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Sunday, February 11, 2007

This is not a pre-nup. it is a tree-ty

PIL against Aishwarya's marriage with tree:NewKerala.Com

A friend of mine sent me this article in an email with the following thoughts -
....a country that has nukes, a space program and is the largest exporter of software also has one of its premier citizens marrying a tree in order to guarantee marital bliss.....incredible!!!

Now there are some factually incorrect and subjective assertions in that paragraph - largest exporter of software (factually incorrect), "premier citizen" (subjecitve assertion) but that aside i found both the article and my friend's reaction funny.

What Aishwarya Rai or any other citizen in the country does is their business as long as it is not illegal and does not harm fellow citizens. As another friend pointed out marrying a tree is "vegiality" not "beastiality". But, we have this need to make sure that everyone thinks, acts and subscribes to same belief as we do that anything else is appaling.

Now, when did Aishwarya Rai marrying a tree become a matter of public interest and public interest litigation? Boy, that lawyer must be jobless or seeking attention or both. We have folks like LiLo, Paris Hilton and Britney Spears walking around without undies in public here in the US. Apparently, these women are the role models for today's teens. I don't see anyone filling public interest litigation against them in this litigious society.

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