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DSTV Multichoice has apparently been inundated with requests for porn channels over the last few months, to the extent that they are actually looking at getting with the times by making this available as a pay per view option…but…

You may have heard a bit about this lately. DSTV Multichoice are looking at making porn channels available as a pay per view option, naturally… but you may have also heard about the huge amount of bullshit surrounding the whole saga to the extent that it is getting just a little bit ridiculous now. Recently DSTV decided that if they were going to do this, then perhaps it would be a good idea to get a general feeling about it from the public first… ja bad idea, and quite honestly an epic fail since they are probably wishing they never brought the whole topic up. What they should have just done is, made it available, if you want to watch it, you pay for it, thats it, simples… but no, they had to go and open a massive can of worms, did they not realise that there was going to be a great divide as to who wants it and who doesn't?

Lets be a little realistic and honest about the whole thing, Piet and Sarie are about 50 years old, Piet schmaaks checking the Rugby on Supersport on a Saturday and Sarie schmaaks checking her "whatever" programs and a kiff movie while they stay at home on a Saturday night. They receive an email or letter from DSTV advising that they want to know how everyone feels about having porn channels available but not "freely" available… Sarie immediately gets on her high horse throwing the Bible at it, stating that it is absolute filth and the demise of the human race yada yada yada… because it will be an awesome topic to display her "values" and uphold her status within her Wednesday goss… ur um..book club. Piet just agrees cause not a chance is he gonna be looked upon as the spawn of Satan by Sarie, she may very well deprive the poor bastard of the little bit of action he does get these days. So off goes their petition signed, Sarie and Piet… even though Piet is already skeeming in his mind about how he's gonna manage to hide the DSTV bill every month with the extra Pay Per View costs on it … Now if DSTV just went and did it, Sarie might be scrolling through the onscreen guide and notice a couple channels with titles such as "Gangbangs of New York"  or "Riding Miss Daisy" or something a little more obvious.. but the most she is gonna do is give a little "Sies!" and flick passed it. She doesn't care for it and it obviously doesn't interest her, let alone it popping up with a PIN request just incase she accidently did "tap the button" on one of the channels, because at the end of the day, not a fuck are they gonna cancel their subscription, Piet wont be able to watch his Rugby and Sarie won't be able to watch her programs, and we all no what lies on the other side of No DSTV land… yes, you guessed it… SABC… well, no comment.

The minute you give any of these super conservative bunch a chance at a say, they will tear it to shreds and cause such a big ndaba about it. 

In my opinion DSTV should get with the times and stop acting like it lives in the apartheid era where TV was highly censored, give people the freedom to choose what they want to watch and if they don't want to watch it then they don't watch it. There is actually a full on campaign called "Helping Hand" who are rallying support to stop this from happening because they feel that it will corrupt South African society and cause more sexual abuse amongst the population… have these people just stepped off the Ark? Has anyone cared to let them know that we have had this amazing thing for sometime now called "The Internet", where you don't even have to pay for a dose of smut, you just have to type three letters into Google and voila! and better still its in endless supply. It makes me wonder why these idiots haven't created a huge campaign to block access to porn sites on the net in SA, which I'm sure will cause an outbreak of full scale riots because of it… I'll tell you why, because they know they can't stop that, its way too big, the only reason why they are jumping around about it now, is because DSTV were stupid enough to let anybody voice their opinions about it. I bet you even ol' Piet checks out a few sites when Sarie puts her green face mask on and heads to bed leaving him unfulfilled, cause we all know he schmaaks a piece of that action

All of you with Sky will know, there's loads of porn channels available, some of the free soft porn ones are actually quite hilarious to watch for 5mins like Babestation etc. with the chicks on the phones pulling weird faces and trying to make it look like they actually enjoying themselves talking on the phone, I just can't help but laugh because it is so frickin cheesy its unbelievable. At the end of the day, millions of people have Sky and they have the freedom to choose what the want to watch, that's the way it is. How often do you venture into the high numbered channels where all the pay per view porn is… hardly ever I imagine, and most of the time its by accident cause there's bugger all on and you've gone through the entire list already.

Would you believe 41 000 very sad people have actually voted against having these channels on DSTV… very very sad

Where's the multichoice in Multichoice?

P.S. For anyone wanting to look at blocking porn via ISP's and DSTV, please go to Google and search for "RedTube"

What do you reckon? Comment at will…

- Marky Mark

Theres a bit of a rattle on the net at the mo with news that the Dalai Lama himself is sticking with the times and got himself his very own Twitter account… and before you label it as a hoax… see for yourself… it's Twitter Verified.

With hours now the main man has been racking in followers… welcome to new wave religious recruitment
Next we'll see the Pope taking a cue if he check that his competitor is getting the upper edge.

Don't take this the wrong way but, if Jesus was batting his 2nd innings, do you reckon he'd get himself a Twitter account too to stick with the times?

I've started following his holiness aswell since I quite enjoy his words of wisdom that you hear from time to time. Quite looking quite forward to it as he usually has something that is quite broad minded and gives you something to think about, which in all honesty and personal opinion, is a bit more than what I can say for the Pope who is supposed to be bigger in the sense of global religious domination, not to mention being the top man of the extremely well financed institution which we all very well know.

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At around 11am this morning an Airlink passenger plane had a bit of a tumble when it missed the runway at George Airport in the Western Cape, it went crashing through a security fence and then onto a major road where it came to standstill.

Its not entirely known what exactly happened and I'm no pilot but from the pic below it looked pretty misty, although saying that, pilots are able to land massive jumbos at Heathrow airport in very poor visibilty conditions, so I'm sure we will find out soon enough.

Apparently the pilot was trapped in the cockpit for nearly an hour before he could be rescued but it wasn't clear whether he was injured or not, however it looks like he would have got the biggest of the bump as the plane came down the bank slamming the nose onto the ground. Hopefully he's not gonna be in too much of a kakpit after this one.

George Traffic Chief, Kenny Africa said that all 35 passengers had been evacuated from the plane with only minor injuries.

Looks like some people have had a bit of a kak start to the week. Hopefully the passengers didn't forget to pack a spare pair of jocks in their bags because I'm sure I would have literally kaked myself EISH!

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The highs and lows of ZA News last week focusing mainly on the World Cup Draw

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The highs and lows of ZA News this week

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ZA News according to Zapiro – The highs and lows of ZA News this week

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Giant Jellyfish Capsize 10-Tonne Fishing Boat - Giant jellyfish have capsized a 10-tonne fishing boat after its crew tried to haul in a net full of the stinging creatures off the eastern coast of Japan. – Full Story

Johnson saves woman from 'oiks' - London mayor Boris Johnson has rescued a woman who was being attacked by an armed group of young girls, chasing them down the road on his bicycle. – Full Story

Science chief backs cannabis view - The UK government's chief science adviser has told BBC News that he supports the former chief drugs adviser's scientific view on cannabis. – Full Story

Tangled web of 'Black Widow' case - Grandmother Betty Neumar has had five husbands, some of whom died in suspicious circumstances. As she awaits trial in the US over the death of husband number four, film-maker Norman Hull investigates whether the woman known as 'The Black Widow' could really have been a serial killer. – Full Story

Bid To Find Madeleine Using Social Networking - Social networkers are being urged to get involved in a new online campaign to find Madeleine McCann by spreading a video appeal around the world. – Full Story

Rats Shocking: Ad For Fake Drugs Screened - A hard-hitting new television advert deemed so shocking it can be shown only after 11pm has been broadcast. – Full Story

Kilimanjaro Snow May Vanish In 20 Years - The famous "Snows of Kilimanjaro" which cap Africa's highest mountain are melting so fast they could be gone within two decades, according to experts. – Full Story

Kristen Stewart And Nikki Reed 'Joke About Responding To Twilight Haters' – Twilight's Nikki Reed has revealed that she and co-star Kristen Stewart often consider responding to their online critics. – Full Story

Louis Walsh: 'John And Edward Can Win The X Factor' - Louis Walsh says John and Edward can win The X Factor, despite claims that they can't sing. – Full Story

Malema not above the law – Cronin - The government is investigating reports that controversial African National Congress Youth League leader Julius Malema threw his weight around after being stopped for speeding in Limpopo, Deputy Transport Minister Jeremy Cronin said on Tuesday.
 - Full Story

Broken finger sidelines Spies - Johannesburg – South African number eight Pierre Spies has pulled out from his team's European tour after breaking a finger at the weekend, officials said on Tuesday. – Full Story

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Buns 'too small' in Brook advert - Posters promoting a play starring actress Kelly Brook have had to be changed because buns covering her breasts were deemed to be too small. – BBC News

Beckham signs AC Milan loan deal – England midfielder David Beckham is to rejoin AC Milan on loan in January after the Italian club reached an agreement with Los Angeles Galaxy. – BBC Sport

File-sharers are big spenders too – People who download music illegally also spend an average of £77 a year buying it legitimately, a survey has found. – BBC News

Barrichello seals Williams drive – Brazilian veteran Rubens Barrichello and German rookie Nico Hulkenberg have been announced as Williams' new driver pairing for the 2010 Formula 1 season.- BBC Sport

Has The Facebook Photo Mystery Been Solved? - More than 210,000 Facebook users are following Australian Danny Cameron's hunt to find the owner of a camera he found on Mykonos.- Sky News

Singing Japanese PM Set To Top Music Charts - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama could be a hit in the nation's music charts after a pop song he recorded more than two decades ago was re-released. – Sky News

Wayne And Coleen Give Birth – And It's A… - Wayne Rooney's wife Coleen has given birth at Liverpool Women's Hospital. – Sky News

Robert Pattinson And Kristen Stewart Deny 'Retarded' Romance Rumours - Robert Pattinson And Kristen Stewart have denied persistent reports they're a real-life couple, with the latter calling the rumours “retarded”. – Entertainment Wise

Watch Bella Suffer 'Deadly' Paper Cut In The Twilight Saga: New Moon – The moment Bella Swan suffers a paper cut surrounded by the Cullen family in The Twilight Saga: New Moon has been unveiled in full for the first time. – Entertainment Wise

Springboks bank on Brussow – Johannesburg – Flanker Heinrich Brussow was a surprise inclusion in the South African team named on Monday to face the Leicester Tigers at Welford Road. – IOL

Fatty food makes you stupid, says study - London – A few chocolate biscuits with your morning coffee may seem a relatively harmless treat, but scientists have discovered that such day-to-day indulgences could be more damaging than previously thought. – IOL

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Twilight New Moon Director: 'I Haven't Betrayed Bella And Edward'- Twilight Saga: New Moon director Chris Weitz says the forthcoming movie has been faithful to the original book. – Entertainment Wise

Vettel wins as Hamilton drops out – Sebastian Vettel cruised to victory at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix ahead of Red Bull team-mate Mark Webber after Lewis Hamilton was forced to retire early. – BBC Sport

Cheryl Cole achieves chart double -  Girls Aloud singer and X Factor judge Cheryl Cole has achieved double chart success with her debut solo single and album both reaching number one. – BBC News

Air tax increase comes into force – The first of two rises in UK airport departure tax has come into effect, adding up to £30 to the cost of flying. – BBC News

Coffin To Go? Wal-Mart Buries Its Customers - The world's largest retailer Wal-Mart covers most ground when it comes to shopping – and now it is going six feet under. – Sky News

Boyzone To Release Album Featuring Gately - The remaining four members of Boyzone have told Sky News they will release a new album featuring Stephen Gately as a tribute to the singer. – Sky News

Michael Jackson's This Is It To Be Submitted For An Oscar - Michael Jackson's This Is It movie will be submitted for Best Picture at the Academy Awards, Sony Pictures has said. – Entertainment Wise

SA government's 'wasteful expenditure' at R326m – Government's "wasteful expenditure" currently stands at R326 million due to officials buying luxury vehicles and the hosting of lavish parties, the Democratic Alliance said on Sunday. IOL

Joost comes clean - SuperSport has axed former South African rugby captain Joost van der Westhuizen as a presenter over his admission that he starred in a sex video which showed him snorting drugs. IOL

Bulls ready for victory parade – Johannesburg – The Blue Bulls are going on a victory parade through the streets of Pretoria on Monday morning to show their ardent supporters the Absa Currie Cup trophy which they won after an epic final against the Free State Cheetahs at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday. IOL