But what is their definition of pornography?

@mauriceg - I like your comment. The last sentence of your second paragraph sounds harsh; but then again - as long as corruption, religious overtones, major business interests interwoven into governemt dealings and certainly exceptional incompetence in the leadership prevails, it speaks the truth!

I think in every democratic society there is a (usually very small) percentage of citizens falling through the social safety net provided by the government for its citizen, and then again in most cases due to their own fault, however most democratic governments are also trying to provide a certain social security, even for these "fallouts" . But especially in Indonesia the majority of citizens (I am sure it's more than 70 %) falls through the allegedly provided safety net, if it can even be called as such. People live in poverty because the government failed to provide education, people die unnecessarily, they have to sell their own children, endorsed by the same hospitals supposed to provide health care, because the government failed to provide affordable medical care, children suffering from malnutrition, work place protection, and on and on! And most, if not all, leads back to corruption at all levels of bureaucracy, utter incompetence, by teachers in schools to high ranking politicians, law twisting law enforcement officers, religious fanaticism which again finds fertile soil in the masses of uneducated masses as they see it as their only hope in their miserable lives, nicely camouflaged by corrupted religious leaders, trying to find scapegoats in other religions or ethnic groups. All these genocides, ignited by the interests of a few, happened in the history of Indonesia already and they will for sure happen again, no doubt about that!

"Every common web browser has these days web filters integrated (with password) to prevent children from accessing dubious web sites. they work with search keywords and parents have the obligation, to prevent their under-age children from browsing porn!"

This is true Roland, however this is a nation of under age children. A huge school playground of 200 million plus. And why is it that way? The crippling hand of corrupt paternalism has always been a part of post Independence Indonesia, cuffing the population about the ears and generally preventing any of the sheep from straying too far from a path of enforced ignorance. Old man Suharto did a real number on this country.

Tifatul Sembiring is just another of these wasteful, incompetent, religiously inspired Indonesian politicians out to make a name for himself. Why? Because he is introducing the concept of 'citizen' into his anti-pornography drive. Westerners are more used to the idea of citizenship, where there is a tacit social contract between the individual and the government. Citizens pay taxes, and in return, receive services. It is not perfect, but it works.

In Indonesia, this is a mess. There is no contract, no trust, no guarantee of delivery of any service: healthcare, electricity, public transport, construction, housing, food, water, gas, food, fire, police, ambulance, consumer-protection etc etc. In addition, massive corruption and graft by so-called politicians, industrialists, lobby groups, religious parties, army, police etc, renders what remains as a dire caricature of what a state should look like. Apparently and determinedly third-rate, third-world with little prospect of improvement.

Also with the recent shambolic, distressing and disgusting spectacle of a mother having to break down the palace gates to get the president to help her burned child, perhaps some enlightened people can explain how this apparent 'citizen' was not eligible for medical treatment from the outset.

This country doesn't need an anti-pornography minister. It needs incorruptible ministers who focus on real needs of real people now. End of rant.

“This is a very democratic bill, so I can’t understand why the people are so against it,”

It's another belter of a gibberingly stupid quote. Any chance of some kind of regular dumb quotes column JG? Something like Coleman Balls in Private Eye.