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2011-12-16 -Lurid Crime Tales-

Bootleg liquor kills 143 people in eastern India

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Posted by Steve White 2011-12-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Isn't killing your customers generally a bad idea?

Posted by PBMcL 2011-12-16 00:49|| 2011-12-16 00:49|| Front Page Top

#2 Ask the Chinese. 10% annual growth rate for 30 years.

Posted by Ulose Munster2089 2011-12-16 08:49|| 2011-12-16 08:49|| Front Page Top

#3 Homemade hooch is available everywhere in India, and consumed by juggie wallas (slum dwellers) and closet alcoholics.

Alcohol (beer, wine & spirits) is only available from the government bottle shops and expensive. Even the domestically produced products are expensive for most Indians. That is why they drink the hooch...and die.

Thousands die every year, I wonder why this incident is considered news. If you are ever in India, by your booze from a reputable outlet, the life you save will be yours.

Posted by Secret Asian Man 2011-12-16 12:55|| 2011-12-16 12:55|| Front Page Top

#4 Thousands die every year, I wonder why this incident is considered news. If you are ever in India, by your booze from a reputable outlet, the life you save will be yours.

Here's what I don't get. How does a factory screw up the process? I had thought this was some kind of backyard operation, but the article says it was a factory, distributing through illicit retail channels. Do these idiots in fact add methanol, or was its incorporation the result of incompetence?

Posted by Zhang Fei 2011-12-16 16:26|| 2011-12-16 16:26|| Front Page Top

#5 Here's what I don't get. How does a factory screw up the process? I had thought this was some kind of backyard operation, but the article says it was a factory, distributing through illicit retail channels. Do these idiots in fact add methanol, or was its incorporation the result of incompetence?

Corruption is pervasive in India, so is incompetence. Hell, you have to inspect even the bottled water you buy. Some parts are worse than others.

While the muzzies have Insh'Allah attitude, the Hindu's have something similar, there is a lot of fatalism...what will be, will be.

When I'm there, I'll drink the domestic wine and beer, but for spirits, I ALWAYS buy imported brands from the shops that cater to foreigners and diplomatic personnel.

Posted by Secret Asian Man 2011-12-16 20:05|| 2011-12-16 20:05|| Front Page Top

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