Here’s the news story( courtesy Rediff) - https://rediff.com/news/2007/jun/21mp.htm
I was under the impression that HLL stood for Hindustan Lever Limited which marketed harmless products like soaps and toothpastes(al beit in reduced volumes of-late). It seems there’s another HLL - Hindustan Latex Limited, which sells Latex stuff ( what else?). The type that’s supposed to stop us snatching No. 1 position from China, the only field where we are outdoing our big bad neighbor in production.
It appears they also gave away Vibrator Rings free with the Condom, ostensibly as a measure to further control the population. But, apparently our Holy Cow(sh*t) politicians find a problem with that.
Yes. The same politicians that replaced photos of their wives with that of other women to illegally smuggle women to other countries. Yes, the same torch-bearers of morality are concerned that the sale of Vibrator rings will undermine the moral fabric of a country renowned for it’s heritage of Kajuraho and Kama Sutra.
[ Quote ] "The vibrating ring should be withdrawn from the market forthwith as it is bound to have harmful effect, mainly on youngsters, " state CPI-M secretary Bahadur Singh Dhakad said. "Condoms should always be used as a preventive measure for birth control. HLL [Get Quote] should be served a notice." [Unquote]
*What our honorable secretary Dhakkan [Dhakad] doesn’t understand is Condoms also helps prevent truck drivers from contracting AIDS in drive-by brothels. It also prevents unwanted teenage pregnancies while the hormone-ladens youngsters experiment with various facets of Truth [ experimenting with Truth is not reserved for Gandhis only, YET!]
’Vibrating rings having harmful effects on youngsters’. Come on, stop kidding! I would’ve agreed if you had said’Smoking pot is bad’ or something. This is plain stupid. For Ganga-Maiyyas-sake they weren’t distributing dildos - whose assiduous usage could create asinine problems. What further harm can happen to youngsters, by now, used to seeing mainstream heroines getting curvature-sniffed on all major TV channels 24/7?
*[ Quote ] Expressing similar worries, senior SPI leader Anand Prakash Pandey sought quick steps to stop its sale saying family planning and preventive measures do not seem to be its motto. [Unquote]
Mr. Panda [ pandey], get down from your tree and smell the coffee. Condoms are only 99% safe as per international estimates. There’s always 1% chance that they may rupture, bringing about a rapture with the boy missing mysteriously thereafter.
Where as’Vibrator Ring’ is 100% safe. Na Bajegaa Been Na Bajegi Baansuri.
[Quote] Since the ring was imported from China, the role of the customs department was also questionable.
*"It seizes sex toys worth crores of rupees smuggled into the country, " Vijayvergiya said. [Unquote]
WHAT’s happening with those seized toys? Huge godowns need to be in place to keep them hoarded safely away from the susceptible populace, innit? I have neither seen any such godowns nor seen customs guys destroy the goods by trampling them by elephants [ the tactic employed sometime back to destroy pirated CDs]. The perks of being a Customs official!
*[Quote] Claiming that the sex toy has been’promoted in the form of condoms’, he said ’the users guide in the sex toy advises men to use it directly without condom for self pleasure’. [Unquote]
Does anyone needs to be told that? What’s it? Dummies Guide to SEX?! [ Shameless plug - I have penned the sole review on that book ]
*[Quote] "As per available statistics, a market of Rs 40, 000 crore exists in the world for sex toys. At a time when international sex toys manufacturers and suppliers would be eyeing the Indian market, where it is banned, it is a matter of regret that a company of your government, HLL, which was awarded the Miniratna, has fallen pray to it", he said. [Unquote]
Rs. 40, 000 crores market! What shall I say? Too many frustos! Yuck Yuck Tsk Tsk(copy-righted hereafter along with Ho Ho Ho ].
Miniratna? What’s that? I had heard only about Bharat Ratna, mostly awarded to undeserving individuals. If the Government does institute such an award, Mallika Sherawats and Bipasha Basus have the first claim to it, for wearing clothes that protect only minority portions of their assets.
Enough said! The system sucks. People blame politicians. Politicians suck [blood too]. What happened to’WE the People’? If we don’t protest such assaults on our’Freedom of Expression’ [ or is it’Freedom of Suppression’?] , who else will? Slimeball politicians? It’s pathetic. We find time to protest against Cartoons, while ignoring such blatant attacks on our Freedoms! Any surprsises that we have become cartoons in the eyes of the rest of the world?
We should cancel the Parliament, and declare Vijaykant as our Prime Minister plus Rajini Sir as our President for life [ instead of that Pratibha-Who ]
*If that’s not possible, 100% seats ought to be Reserved for minorities that sport foot-long moustaches