Bearing Resposibilities

We all are born social animals. We need people around us even if we don't actually converse. We undoubtedly leave effect on each others.

Indirectly or directly all our actions relate us and some or the other way we get connected. There has been a new law enacted in Spain to ban smoking in public places. There are many who think that it is an assault on their freedom. How can one lose freedom if they are asked to protect other people from suffering because of their harmful habits?

As the data suggests some 4 people die everyday because of passive smoking and some 160 due to active involvements.

In the above case the enactment of the legislation is to save the ones who are not actually committing any mistakes. The regulation is only to discourage the offenders. No body has asked them to actually quit smoking. But the hue and cry on human liberty and legality still persists.
Aren't the smokers defying the healthy existence of their brethrens who have to stay in vicinity, because they have no choice at times?

In a different, but not quiet unusual event, the society has come together to put a limit to such nuisance.

Belgaum, a district in Karnataka, India was recently in the news for banning alcohol and gutkha in its two entities Balobal and Beerangaddi.
The village panchayat has strictly levied a fine of Rs 5,000 on those who are involved in liquor consumption.

Till date the revolutionists like Sanjeev T have achieved considerable success in discouraging the upsurge of shops selling the illicit items and, consecutively its sale.

Further positive effects include decrease in domestic violence arising out of the unruly behavior of the tottering-teetering drunks and misguiding of the teenagers, who had resorted to spoiling there lives getting habitual to finding out new ways of consumption and insanity.

"I must do something" always solves more problems than "Something must be done."




Sources
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12104056
BangaloreMirror (Pg11), Dec 15, 2010