This could pass off as no more than a ludicrous thought - but having seen the 24x7 debate and discussion on Anna Hazare's indefinite fasting and the risk to his health, should we not consider fasting also as an attempt to commiting suicide and therefore ban it beyond a point. A team of doctors (not sure if they should be appointed by the lokpal or jan-lokpal) would decide when a faster is reaching a critical point and thereafter force him/her to call off his/her trip down the starvation lane.
This is not to question the validity of a modern-day revolution or the intent behind the protestations. The weapon employed is liable to be misused if this mission succeeds. Comparisons to the Gandhian era will be odious as the most lethal weapon available in the hands of the common man has hardly been used purposefully. Wonder what? The Vote.
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