Fag-Horror in Jakarta!
No, I’m not talking about the gaystapo ululations here, which echo ever more stridently across the pages of the Jakarta Post. It’s a habit they seem unable to break, and has afflicted them for a long time.
Grammar and ‘Gays!’ – Poor Old Jakarta Post!
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But that’s not today’s big issue!
What is almost as dismaying as ‘gay rights’ wittering is the news that the price of fags is reportedly rising astronomically, as I only just read –
… a price of Rp 50 thousand per pack…a scourge for smokers.
As the Bangka Pos reporter confirms..
some cigarette brands previously had prices ranging from Rp 10 thousand to Rp 20 thousand…
There’s even a photo to confirm these grim tidings!
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By chance I went out today to replenish my supply of spuds for the next few days’ meals. I met a local guy I knew and stopped politely to chat, whereupon he informed me that he’d just returned from a downtown mall and a pack of Marlboro there was priced at Rp.50K.
There have been rumours of such a vindictive new blow to a long persecuted minority, but I never imagined the government would be so short-sighted as to put so many jobs at risk in what is a major industry here.
For me, at least, there’s a sort of happy ending.
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Only this past weekend, I went out trawling for my fave brand Bohem Hijau, purely because they’ve been hard to find and I want a lot for when I go out of Indonesia next month.
My luck was in and I came home with nearly three hundred.
Now THAT has proved to be a worthwhile investment indeed.
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Nando H, 
Albert Camus, and 1 other are discussing. 
rossrightangle 
JazPen 16:21 on August 22, 2016 Permalink |
You really like to upset pc people, dont you?
I laughed at this not so much because its funny but just imagining the pc crowd gasping when they read it.
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Albert Camus 09:14 on August 24, 2016 Permalink |
You are about the only person online attempting to justify why this evil drug should not be taxed out of existence. If I didn’t know better, I would guess you were some kind of shill for big tobacco. Or you prefer the status quo where single cigarettes are sold outside of schools and billions of dollars are lost from the economy treating smoking-related illness and the attendant loss of productive workers to said diseases. The trend is now irreversible and countries are realizing the benefits of doing what Australia did long ago and raising prices beyond what is affordable to people who would otherwise be addicted to nicotine. And as for your pathetic attempt to once again slander the LGBTI community, how would you like people to start taking an interest in what you and other consenting adults do between your own four walls?
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ross1948 15:09 on August 24, 2016 Permalink |
Pathetic?
What’s pathetic is hiding behind a famous person’s name instead of identifying yourself so normal people in Jakarta know you are a pro-homo protagonist.
I don’t make a fuss about what ‘consenting adults’ do within (not’between’) their own four walls. It’s when they behave grossly in public and demand access to the wrong toilets, and access to defenceless children, that I object.
You don’t, because you think that’s fine.
As for addiction, I have been smoking on and off for more years than you have probably had hot dinners. When I ran my marathons, I’d stop for several months beforehand, then light up once I crossed the finish line, because I like to smoke. It’s called self-discipline.
You pretend to know me, but I honestly doubt we have ever met. I’d recall somebody so lacking in any sense of fun. If you wish to continue this debate, use your own name or get stuffed.
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ross1948 15:09 on August 24, 2016 Permalink |
Nando H 11:47 on August 24, 2016 Permalink |
Go to Alfamart quickly, where the prices are still same like last month.
It is crazy to make price rise like this.
Every year we all expect thing go more expensive but maybe 5percent, not HUGE!
Very funny the way you write the story.
Thanks to you.,
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