asia"

    http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/malaysia-earthquake-british-woman-arrested-for-stripping-naked-and-causing-quake-on-mount-kinabalu-10309866.html


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  • #2
    Sunnyisland
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,562 ✭✭✭✭Sunnyisland


    That's shocking.


  • #3
    galljga1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,937 ✭✭✭galljga1


    Yeah, Malaysia has had drought, flooding and now earthquakes.
    How long will it be before they realise they are following the wrong religion.


  • #4
    joollyparo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 57 ✭✭joollyparo


    that is so sick and backward!!!


  • #5
    jay-me
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,002 ✭✭✭jay-me


    joollyparo wrote: »
    that is so sick and backward!!!

    Agreed! She should have had the common decency to keep her clothes on and appease the mountain god!


  • #6
    kneemos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,606 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    When in Rome...

    Title is a bit misleading.


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  • #7
    Samaris
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,544 ✭✭✭Samaris


    Why on earth were they stripping naked on top of someone's holy mountain to take photos anyway? Daft thing to do. I don't say they deserve jail over it, but they do deserve a clip around the ear. We wouldn't be overly pleased if a bunch of foreigners wandered naked into an Irish cathedral and made a racket. It's a matter of respect and manners.

    Hopefully they will just be treated as silly foreigners that don't know any better and chucked out.

    By the way, there's absolutely no indication that anyone will be sacrificed to appease anything.


  • #8
    galljga1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,937 ✭✭✭galljga1


    Samaris wrote: »
    Why on earth were they stripping naked on top of someone's holy mountain to take photos anyway? Daft thing to do. I don't say they deserve jail over it, but they do deserve a clip around the ear. We wouldn't be overly pleased if a bunch of foreigners wandered naked into an Irish cathedral and made a racket. It's a matter of respect and manners.

    Hopefully they will just be treated as silly foreigners that don't know any better and chucked out.

    By the way, there's absolutely no indication that anyone will be sacrificed to appease anything.

    Have you never been up Croagh Patrick for the summer solstice?


  • #9
    Samaris
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,544 ✭✭✭Samaris


    galljga1 wrote: »
    Have you never been up Croagh Patrick for the summer solstice?

    I have not! Do people regularly strip naked up there? Sounds fairly chilly on the nethers.


  • #10
    frostyjacks
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,951 ✭✭✭frostyjacks


    It's a sacred site, and tourists are asked to respect that I wouldn't be happy with a bunch of tourists posing naked in an Irish cemetery. I just hope the Brits don't turn it into some kind of cause célèbre; this bimbo is undeserving of any sympathy.


  • #11
    Red Kev
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,793 ✭✭✭Red Kev


    They were arrested for public indecency. Go naked in public on Ireland you get arrested for the same thing.

    A lot of the locals still have animist beliefs that Islam actually frowns upon, but their opinion was irrelevant here. They weren't arrested for causing an earthquake but for public nudity. It's become a bit of a fad to strip naked on the mountain and the government are trying to put a stop to it.


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  • #12
    kneemos
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    Red Kev wrote: »
    They were arrested for public indecency. Go naked in public on Ireland you get arrested for the same thing.

    A lot of the locals still have animist beliefs that Islam actually frowns upon, but their opinion was irrelevant here. They weren't arrested for causing an earthquake but for public nudity. It's become a bit of a fad to strip naked on the mountain and the government are trying to put a stop to it.


    Some local chief was making the connection with the earthquake apparently.
    The Independent didn't recognise the difference for some reason.


  • #13
    nxbyveromdwjpg
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,402 ✭✭✭nxbyveromdwjpg


    Samaris wrote: »
    We wouldn't be overly pleased if a bunch of foreigners wandered naked into an Irish cathedral and made a racket.

    Sounds good to me, when is this cathedral party kicking off?


  • #14
    Atlantic Dawn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,596 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
    GDY151


    I thought Malaysia was modern? Looks like it joins the list of countries thst a wall should be built around and all technology removed from them.


  • #15
    Samaris
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,544 ✭✭✭Samaris


    Atlantic Dawn wrote: »
    I thought Malaysia was modern?

    If "modern" is being ok with foreigners making a nuisance of themselves..


  • #16
    Special Circumstances
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,540 ✭✭✭Special Circumstances


    Have I got this right?
    - this week's outrage- foreigners not following Malaysian customs.
    - next week's outrage- immigrants to Ireland being expected to follow ours.

    Outrage outrage outrage!!!
    I'm incandescent with Internet rage and doublethink joe!


  • #17
    Cookie_Monster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 24,755 ✭✭✭✭Cookie_Monster


    why would a nude woman anger the mountain god, would they not be into that kind of thing... someone stripping off on top of you.

    A week later, clearly it was anger that no other turned up in the mean time to appease it.


  • #18
    Samaris
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,544 ✭✭✭Samaris


    Special Circumstances wrote: »
    Have I got this right?
    - this week's outrage- foreigners not following Malaysian customs.
    - next week's outrage- immigrants to Ireland being expected to follow ours.

    Outrage outrage outrage!!!
    I'm incandescent with Internet rage and doublethink joe!

    Good heavens, I didn't realise it was a Dutch/British religious or cultural custom to strip on the top of mountains. Taking photos, yeah, and selfies, and god help us all if any country wants to ban cameras, but we should probably all publicise our need to air the bits before we go to other places, just so they know it's an inherent part of our culture.

    Oh wait, it was a bunch of eejits messing about.


  • #19
    LDN_Irish
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,188 ✭✭✭LDN_Irish


    Really don't think Britain is in a position to be critical of Malaysia here. No mountain gods or muslims though so maybe that's the difference.

    http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/naked-rambler-could-face-a-lifetime-of-imprisonments-after-european-court-ruling-9823945.html


  • #20
    MRnotlob606
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,642 ✭✭✭MRnotlob606


    Oh Malaysia, when will you come out of the stone age?


  • #21
    sjb25
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    Il need a link to all photos before il make a judgement :)

    Seriously tho is a bit backward to say it caused a feckin earthquake but look they had been told it's a holy place for the locals the should have respected that holding them in jail a bit OTT tho


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  • #22
    frostyjacks
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    MRnotlob606 wrote: »
    Oh Malaysia, when will you come out of the stone age?

    Having morals is stone age to you?


  • #23
    josip
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 16,070 ✭✭✭✭josip


    10 buffalo please.


  • #24
    MRnotlob606
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,642 ✭✭✭MRnotlob606


    frostyjacks wrote:
    Having morals is stone age to you?


    What do you mean exactly?


  • #25
    CruelCoin
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    galljga1 wrote: »
    Yeah, Malaysia has had drought, flooding and now earthquakes.
    How long will it be before they realise they are following the wrong religion.

    All of them are wrong, but anywayyyy.


  • #26
    CruelCoin
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    Cookie_Monster wrote: »
    A week later, clearly it was anger that no other turned up in the mean time to appease it.

    Was completely spoiled by a tase of the good life.


  • #27
    c_man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,436 ✭✭✭c_man


    Meh, don't act the dick when visiting other countries and be mindful of the people and culture.


  • #28
    mikom
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,391 ✭✭✭✭mikom


    Daycentttt......


  • #29
    fleet_admiral
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,750 ✭✭✭fleet_admiral


    Looks like yer man on the far right has an awkward semi:o


  • #30
    frostyjacks
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,951 ✭✭✭frostyjacks


    MRnotlob606 wrote: »
    What do you mean exactly?

    You're asking when will Malaysia come out of the stone age. The inference is that arresting this moron for stripping naked on a sacred site is somehow stone age, when it's simply a question of morals.


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  • #31
    Nodin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 46,938 ✭✭✭✭Nodin


    Cookie_Monster wrote: »
    why would a nude woman anger the mountain god, would they not be into that kind of thing... someone stripping off on top of you.

    .

    It might be that the mountain does the five fingered shuffle and thus causes the quakes, but people are too embarrassed to admit it.


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