Expensive Kisses

I was really amused to see an article and a discussion forum dedicated to "Kissing in Public" and the fines associated with them.

It seems that in Delhi, the fine has been hiked 10 times to Rs. 500.

What is amusing is that when we have such serious problems in the society, we give so much importance to a topic which is not a really issue of mind-boggling proportions.

The viewpoints of the readers to the discussion on rediff a couple of days back are even better - some say that the Moral police are going too far, some feel that they may be right but a bit strict, some feel that it should be much more and people will actually not mind paying to get a kiss...

The best was the response (in green) to one of the below (in blue)

Subject: whats wrong !

hi readers, whats wrong in lip locking as long as both the partners are ready. its their lips if r happy to do why shud others bother. as for family places like parks, then couples do such things in private places so they dont seee such ppl. but keeping fine on couples is too much. i m totally against it ??

u cant control urself just becoz someone is watching u. at home parents dont allow, outside police threaten u with fines so where do couple go and do their romance ?? its totally fair to lock lips. i m part of it and in my city there is no such restriction. yash.

Posted by yashasvi on 20-APR-06

RE:whats wrong !

Hey Baby, In which city you are living?

Posted by pankaj on 20-APR-06

I was laughing my heart out - imagine putting a response like that to a girl in a public forum. One could argue that this is indecent but it cracked me up :) :) and come to think of it, it was a smart one-liner :)