Blaming the poor actor..!

How convenient! How ridiculously appropriate! A noodle company which has been around for as far as anyone can remember, is suddenly found to have high levels of lead and before you can say Jack Robinson or its Indian corresponding equivalent expression, the poor actor and actresses who advertised for those same noodles are blamed!
And that in our country is how the blame game goes on, while the actual culprit which is the government gets away scot free! Look at the situation, logically: Why are these three actors, one the great Amitabh Bachchan and the others Priety Zinta and Madhuri Dixit being held responsible?
Even as you ponder over this I’ll take you onto a highway, where cars, motor bikes and other traffic are zooming up and down. The roads have been tarred, traffic lanes marked, all so that vehicles can get the maximum out of the road: Speed!
Suddenly a middle aged man darts across the road; there is no road crossing, no pedestrian lights, nothing, but he crosses: A car travelling at the mandatory speed hits him! The man dies! The driver of the car is hauled out, thrashed by the public. The police arrive, arrest him, take him to jail. Next day, newspapers talk about, ‘speeding car’ hitting poor pedestrian!
Suddenly the fellow who should not have been crossing the road at that spot is made the innocent victim of a hostile run over!
The driver, into a monster: Public anger rises and the police to assuage public feeling even slap other charges!
Meanwhile who gets away?
The very authorities who should have been seeing the pedestrian should not have crossed the road at that spot!
The government watches as the very driver to whom they have given the road to drive is arrested for driving on it. As a driver, I know that if a man is crossing a road at the wrong spot, you needn’t be a speeding car to hit him or her.
And in the noodle case, the same is happening: What was the regulatory body for whom a certain part of our taxes go to, doing about checking the lead content of the noodles all these years?
The three actors sponsored the product, thinking the government was doing its job of regulating as much as I drive my car at a given speed thinking the policeman is doing his job!
That’s their duty, what your taxes are paying for, what our votes are supposed to guarantee! We need to ask the government for accountability, not you the driver, not poor Amitabh..!
    
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Blaming the poor actor..!

How convenient! How ridiculously appropriate! A noodle company which has been around for as far as anyone can remember, is suddenly found to have high levels of lead and before you can say Jack Robinson or its Indian corresponding equivalent expression, the poor actor and actresses who advertised for those same noodles are blamed! And that in our country is how the blame game goes on, while the actual culprit which is the government gets away scot free! Look at the situation, logically: Why are these three actors, one the great Amitabh Bachchan and the others Priety Zinta and Madhuri Dixit being held responsible? Even as you ponder over this Ill take you onto a highway, where cars, motor bikes and other traffic are zooming up and down. The roads have been tarred, traffic lanes marked, all so that vehicles can get the maximum out of the road: Speed! Suddenly a middle aged man darts across the road; there is no road crossing, no pedestrian lights, nothing, but he crosses: A car travelling at the mandatory speed hits him! The man dies! The driver of the car is hauled out, thrashed by the public. The police arrive, arrest him, take him to jail. Next day, newspapers talk about, speeding car hitting poor pedestrian! Suddenly the fellow who should not have been crossing the road at that spot is made the innocent victim of a hostile run over! The driver, into a monster: Public anger rises and the police to assuage public feeling even slap other charges! Meanwhile who gets away? The very authorities who should have been seeing the pedestrian should not have crossed the road at that spot! The government watches as the very driver to whom they have given the road to drive is arrested for driving on it. As a driver, I know that if a man is crossing a road at the wrong spot, you neednt be a speeding car to hit him or her. And in the noodle case, the same is happening: What was the regulatory body for whom a certain part of our taxes go to, doing about checking the lead content of the noodles all these years? The three actors sponsored the product, thinking the government was doing its job of regulating as much as I drive my car at a given speed thinking the policeman is doing his job! Thats their duty, what your taxes are paying for, what our votes are supposed to guarantee! We need to ask the government for accountability, not you the driver, not poor Amitabh..! [email protected]