"Toll in India alcohol tragedy hits 112" by Associated Press | July 11, 2009
AHMADABAD, India - Opposition leaders accused police of abetting bootlegging in western India, saying they were partly responsible for the recent deaths from illegally brewed poisonous liquor. The death toll rose to 112 yesterday....
I'm glad I don't drink.
Most of the victims, who drank the tainted brew Sunday, were slum-dwellers looking for a cheap means of intoxication.
That's not too different from America's slums. We call it rot gut booze.
Ahmadabad is the biggest city in Gujarat, where the sale of all liquor is banned.
You DIDN'T KNOW I was a PROHIBITIONIST, did you, readers?
Hey, if it is GOOD ENOUGH for POT it is good enough for booze!
While the rich rely on liquor smuggled from neighboring states, the poor sneak into clandestinely run shops selling alcohol often spiked with pesticides and chemicals to increase its potency.
Oh, yeah, that will give you ONE HELL of a BUZZ!!!!
On Thursday, hundreds of angry residents protested in the streets, attacking public buses with sticks and hurling stones at police. They burned effigies of Chief Minister Narendra Modi....
Americans would react the same way; in fact, I think screwing with their booze would be the best way to get them to protest.
Lord knows they couldn't care less about the wars.
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