Unlike Pakistan, we here in the US can text Fart and Idiot to someone

[The Straight Story]

Pakistan bans 'obscene' words on cell phone texts

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Texters in Pakistan better start watching their language.

Pakistan's telecommunications authority sent a letter ordering cell phone companies to block text messages containing what it perceives to be obscenities, Anjum Nida Rahman, a spokeswoman for Telenor Pakistan, said Friday.

It also sent a list of more than 1,500 English and Urdu words that were to be blocked.

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Many of the words to be blocked were sexually explicit terms or swear words, according to a copy of the list obtained by The Associated Press.

It also included relatively mild terms like fart and idiot.

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