Comments on: Arrest Warrant Issued Against Richard Gere for Kiss http://www.panasianbiz.com/india/arrest-warrant-issued-against/ India, China, Japan, Bollywood, Sports, Live Cricket Streaming Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:15:05 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: C'mon http://www.panasianbiz.com/india/arrest-warrant-issued-against/comment-page-1/#comment-4037 C'mon Fri, 27 Apr 2007 21:30:28 +0000 http://www.panasianbiz.com/?p=4550#comment-4037 <p> We Indians still like Mr Gere. In fact no more than a few dozen people at a time took to the streets burning Mr Gere's effigies and in only four different towns. I am sure you know that India is a country of about a billion people with hundreds of such towns. </p> <p>The judge who issued this warrant works out of a court in small town India and not out of ' New Delhi '. This is not the first time a Public Interest Litigation ( PIL ) application in India has been abused. In a similarly ridiculous attempt, a lawyer had sued a famous cricketer for eating beef! I can assure you no one in India has or will ever go to jail for either eating beef or for kissing someone. This is what Soli Sorabjee, former Attorney General of India had to say about Gere's warrant - "The order is ridiculous. Even if this hugging and kissing was a bit vulgar, it does not amount to obscenity."</p> <p>"They are just seeking publicity," he said.</p> <p>Another senior lawyer called the order "an act of judicial indecency."</p> <p>"This is only for cheap publicity and the magistrate and lawyer should be restrained," Dushyant Dave told the Times of India newspaper.</p> <p>The legal community has in fact slammed this warrant.</p> <p>I am saddened that the American media is sensationalizing this incident by using headlines screaming - " The Kiss that Shocked India " or " Protests Rock India ". Why should the great majority of Indians be made to look retrograde for the actions of a few rascals? </p> <p>By the way have you checked out the Kingfisher Swimsuit Calendar from last year? It's India's answer to the famous Sports Illustrated Swimsuit edition; only the Indian models are less modestly clothed!</p> <p>Regards<br /> </p> We Indians still like Mr Gere. In fact no more than a few dozen people at a time took to the streets burning Mr Gere’s effigies and in only four different towns. I am sure you know that India is a country of about a billion people with hundreds of such towns.

The judge who issued this warrant works out of a court in small town India and not out of ‘ New Delhi ‘. This is not the first time a Public Interest Litigation ( PIL ) application in India has been abused. In a similarly ridiculous attempt, a lawyer had sued a famous cricketer for eating beef! I can assure you no one in India has or will ever go to jail for either eating beef or for kissing someone. This is what Soli Sorabjee, former Attorney General of India had to say about Gere’s warrant – “The order is ridiculous. Even if this hugging and kissing was a bit vulgar, it does not amount to obscenity.”

“They are just seeking publicity,” he said.

Another senior lawyer called the order “an act of judicial indecency.”

“This is only for cheap publicity and the magistrate and lawyer should be restrained,” Dushyant Dave told the Times of India newspaper.

The legal community has in fact slammed this warrant.

I am saddened that the American media is sensationalizing this incident by using headlines screaming – ” The Kiss that Shocked India ” or ” Protests Rock India “. Why should the great majority of Indians be made to look retrograde for the actions of a few rascals?

By the way have you checked out the Kingfisher Swimsuit Calendar from last year? It’s India’s answer to the famous Sports Illustrated Swimsuit edition; only the Indian models are less modestly clothed!

Regards

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