the streets demand blood

Recently there was a case of a horrendous gang rape in the capital. It was brutal and the girl dies after battling for life. Really really bad. No two ways about it. The nation has started protesting and are... and are… standard thing… calling for blood. They want things from dead to chemical castration to cutting off the organ to everything else. They want death. They want tougher laws and … blood.

I sometimes wonder about our education system and beliefs. Everything seems to be solvable by tougher laws. That’s possibly the easy solution as the proletariat sees it. Kuch bhi kar, just get their dam blood. Sure it’s a gruesome crime, and possibly in this case the culprits would possibly get the death rap. Possibly the courts will be fast tracked, decisions taken and the rap will be issued. I sure hope the law of the land is followed and hope it does not end up being a kangaroo court and a trail by media or the public. I don’t believe in public hangings or public retribution. There are laws and they need to be followed.

Bad is bad. And I not for once, condoning what has happened. I understand what the parents are going through, what the male friend would be going through and definitely I can imagine what the lady went through. But the answer is not a bloody kangaroo court. Simply having even tougher laws or castration (chemical or physical). That won’t solve anything. On one hand we have idiots creaming for tougher laws and sending messages like the one I got a few days back. Here read on -

“For Rape 1) UAE- Instant Death Penalty within 7 days hanging 2) Iran- Instant Stoned to death/hanging with 24 hrs 3) Afghanistan - Instant death by bullet on head within 4 days 4) China - No Trial, Medical proved rape then Death Penalty 5) Malaysia - Death Penalty 6) Mongolia - Death as revenge by family 7) Iraq - Death by stone till last breath 8) Taliban - Limbs/ Legs/ All Cut Off & then stoned & then shot 9) Poland - Death thrown to Pigs 10) INDIA -full of corruption/ politicians rule, Compromise, Thinking, Trial, Bribe of 2 lacs, Rich family Kid forgiven, Abuse & Embarrassment to Girl. NO ACTION.. Even the girl dies still no charge sheet filed.. Till date Indian government is thinking=-? Share it frndz till it bcumz d voice of whole nation..!”

I shudder to think the consequences of being in any of the nations as explained. None of these nations have any women empowerment so as to think about. Women don’t want to be born again in these countries and we start using this as an example. Brutal law has its consequences and normally the biggest reason for brutal law is suppression of freedom.

And then you have the idiots on the other side who want women to dress more modestly, ban their cell phones and put them behind locked doors. That’s the other side.

 In all this there is no sane voice on what is actually required at the grass roots. How do we change the policing? How do we change the attitudes of the people?

But I guess people get the governance they deserve. They ask for stupid laws with no thinking. Always a knee jerk reaction. Knee jerk is good. Big incidents shape course of history but… dam us.. I wonder why we can’t think rationally and why we can’t let go of rhetoric. That always eggs us on. Are we that dumb a race?