Politics of banning Coca-cola

By John Cheeran
Marxists in Kerala want to ban Coca-cola and other bottled drinks.
The reason for Left Democratic Front' demand for the ban is the poisonous content in Coca-cola and Pepsi as per the findings of a Delhi based agency.
The same agency had come up with similar findings earlier also but then Coca-cola and Pepsi went on to argue that such poisonous stuff are well with in the limits.
Whatever it is, all over India and all over world, a large number of people drink Coca-cola and Pepsi..
And it has been pointed out that Europe has much stricter codes for drinks such as Coca-cola and Pepsi, and some say that Indian bottled drinks will not pass the tests by European agencies.
All that is fine. If people still prefer to drink poisonous Coca-cola and Pepsi it is their choice.
There has not been a single case of poisoned death owing to drinking Coca-cola and Pepsi, anywhere in the world. It is true that lots of Coke bottles have been found with extraneous matters with in the bottle.
Consumer has a right to have unadulterated drink and it is the responsibility of Coke and Pepsi to provide drinks without impure elements. Kerala's government should be able to provoke Coke authorities stricter quality control at their bottling plants.
Instead, to introduce blanket bans on Coke and Pepsi would be a ridiculous move.
If Coke is poisonous what about arrack and liquor?
I love my drink but everyone knows that how dangerous can booze become if it crosses your intake level. Drunken driving is widely recognized as the major killer all over the world, not just in Kerala. The world is yet to report someone having lost his mind just by drinking Coke.
Still world and even Kerala has not banned booze.
It would be foolish to deny man and woman the pleasures of spirit.
So why you want to deny Coke and Pepsi drinkers, who happen to be the younger generation, their pleasure?
Before banning Coke, Marxists should ban cigarettes and booze which are much more damaging to health than Coke and Pepsi.
And on the other side of the coin, all politicians in India have failed in their basic task of giving the masses potable water.
If the agency that tested Coke and Pepsi is to test the water the majority of Indians are drinking in cities and countryside, the result will shock us.
The levels of poison content, and the levels of germs in the water that majority of Indians drink should have finished them off already, going by the academic research.
Comrades, let us order pure drinking water for all of us.
If you can't ensure that, please give us our daily Coke.