Thanks to the constant development of information and communication techniques, cinematographic productions are more and more attractive in the same way as television programs whose signals are captured in most African countries which always have as a point of reference in terms of quality production, countries equipped with technology allowing them in particular to transmit in a constantly innovative way, information and programs which arouse the attention of the masses to the point of having become the best means of bringing the African consumers in particular to adhere to ideologies that do not correspond to the values advocated in their cultural context.
The best way to convince an African country to join a cause that goes against its cultural values would therefore be to get it to see the benefits of an foreign culture, through media whose power of attractiveness is constantly optimized by the quality of well-thought-out work which benefits both from the positive assent of a seduced consumer, and from the absence of censorship measures from public authorities to better deploy itself.
The consumer is content to consume. He takes pleasure in contemplating, admiring and gradually adopting, consciously or unconsciously, habits in contradiction with the African context.
Homophobic State and State in which public power is subject to the rules of law: what are the differences?
The firm manner in which certain television programs with homosexual tendencies are banned in Africa and in Cameroon in particular, can lead one to think that the countries where these measures are taken are homophobic States when this is not the case. This point of view cannot be doubted simply because a gang of individuals had to harm the physical integrity of a person accused of being homosexual, or because the law of the country in question punishes homosexual acts. Everything still depends on the conception we have of the term homophobic. There is a difference between a homophobic State and State in which public power is subject to the rules of law. The homophobe has contempt and hostility towards homosexuals to the point of wanting them dead. A State governed by the rule of law has the duty to ensure the physical integrity of all citizens without exception while punishing common law crimes, that is to say, prohibited or reprehensible acts. Anyone who is homophobic and who do bad to a homosexual is himself liable to imprisonment, as is the person he has physically attacked, obviously if it is proven with supporting evidence that this person has truly committed a reprehensible act in a particular context or a particular country.
Why sanction television programs that promote homosexual tendencies?
The goal of the African people in the majority and Cameroonians in particular is to preserve, through the firm actions taken by their leaders, the cultural fundamentals that have always been, while respecting what others are already ready to accept at home. Defenders of the homosexual cause invest more in visibility because they know that this is how they will reach the greatest number of people or manage to tame mentalities that are too introverted for their taste. They act on the basis of international law ratified by African States without taking into account specific law. The fact of ratifying an international clause does not take away a State's sovereignty. If we can afford, depending on our means, to broadcast television programs with homosexual tendencies throughout the world, we must also accept the fact that a State has the right or even the duty not to authorize the broadcast of programs which could constitute an obstacle to the rational evolution of local cultures.
Protection of TV or media: a mutual responsibility
Today, for better profitability of film productions, we are no longer only concerned with sales, but also with piracy and the harmful influences that a program could have on a particular population. Hence the presence on the one hand of indications aimed at preventing certain sensitivities from being offended during or following a program, and on the other hand, the resurgence of slogans such as "protect your TV" so as not to allow certain individuals to benefit financially and illegally from the work of others.
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We are therefore all called upon to fight to prevent the progression of fraudulent and confusing activities. It is this same protectionist attitude that an authority can demonstrate by deciding that it no longer wants certain channels or programs to be broadcast on its Territory. When a channel is broadcast in a Territory, it becomes the TV of the State in which it is broadcast because the sector is regulated by a competent authority. Consequently, it (the authority) has the right and the duty to ask or even order its partners additional protection measures to prevent the propagation and adoption of homosexual tendencies.
Africans and Cameroonians in particular do not, and should not, claim to be purists or lesson-givers. Such a claim would be misleading and of no use. The most important thing is to have public authorities which particularly support local and even international cultural works, while particularly helping local promoters by allocating them more resources in order to continue to promote quality cinematographic works which do not promote homosexuality and even less homophobic attitudes.
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