Welcome to Bangladesh, a country of hypocrites. Sometimes i wonder why the hell we were paired with the pakis when the Brits decided to carve up the Indian empire. Ostensibly it was because we were both majority muslim nations. But that really wasn't the reason. Its the deep hypocritical bond we share with our muslim "brothers" that the brits in their cunning wisdom understood. And so India was spared the ridiculous hypocrisy of my dear motherland.We are a muslim nation and we don't drink. Oh no, wait. Its not that we don't drink, we're not allowed to drink. By law. Forget the fact that this is a democratic nation and you technically become an adult once you're 18. Apparently that just means you can pay your own taxes and that you can get married. It does not mean you can drink when you want to. Because its forbidden in our religion.
First of all i have a problem with a state of religion. My identity is not defined by my religion. I have no problems with people who do identify themselves by their faith, but i don't. And i should have the right not to. But somehow the powers that be have decided they can decide on my behalf and now i am forced to have my religion as my identity. And this is extremely maddening because first of all i hate other people assuming they can choose on my behalf on matters which do not concern them. And secondly the powers that be, the powerful politicians, the rich businessmen, the industrialists, the army people, the police, the policy makers ALL DRINK!!!
Yes i am generalizing and yes there are a lot of people who don't, but i believe the number of people in the categories i have just mentioned who drink far outweigh the number of people who don't drink. I have been privileged to grow up with people whose parents, uncles etc are people of power and i KNOW they drink. And yet these same people blindly bind the country and the normal people to outmoded religious dictum like drinking is a sin in God's eyes.
I have also been privileged to come in contact with people from lower stratas of life, the poor, the middle class, the mofoshshol, the artist, the doctor, the engineer, the rickshaw puller, the bus driver and you know what? THEY ALL DRINK AS WELL. I have a feeling that if we do a survey, it will be found that fully 70% of the adult population of our glorious nation are fond of a drink or two. So come on...why the hell is drinking illegal in this country? Everyone's doing it anyways! its not like crime and indecency will increase once drinking is made legal. The social degradation occurring is as bad as it gets and will not be rejuvenated because people are now drinking openly. And i actually believe that if we do legalize alcohol, people will find an escape from the frustrating life that most of us live.
But the thing that bugs me most is that the people who run the economy, the country are all alcohol connoisseurs. So what gives them the right to drink when they want to and at the same time make it illegal for us to drink when we want to?
Who do you think you are, you social elite double standard people?
I've just returned from my trip to cox's bazaar. It is one of the most beautiful beaches i have been to. I go every year and i love it. And yet tourists from all over the world are not flocking there. Why? Because tourists won't come if they can't drink. We are literally losing out on millions of tourist income simply because we think its bad form to drink because Islam forbids it.
Well, i believe religion is a personal thing and it should be MY choice whether i want to drink or not, not some bloody mullah's.
Once again the new year has come around and everyone is frantically running after getting alcohol and the police are planning on raiding parties etc. What fun. we live in the dark fucking ages. where we do as they say and not as they do. Where hypocrisy is a way of life.
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dude u got the spelling wrong, as dr. ross would say!
why is the US president is blind to the color blue or is unable to inhale?
Hi there,
Sad to hear that you feel its the norm, not the exception.
So dislodge Islam as the state religion so people can drink in peace (and at least develop some taste, an official local industry ... and generate jobs... think of all the microfinanced distilleries that folks would pursue) and all problem will evapourate?
I think not. Parts of Bangladesh that think of themselves as elites for some reason behave much like their comrades in other demographically muslim places. I think thats just life.
Reminds me of one now deceased old school journalist told me in his mufoshol house. 'Eije democracy nao, shundor shundor meyeder-shathe ghumau.'
i wish you would go a little deeper then saying you're sad i feel this way. Of course you would feel sad. We are a Muslim country. And i'm saying lets legalize alcohol in a Muslim country. Anyone in this country would find it sad, because thats the "right thing to do".
And this is in no way a slight to your journalist friend who is deceased (my condolences), but man do journalists looove to drink!!
fugster didnt get the post at all. i'm very sad at that! his reaction strengthens shakib's argument. look at the level of hypocrisy!
Shakib: I've just returned from my trip to cox's bazaar. It is one of the most beautiful beaches i have been to. I go every year and i love it. And yet tourists from all over the world are not flocking there. Why? Because tourists won't come if they can't drink. We are literally losing out on millions of tourist income simply because we think its bad form to drink because Islam forbids it.
Tourists from ALL OVER THE WORLD don't come to Cox's Bazar because drinking is not allowed therein? Then what's stopping tourists from other Muslim countries who don't share your fondness of alcohol from visiting Cox's Bazar, or Bangladesh for that matter?
I am Bangladeshi, I don't drink, and I practice my faith. Despite these qualities, I've been to places like Thailand, Singapore, USA and UK several times, AS A TOURIST. What is alcohol that attracted me to these places? Nope. Likewise, what makes you think that if alcohol is legalized in Bangladesh, one of the most corrupt and impoverished countries in the world, tourists will come in throngs?
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