Bootlegging alive and kicking in Peshawar.

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Re: Bootlegging alive and kicking in Peshawar.

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its not useless, it limits the amount of people drinking and its symbolic statement of the view of the majority. its not just in peshawar that a drinker may find trouble. sharaab is not accepted in pakistan. i know the leaders drink, i know the sports people drink, i know the druggies drink. pakistanis on the whole will not accept it and i applaud that. the society doesnt need this type of crap thrown in.

banned substances and narcotics are consumed throughout the world for a variety of reasons. eg rebellions, self haters, alternative lifestylers and ‘feshiony’. this really isnt a reason to uturn on required laws.

everything can be debated but i must admit i think something is wrong or personal with your view, does someone close to you drink?

Yaar I dont advocate drinking, and as far as I know no one in my family drinks, although I suspect a few have even if they dont admit it… Thats common in every family.. Still, even people who drink in Pakistan will admit that what they do is wrong, so the question of who drinks in your family is irrelevant since everyone recognizes it as a negative thing.
My point is, as far as usefulness goes, banning things has the opposite effect. People are rebelious by nature… The best way to control something is to make it so its out in the open… To say that the ban on Alcahol is nothing more then symbolism is a cop out. Islam didnt make Alcahol haram for the symbolism of it…
To truly control the evils of alcaholism, you have to make it legal so that it can be regulated… If that were the case then even I would support busting illegal alcahol rings… I tell you this, if alcahol was legally available, there would be fewer people drinking, because they couldnt get away with it.
But if Symbolism is all Pakistanis want then so be it… But lets condemn such gratuitous behavior adopted by the religous police and self appointed Islamic vigalantes of the NWFP…