Let there be beer

It's been a while since I have blogged. And yes I know lots of stupid things happened since the last time I wrote.

Recently, there has been some hoo har over the sale of alcohol in certain areas. I know lots of people touched on this. But let me give my two cent worth of thought.

I really do not know why PAS made a lot of stupid noise on the sales of alcohol. Look at this way, if you educate the people well, then you should not have a problem.

Let me give you a hypothetical story here. We have Ahmad and Ali. Both are Muslims. They are distant cousins but they live in a different country. Ahmad lives in a Muslim country where alcohol sale is permitted since there are other people besides Ahmad who wants to buy alcohol. The government in this country thinks that it is ok since they can make some extra money from the tax on alcohol. It will let the people decide what is right and what is wrong afterall they are all adults not kids (sale of alcohol to minor is still prohibited in this country). Ahmad was a well educated Muslim where he was thought what is right and what is wrong.

Ali lives in a different Muslim country where alcohol sale is banned. Of course there are smuggled alcohol that comes in once in a while from "somewhere out there". Ali was only given instructions all his life on what he should be doing and what he should not do. No reason was given. You have to follow what was told. Natually, there are people who are curious on why certain things cannot be done. In this case, for Ali, consumption of alcohol.

So one day, Ali decided to visit his cousin Ahmad. Upon arrival at the airport, there were plenty of duty free shops and some of it sold alcohol. Ali decided to get a couple of bottle to celebrate with Ahmad. He opened a bottle and consume it on the spot. "Now this is great stuff!" exclaimed Ali. By now he is all drunk. He did not know the effects of alcohol. When he reached the immigration checkpoint he was turned back and not allowed to enter the country. Ali was devasted and he consumed his last bottle on his way back. Ali passed out on his way back.

Ahmad got the new that Ali's entry to the country was denied. So he decided to make a trip and visit Ali. When he arrived, Ahmad greeted Ali. Ali said, "How come you are not drunk? There's free booze on the plane you know." Ahmad calmly replied, "Because I choose not to be drunk."

Let the people choose what they want to consume, alcohol or otherwise. PAS, educate everyone on the pitfalls of consuming alcohol instead of banning it. People still have a choice on what they want to do.