So there came Saturday, and with it, a need to relax my eyes, so I watched a little TV. Yeah, like that would help relax my eyes…………………anyway, switched on to Channel 1 MTV, and found them showing some movie about a group of people trying to blow up a boat and steal some gold.
So there I was watching the movie and (trying) to read the newspapers at the same time. Suddenly when I turned to the TV, the screen was blotted out, the way it is when there’s something naughty going on :), you know what I mean………..but it was strange…I was quite sure that those people weren’t in a situation where they could………….you know……….but my doubts were erased after this came on screen…….’This is due to the Governments regulations on Alcohol and Tobacco’……..??????
So, so, so Mahinda’s getting tough on drinking and smoking :)…….well personally I don’t drink or smoke and don’t believe in trying to ‘impress’ people or ‘feel relieved’ by drinking and smoking and think they’re a load of crap.
So confused and amused, and annoyed, because I never heard of these regulations creeping into TV sets, I tuned on to (urrghhhhh..) Swarnavahini, something which I never normally do……..so anyway there was some crappy movie with some crappy Sinhala actors in it. After watching for sometime, there was some idiot smoking his heart out in plain view of everybody watching……what the hell……….?
Are MTV and Sirasa trying to seem overly obedient towards the Government? Or did Swarnavahini not get the message? Has the Government imposed these so called ‘regulations’ only on English movies?
What the crap is the Government up to now???
Going back to the regulations, has the Gov finally gone nuts??? Who the hell hasn’t seen someone smoking, or drinking? Haven’t children seen it all the time, and they will continue to, at parties and functions, and weddings, where all their parent’s know to do is drink, drink, and drink some more..
These regulations affect the viewing of a television show or movie where there was, is, and always will be drinking and smoking on screen………..these blot outs will become a nuisance to TV viewers in general if they continue………….
There are many ways that the Government can use to rid Sri Lanka of these vices, like BANNING them for example or taxing them into oblivion……….
Is there no end to the discrimination towards the English speaking population in Sri Lanka? Can’t the Government find another way to defeat drinking and smoking?
Am I speaking to MTV? Or to the Government?
Dude… this is typical MTV/Sirasa behavior… they have achieved their objective… ppl like you react like and say stuff like “has the government gone crazy”. I am sure the government has not asked them to censor these kind of scenes… but I very well remember them (some past government) putting a ban on smoking and consuming of alcohol being shown on local teledaramas etc
Okay, but what about, ‘Are MTV and Sirasa trying to seem overly obedient towards the Government?’, ‘Am I speaking to MTV? Or to the Government?’
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