Appeal to shoe makers

As shoe hurling has appreciated all over the world in enormous proportion it is high time to impose some stipulations in the manufacture of shoes. Shoe throwers are offered with gifts such as money and even brides I anticipate more and more people to come to the fray.
The first target of a hurled shoe was the former American president, George W. Bush and he being good acrobatic escaped the insult without a hit. The attacker, a reporter, has been punished with three years in prison. Another chappal attack was targeted at Pinarayi Vijayan, the Kerala secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). Though the attack was missed the target the attacker was severely treated by the other comrades. A similar attack on the Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao ended with the attacker being now under trial. Then a journalist lobbed a shoe at the Union home minister P Chidambaram and he being in the make of a Gandhi pardoned the hurler. The latest in this direction is the attack on the strong Prime Minister in the offing Advaniji but the target was missed. As shoe attacks attract media coverage, and attackers are well received in the public with cash and status these incidents tend to increase. Though the act is against the primary culture of India it is fast escalating in the country.

So, in the wake of more and more attacks, especially in India, my suggestion is: ask the shoe manufacturers to make light–weighed shoes so that the targets are not severely hurt. At a time of fast-food and no exercise, the embattled celebrities would not be able escape from shoe missiles as Bush and Chinese Premier did.

K A Solaman