Moral #$^%&

The word which I'm cleverly trying to censor is Police.

"Moral Police" - I've been hearing a fair bit about this nowadays. Didn't really bother about it until it found it's way to Singara Chennai - specifically Marina Beach.

Apparently families, and by that I mean dad with mom and kid, who come to Marina beach for recreation are increasingly encountering heterosexual couples who also visit Marina beach for recreation but of an adult nature. Apparently, a guy and a girl holding hands in public is not allowed. So, obviously, any other part of their anatomy coming into physical contact is also not allowed.

The dad's and the mom's are apparently worried that the sight of a guy and a girl holding hands might have a detrimental effect on the development of their kid. Which makes me wonder, how did the dad and the mom manage to make a kid without going through that exercise ?

Actually, I have a better question.

Which is more likely to happen -

1. a kid watching a guy and a girl kissing on Marina beach, which is open air and rather spread out for one kid to exhaustively cover

or

2. the same kid being taken to watch Ajith's latest flick, Billa, where Nayanthara walks around in a two piece bikini and Namitha clearly has no inhibitions shaking different parts of her anatomy on a 70 mm screen.

I'm sorry but I fail to understand this.

The parents are apparently opposed to PDA. Don't worry - For all you people who are not tech savvy, like me, PDA stands for Public Display of Affection.

First time I heard that acronym, I thought it was some cool hand held device which had some new feature(s) which I couldn't even pronounce let alone understand.

Anyway, parents are obviously comfortable when their kids are exposed to soft porn on a 70 mm screen but they would absolutely not allow their kids to see a guy and a girl sit on the beach holding hands.

The Police has now joined in on this gang bang and are actually warning couples in Marine beach to mind their space and actions.

What next I wonder.

All this bullshit is hypocritical at best and cheap at worst.