Singer ordered to change song

[quamp]

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LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistan's Supreme Court has ordered a pop singer to change his lyrics after a college girl complained that male students teased her by singing the song when she passed by, a court official said on Tuesday.

You know, there are at least 28 songs with my real name in them... you think I could get away with harassing 28 different singers?

The court summoned the singer, Abrar-ul-Haq, last week after a girl called Parveen wrote to a newspaper saying she had stopped attending college in the eastern city of Lahore because of the harassment.

You know, in my day, if a guy harassed a woman over her name, she'd just give him a slap upside the head and that was that. [/grumpy old man mode]

Is it just me or has America's lawsuit happy ways infected other parts of the world?

[Guest Agaib]

more weirdness...

Maybe it makes more sense in the context of the culture?

sometimes I wonder if I don't understand just because I don't really understand the way the culture works

[DarkCabaret]

Gawd ... I don't even want to think of how many songs have Angela in them .... I think I've only heard two but I would never sue over it! I think it's awesome to hear a song that has your real name in it, unless it's a "I banged so-and-so on the top of her car" or something like that.

[dazzledfirestar]

There's a cheesy eighties power ballad with my name in it that I think is horrid... can I sue??

[prairiefire]

Of course, this didn't happen in the US. It happened in Pakistan. Not exactly a country known for its freedom of speech rights.

Not only that, but if a woman were to hit a man there, well, it wouldn't exactly go over well for for the woman.

Edited June 2, 2007 by prairiefire