Comments on: Booze to become expensive: Has Ramadoss gone mad? http://metronow.wordpress.com/2008/04/29/booze-to-become-expensive-has-ramadoss-gone-mad/ Your Delhi Dose Tue, 06 Oct 2009 21:50:14 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Mahesh Kumar http://metronow.wordpress.com/2008/04/29/booze-to-become-expensive-has-ramadoss-gone-mad/#comment-74 Mahesh Kumar Tue, 06 May 2008 15:36:47 +0000 http://metronow.wordpress.com/?p=26#comment-74 Mahesh Kumar E-Mail: maheshkumar0909@gmail.com Ph.41513557, 23417413 Kolaba Chambers, C-25/5, Connaught Place, New Delhi 110 001 Dated: May6, 2008 The Editor-Letters Metro Now Dear Editor, Our Health Minister Mr. Ramadoss acting in Bollywood style –for publicity-as film people do –to remain in limelight and criticizing Bollywood stars! If smoking and drinking scenes are so harmful –is not the fact that in actual life these products are most harmful than why instead of asking film stars to do such scenes , the government ban the production of these two items in India( ? ) and lose the revenue. Can our commercial government do so? Further, drinking wine / alcohol is health hazard. So why in metro cities the local government has own selling liquor shops and why bars are allowed in clubs and hotels etc. Yours faithfully, (Mahesh Kumar) Mahesh Kumar E-Mail: maheshkumar0909@gmail.com
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Dated: May6, 2008

The Editor-Letters
Metro Now

Dear Editor,

Our Health Minister Mr. Ramadoss acting in Bollywood style –for publicity-as film people do –to remain in limelight and criticizing Bollywood stars! If smoking and drinking scenes are so harmful –is not the fact that in actual life these products are most harmful than why instead of asking film stars to do such scenes , the government ban the production of these two items in India( ? ) and lose the revenue. Can our commercial government do so?
Further, drinking wine / alcohol is health hazard. So why in metro cities the local government has own selling liquor shops and why bars are allowed in clubs and hotels etc.

Yours faithfully,

(Mahesh Kumar)

]]> By: SHOUVANIK DEY http://metronow.wordpress.com/2008/04/29/booze-to-become-expensive-has-ramadoss-gone-mad/#comment-45 SHOUVANIK DEY Thu, 01 May 2008 09:35:39 +0000 http://metronow.wordpress.com/?p=26#comment-45 Yes, certainly Dr Ramadoss has lost his psychological stability. Ramadoss has been losing numerous battles on his anti-tobacco front, like when he got a rude shock when his plan of implementation of pictorial warnings on cigarettes was to a degree run down by a few ministers. But that did not make him focus his attention towards the introduction of anti-smoking drugs in the country, which could have been a great success if launched on a scale similar to the Polio Eradication programme. Instead he thought it better to shift his focus on liquor to cover up his failure. & then he comes up with a great idea, mounting the taxes on liquor, at a time when the country is bleeding under colossal inflation. Taking Ramadoss’ example of Australiaone should also take note that Australian liquor laws are much less repressive than India, their per capita income is $37,500 as against India’s income of $2,700, as well as they have well over 40 varieties of alcohol brands to choose from. In this country, his laws can lead to two scenarios Scenario 1- One cannot impede a drunkard from being drunk, but due to the current level of taxes at least a few people are able to buy high-quality alcohol which is to a great extent better than the local brands. His plans will increase the use of local brands, thus increasing the number of cancer cases & other health problems. Or consider another scenario, drunkards do not compromise on their drinking habits, as a result their household is under more monetary pressure, which other members of the family will have to bear upon themselves. & for the young girls (who are immensely rich too) he is talking about, it wont stop them from consumption of liquor but will improve their status among their peers as they’re among those who have enough money to splurge on a high-end alcohol brand. Whatever Mr Ramadoss does, he does in surfeit; ponder about his fury on the Bangalore Cricket Team due to the insertion of the term “Royal” in their name, so even the Rajasthan team has it. So why not prohibit both the cricket teams from playing, as it is IPL is bad for health as it is making many people stick to their TV sets in place of working. So are we expecting an Anti-IPL Campaign in the near future? Though his objective is good, however Dr Ramadoss should keep in mind that such campaigns are not executed by whims & fancies but proper planning. He should rather implement restrictive measures like regulating the amount of alcohol going into a particular household in place of mindless preventive measures. Shouvanik Dey Delhi Yes, certainly Dr Ramadoss has lost his psychological stability. Ramadoss has been losing numerous battles on his anti-tobacco front, like when he got a rude shock when his plan of implementation of pictorial warnings on cigarettes was to a degree run down by a few ministers.

But that did not make him focus his attention towards the introduction of anti-smoking drugs in the country, which could have been a great success if launched on a scale similar to the Polio Eradication programme.

Instead he thought it better to shift his focus on liquor to cover up his failure. & then he comes up with a great idea, mounting the taxes on liquor, at a time when the country is bleeding under colossal inflation. Taking Ramadoss’ example of Australiaone should also take note that Australian liquor laws are much less repressive than India, their per capita income is $37,500 as against India’s income of $2,700, as well as they have well over 40 varieties of alcohol brands to choose from.

In this country, his laws can lead to two scenarios

Scenario 1- One cannot impede a drunkard from being drunk, but due to the current level of taxes at least a few people are able to buy high-quality alcohol which is to a great extent better than the local brands. His plans will increase the use of local brands, thus increasing the number of cancer cases & other health problems.

Or consider another scenario, drunkards do not compromise on their drinking habits, as a result their household is under more monetary pressure, which other members of the family will have to bear upon themselves.

& for the young girls (who are immensely rich too) he is talking about, it wont stop them from consumption of liquor but will improve their status among their peers as they’re among those who have enough money to splurge on a high-end alcohol brand.

Whatever Mr Ramadoss does, he does in surfeit; ponder about his fury on the Bangalore Cricket Team due to the insertion of the term “Royal” in their name, so even the Rajasthan team has it. So why not prohibit both the cricket teams from playing, as it is IPL is bad for health as it is making many people stick to their TV sets in place of working. So are we expecting an Anti-IPL Campaign in the near future?

Though his objective is good, however Dr Ramadoss should keep in mind that such campaigns are not executed by whims & fancies but proper planning.
He should rather implement restrictive measures like regulating the amount of alcohol going into a particular household in place of mindless preventive measures.

Shouvanik Dey
Delhi

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