"East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet", said good old Rudyard Kipling decades ago.
What can be a "career booster" in West can prove to be a career-and-life-ruiner in East.
A "home-made video" of an Iranian actress has caused outrage among her compatriots.
She has been dubbed Iran's Paris Hilton after appearing in a sex video on the internet.
But while Paris's exploits propelled her to worldwide stardom, Zahra Amir Ebrahimi faces ruin, a public lashing and even a jail term.
Ebrahimi is one of the best-known actresses in the strict Islamic country and made the 20-minute sex tape privately with her boyfriend on a camcorder at the flat they shared two years ago.
Unbeknown to her, it was posted on the internet and widely released as a DVD - angering millions in Iran.
Her boyfriend, who has not been named by the authorities in Tehran, is suspected of
distributing the material illegally.
He has fled to Dubai and if caught and returned, faces three years in jail and a £6,000 fine for offending public morality.
Anent such acts of "mischievous" nature, George Bernard Shaw had remarked:
"They are the amusements of boys and girls. They are pardonable up to the age of 50 or 60: After that they are ridiculous."
But Iranian authorities have no sense of humor to appreciate the seriousness of Shaw's suggestion.
Here is the video link for that.
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