Support And Criticism of Dr. Harshvardhan

In Pulp Fiction, John Travolta’s character says the following: “Now look, I've given a million ladies a million foot massages, and they all meant something”. Now the promiscuous young Indians can pretend that their new found “let it all hang out” attitude with non-stop bed hopping has little more meaning than going from one bar to another, it is their prerogative. However as someone who was twenty a while ago, I would like to tell them that while sex is fun it is not something that meaningless unless you have a sociopathic streak in you. Sex outside of marriage has consequences. I dare the liberals to deny that.

The libertarian in me says that why should I care. If these youngsters want to ruin themselves then it is their problem. If they want to exchange bodily fluids and fall sick then also it is their problem. After all, we do not have socialized medicine so the Indian taxpayer does not have to pay if these promiscuous Indians can get sick with AIDS, HCV or HPV caused cancer. If these people after getting sick do remove themselves from the society and die alone then I am fine with their behavior.

However, none of these morons will ever remove themselves from circulation and spread their disease. Some innocent person will catch their disease by blood transfusion and that is the real travesty. That is when I DO CARE. Now the liberals and the “I love everything western” kind of Indians would have you believe that just wearing a condom is a panacea to all ills then they could not be more wrong. By and large condoms will prevent transmission of HIV or HCV or HPV but it is almost akin to playing Russian roulette with your sexual organ with a millimeter thick latex, prone to rupturing. Of course while having sex, these people stick to straight up intercourse then a condom offers some degree of protection. Most people use condoms to prevent pregnancies and are likely to think that performing oral sex will be fine. JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon has throat cancer and has joined an increasing number of men who are getting throat cancer. The theory behind it is that these men are performing oral sex on people who are infected with HPV. My point is that despite all the so called protection that a condom provides, promiscuous behavior is replete with dangerous possibilities.

Ever since Dr. Harshvardhan came out in support of abstinence, the liberal brigade has spared no effort in mocking him. Thrice married Shashi Tharoor called him out of touch. The author of an article in Firstpost, Pallavi Polanki writes the following about the HM:

Not exactly music to India’s new Health Minister’s ears who has made no secret of his distaste for promotion of condoms and his discomfort with empowering India’s adolescents with information about responsible sexual behavior. The minister’s statements have, expectedly, been roundly criticised by experts as being irresponsible and out of step with the times.

I want to offer support and some criticism of Dr. Harshvardhan’s approach. Unlike HMs so far, he is the first physician to occupy this post. A doctor always errs on the side of caution. That is exactly what he is proposing. After all the traditional Indian way of virgins getting married and staying married till death has no down sight. It is foolproof. Fidelity is the best protection and playing Russian roulette with your penis while wearing a thin piece of latex is an extremely risky proposition at best. Dr. Harshvardhan is absolutely correct on this count. However, a chain is as strong as its weakest link. Traffic is as safe as its worst driver. A society is as safe its worst offender or the biggest idiot. To account for these morons one has to educate every child in ways of sex. In short sex education is actually very important. In fact just like showing a diseased lung or grotesque cancer patients to children to keep them from smoking sex education also has to be taught in the most stark way with all the perils (emotional and physical) of it shown in the most grotesque way. You just cannot sugarcoat it in any way. Definitely Yoga is no solution. This is where the good doctor is wrong. I know it is hard for parents to accept sex education in schools but the alternative is scary. Moreover, if the sex education in schools can scare kids into fidelity and away from promiscuous behavior then it is definitely worth it.

The liberals need to put their point forward without the sarcasm as they are wont to. I am sure that smart man that Dr. Harshvardhan is, will see their point. As far as I am concerned, I would rather listen to someone like Dr. Harshvardhan than Shashi Tharoor on matters of character and behavior. What do you think?

The Firstpost article can be read at: http://www.firstpost.com/india/reality-check-dr-harsh-vardhan-condom-use-booming-india-says-naco-1604717.html?utm_source=FP_HP_CATEGORYRANK