Compo 10,326 Posted June 27, 2020 Report Share Posted June 27, 2020 I have received a temporary ban from facebook for attempting to upload a pornographic image; an image that shows partially clad women. So, according to facebook, I'm a pornographer. The photo was taken in 2010 in the Omo Valley in southern Ethiopia and depicts Mursi tribal women wearing their large lip-plates. Here's a link to the image - please tell me how pornographic you find it and if I should also be barred from using this site for my porn. It is my view that the image may be a bit scary but that's how the tribe is. Mursi women in the Omo Valley, Southern Ethiopia Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,089 Posted June 27, 2020 Report Share Posted June 27, 2020 I've seen worse in Bulwell Market! 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,094 Posted June 27, 2020 Report Share Posted June 27, 2020 Seems alright to me Compo. What's intriguing is the middle lady with a couple of bright blue walking aids. Are they the new Mursi weapons? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,326 Posted June 27, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2020 They were government aids for her bad leg, Beekay. the tribe lives in a protected national park zone in the Rift Valley and are entitled to aid as and when required. Doesn't stop them being warlike though! When we went into the national park we had to take an armed park guard to protect us against wild animals and possible attacks from tribal factions. The tribes visited had become used to occasional foreigners and had learnt that valuables such as fresh fruit and corn can be had in exchange for a warm welcome. The odd thing about the facebook ban is that two of the photos in the album showed totally naked men wearing nothing but spots of white paint on their bodies. They went unnoticed! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,497 Posted June 27, 2020 Report Share Posted June 27, 2020 Facebook probably think you’re posting pornographic racist content, a double whammy these days! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,094 Posted June 27, 2020 Report Share Posted June 27, 2020 What amazes me is why anyone would want to visit somewhere that required an armed guard for protection.( A bit like hotels in Jamaica, where your only allowed on their private beach). Totally irevellent, I know. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
notty ash 370 Posted June 27, 2020 Report Share Posted June 27, 2020 Armed guards are often more about peace of mind for the tourists and spreading the income from tourism around, than for real danger. Getting to some of the last unspoilt areas of the world is well worth it. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,094 Posted June 27, 2020 Report Share Posted June 27, 2020 I'll take your word for it NA. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted June 27, 2020 Report Share Posted June 27, 2020 Crikey .... you be careful Compo I can see all the inmates in HMP Barlinnie rattling their metal cups on the bars while chanting "COMPO COMPO COMPO" when they bring you out solitary confinement for you daily shower, don't pick up the soap youth, it could be painful! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rob.L 1,084 Posted June 27, 2020 Report Share Posted June 27, 2020 Considering what wild animals frequent the Rift Valley, I’d sooner have an armed guard with me than face lions, leopards, cheetahs, etc, armed with nothing more than a camera or a piece of fruit. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,267 Posted June 27, 2020 Report Share Posted June 27, 2020 Better still, why not stay away altogether? Leave those places to the wild creatures whose home and habitat it is and afford them the dignity of getting on with their lives undisturbed. They don't need us, our armed guards, our cameras or our pieces of fruit. They need to be left alone. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
notty ash 370 Posted June 27, 2020 Report Share Posted June 27, 2020 1 hour ago, Jill Sparrow said: Better still, why not stay away altogether? Leave those places to the wild creatures whose home and habitat it is and afford them the dignity of getting on with their lives undisturbed. They don't need us, our armed guards, our cameras or our pieces of fruit. They need to be left alone. I include places like The Yemen, Brazil and Mexico in my experience of armed guards - it's not just the really undeveloped parts of the world. Many depend heavily on tourism. Mexico, for example, would suffer badly economically if tourism were banned or discouraged. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,094 Posted June 27, 2020 Report Share Posted June 27, 2020 Why not include the darkest depths of Littlehampton, Eastbourne, Hastings, Matlock Bath etc. Now there's some dangerous jungles. You have make sure you've had all your inoculation. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,094 Posted June 27, 2020 Report Share Posted June 27, 2020 My armed guard when I go to Eastbourne. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,326 Posted June 30, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2020 Until recently, these people would kill you as soon as look at you. So what changed things? Simply, the Chinese. They have built dirt tracks into the far reaches of the Omo Valley in search of minerals. The deal was that the Chinese get the minerals at cut price and the Ethiopians get the tracks and other infrastructure that goes with the tracks. The so called "Savages" quickly caught on to the fact that dirt roads bring vehicles that contain people with lots of money to give away, so they make sure that their villages are not too far from a track and the outsiders simply come and give them money for just being themselves. The money buys arms and ammunition to fight their rival tribes as they have always done but it also allows them to travel into the city to get supplies that would otherwise be out of reach to them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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