lets talk about.... liberalism.....!!!

[Guest guest]

Dear Friends

let me bring forth another issue... which I feel is a very interesting

issue to discuss...

this morning, I read an article in the Times of India which was about

the proposed ban on smoking on the screen, I agreed with the questions

raised in the article... whether just imposing a smoking ban on the

screen would dissuade people from smoking, or if actors are shown

smoking on screen woud encourage people to do so.... check the article

at the following link:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1636360.cms

I believe that the government should be responsible for controllling

whats on the screen, but I think that they should be responsible only

partially.... they cannot be self appointed keepers or morality in the

society. I would think that imposing silly restrictions on the

directors like they cannot show actors smoking would not help control

the people from smoking......in turn there should be long term

campaigns for the same.It is plain stupid to think that smoking on the

screen would help control the tobacco addiction in the country, I dont

think my Dad would stop smoking because Shahrukh Khan does not smoke

on the screen anymore. The same governemt, the " keepers or morality "

are overlooking the vulgur suggestive remixes on the music channels. I

think that whatever the government would do, some " taboo " topics would

still persist.... we have single moms, widows, homosexuality, HIV +

people... there is very less social acceptance and awareness for these

people, and these subjects are still not discussed openly by our

society, even when we are 6 years in the 21st century. I think that

now its high time, that the goverment and Indian media gets

progressive and tries to broaden the outlook of the people and help

removing social taboos, instead of obsessing and imposing regressive

regulations like smoking ban, etc.....

cheers

Ameet 1993

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Ameet Chimote

BMS PhD program, Year 3

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