livingentity Posted August 31, 2001 Report Share Posted August 31, 2001 Sex and the TV Indian Minister Calls for Cheap TVs to Lower Population Aug. 31 — India is hoping to slow its ever-growing population by giving folks something else to do in the bedroom — in addition to sleep, that is. Call it birth control by the airwaves. At the prodding of its health minister, India has decided to make TV sets cheaper, hoping to keep couples glued to the shows — and away from each other. "Entertainment is an important component of the population policy," the Times of India quoted health minister C.P. Thakur as telling lawmakers in parliament. "We want people to watch television." India population's passed 1 billion in May, and law makers have expressed concern that the country would soon overtake the world's most populous nation, China. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRdd Posted August 31, 2001 Report Share Posted August 31, 2001 FOFLOL!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maitreya Posted September 1, 2001 Report Share Posted September 1, 2001 They can show reruns of I Love Lucy.In those old shows the husband and wife always had separate beds,at least three feet apart with a table in between. Football also, so the wife will be sure to be asleep before the game ends.The husband will forget she exists for three hours, guarunteed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingentity Posted September 1, 2001 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2001 I see one problem with this plan - isn't the electric power sort of iffy in India? I think they need to get the kind of tv that runs on electricity or batteries for this plan to work. Yeah, I love Lucy, Dick VanDyck Show and all those old sitcoms should do the trick. Then there are the cheesy talk shows too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRdd Posted September 1, 2001 Report Share Posted September 1, 2001 But football is the best. I remember my dad watching it and the sound vibration is definitely soporific. As in total mode of ignorance.....zzzzzzzzzz....... (Wouldn't it be easier to finance birth control than providing televisions to everyone? Not that I'm condoning that, but seems like few care about the morals of it anyway anymore. Guess I just am not intelligent to understand the depths of governmental policies.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingentity Posted September 1, 2001 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2001 I cannot tolerate football because of the past trauma of watching a grown-man (my step-father)reduced to a screeching maniac every Sunday afternoon! I sort of thought the same thing about the birth-control thing - it actually seems that tv would give people ideas! Not to mention the cost! Go figure! Originally posted by JRdd: But football is the best. I remember my dad watching it and the sound vibration is definitely soporific. As in total mode of ignorance.....zzzzzzzzzz....... (Wouldn't it be easier to finance birth control than providing televisions to everyone? Not that I'm condoning that, but seems like few care about the morals of it anyway anymore. Guess I just am not intelligent to understand the depths of governmental policies.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atma Posted September 2, 2001 Report Share Posted September 2, 2001 Indira Gandhi eldest son -Sanjay? had a program were they gave a radio transistor to each man that got operated. I'm kind of sleepy...can't remember the details. Maybe some of our Indian friends can tell this better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sona Posted December 18, 2001 Report Share Posted December 18, 2001 Television instead of Sex, great idea!!! This cannot be serious! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sona Posted December 18, 2001 Report Share Posted December 18, 2001 Television instead of Sex, great idea!!! This cannot be serious! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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