Posted on 02/18/2009 5:18:38 PM PST by nickcarraway
Vasectomy has always been an unpopular operation in the dacoit-infested Chambal district of Madhya Pradesh, but it enjoyed a brief surge in popularity last year.
More than 250 men put their private parts under the surgeon’s knife through 2008; this, in a place where the male sterilisation figure had never reached double figures in the past 20 years.
They had an incentive: the government, in the form of Shivpuri District Collector Manish Shrivastava, had promised them an arms licence each if they underwent the operation. They did so in family planning camps where forms for gun licences were made available.
All of these men are a disillusioned lot now. Their vas deferens’ have been sacrificed, but the promised gun licences haven’t come.
Bhupendra, a Shivpuri resident and affected party, says, “I underwent vasectomy for the gun licence but the collector is reneging on his promise.” Lalit Gupta, another disgruntled sufferer, says, “I underwent the operation only for the gun licence. The announcement appears to have been a trick.” He wanted the licence because he often has to travel to dangerous places, he says.
DC Shrivastava says the whole thing was his initiative. “They will get arms licences”, he says, adding he’s working on resolving the issue.
The non-issuing of arms licences has created a problem for health department officials in the district.
“Those who underwent the operation are mounting pressure on me for arms licences. What can I do? Ninety per cent of the people visiting the camps got operated for gun licences only,” says a Health department employee, requesting anonymity.
He says no one is ready to come to family planning camps any more. Moreover, “people are calling us cheats”, he says.
No thanks. I prefer the gun I’ve been born with.
Ping
Vasecta-Who?
“This is my rifle, this is my gun...”
District Collector Manish Shrivastava might just get a vasectomy performed by the medically unskilled.
molon labe?
Giving up a gun to get a gun?
No just the live ammo, the gun still works just fine. In fact that's still not a good analogy, since at least some guns won't fire properly with blanks, but in the analogous case, it still fires, just doesn't have any effect on the "target". But that can be a "Good Thing", if you've already hit the target as much as you wish to.
Has he been shot or hacked to pieces yet?
I'd think he had best move as far away from that place as he can, quickly.
This is what happens when you let them license a natural right.
And now these gentlemen have learned the single most important rule when dealing with anyone from government, all promises are lies, every time no exceptions.
If you don’t have the license in hand, don’t put your pistol into theirs.
And now, I think these gentlemen should be arming themselves and exercising a 7.62X39 recall of the official. That would be a fair trade for what was stolen from them.
Obama’s vision of the future of the USA!
You are absolutely right! Thanks for the clarification.
I read your post twice, and as well thought out as it is... may I paraphrase?
I’m shootin blanks, but I still knock em dead.
Brings new meaning to “Cease fire! Cease fire!”, “Put your switch selector in the safe position!”
Now they are all firing blanks.
Hindu god of snakes, patron of sausages?
Never trade short arms for long arms.
You’ll only get stiffed in the end.
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