Heights of Stupidity
It often leaves one gasped if you think how stupid our men get to make the headlines.
Recently, an exhibition was organised in Chennai by Pasumai Thayagam - an off shoot of PMK (Paataali Makkal Katchi) to create awareness about obesity. Well and good. This needs to be applauded. But good things stopped here. Through the placards at the event venue and through the speeches, Pasumai Thayagam charged that actresses Aishwarya Rai & Trisha were promoting obesity in the country and one guy even went to the extent of demanding their ban/arrest.
If you are wondering what is the connection between these damsels and obesity, the party reasons that they endorse products (Aish Rai features in Coca Cola ads & Trisha in Perk adverts) that cause obesity. How does it sound? In the first place, there is no proven fact that all those overweight persons around are treating themselves with Coke & Perk. Even if we were to accept that there is a link between those products and obesity, what logic does it hold to target the models endorsing those products?
In fact, an organisation or political party picking on individuals for doing something for a living well within the parameters of law is tantamount to trampling on individual freedom. If the politicians are so concerned about more people consuming those undesirable products, they can seek a ban on the advertisement of such goods, whatever they are. Haven't we banned liquor ads? The irony of all ironies is that the leader of this group - Pasumai Thayagam - is the Union Health Minister (Dr. Anbumani Ramadoss) and if they really want to do something about the unhealthy food products in the market, it is well within their powers to do so. Instead, targetting these two actresses to create an impression that country's obeisty problem is caused by them, it only smacks of an attempt at gaining cheap publicity and make its presence felt.
If you think it is one of the usual bluff statements by a political party, be reminded that PMK is very much capable of taking this stupidity to dangerous proportions. One could see the way it arm twists the mandarins of Kollywood into giving Tamil titles to Tamil movies. That film makers consult the PMK top brass on their film titles suggest how serious these guys can get. If this party tells actors and actresses what to do - like not to model for Coke & Perk, this stupid-but-violent party could very well cross all the limits and have a say in the story, cast etc. Sooner this party is curbed, the better it is, for everyone.
Recently, an exhibition was organised in Chennai by Pasumai Thayagam - an off shoot of PMK (Paataali Makkal Katchi) to create awareness about obesity. Well and good. This needs to be applauded. But good things stopped here. Through the placards at the event venue and through the speeches, Pasumai Thayagam charged that actresses Aishwarya Rai & Trisha were promoting obesity in the country and one guy even went to the extent of demanding their ban/arrest.
If you are wondering what is the connection between these damsels and obesity, the party reasons that they endorse products (Aish Rai features in Coca Cola ads & Trisha in Perk adverts) that cause obesity. How does it sound? In the first place, there is no proven fact that all those overweight persons around are treating themselves with Coke & Perk. Even if we were to accept that there is a link between those products and obesity, what logic does it hold to target the models endorsing those products?
In fact, an organisation or political party picking on individuals for doing something for a living well within the parameters of law is tantamount to trampling on individual freedom. If the politicians are so concerned about more people consuming those undesirable products, they can seek a ban on the advertisement of such goods, whatever they are. Haven't we banned liquor ads? The irony of all ironies is that the leader of this group - Pasumai Thayagam - is the Union Health Minister (Dr. Anbumani Ramadoss) and if they really want to do something about the unhealthy food products in the market, it is well within their powers to do so. Instead, targetting these two actresses to create an impression that country's obeisty problem is caused by them, it only smacks of an attempt at gaining cheap publicity and make its presence felt.
If you think it is one of the usual bluff statements by a political party, be reminded that PMK is very much capable of taking this stupidity to dangerous proportions. One could see the way it arm twists the mandarins of Kollywood into giving Tamil titles to Tamil movies. That film makers consult the PMK top brass on their film titles suggest how serious these guys can get. If this party tells actors and actresses what to do - like not to model for Coke & Perk, this stupid-but-violent party could very well cross all the limits and have a say in the story, cast etc. Sooner this party is curbed, the better it is, for everyone.
posted by Indian Voter at 10:28:00 PM
3 Comments:
Hi,
This guy has been a bane on Tamilnadu.... and one other guy who had been a bane on India is Laloo...they cannot do governance...all they know is politics..... that too as jagan told... cheap politics
Jagan:: Thanks for visiting.. I think it would be worth the effort to have a sattirical blog on Ramdoss. Cheap politics indeed.
Krish:: My next post is on Bihar.. Lalloo, Ramadoss, Paswan et al are bane on our democracy. Do keep visiting..
I detest both these PMK and DPI to such a large extent that I am not able to discern who`s good and bad among them.
Politics at it`s Cheapest.. I truly agree, Nothing could define them better
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