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?
