In response to this:
http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/other-states/mumbai-shuts-down-due-to-fear-not-respect/article4111814.ece
It is a shame. I thought I was a supporter but such incidents make me wish I was not. Although I still believe in the visions laid by its leaders. I respect the work they do towards progress and upbringing of the poor (as some popular newspaper consolidates it, "the Egalitarian World") but detest the petty things they get involved in. It is but a fact that such events soil their reputation. People of this free world denounce and abhor such extremist behavior. What was the need to ransack her Uncle's clinic? She is just a 21 year old girl afterall. Instead of involving the police try reasoning with her. There was no need for an arrest.
It is not that I am supporting her either. She might have written it innocently or just because she was irritated by the fact that she could not go out with friends on a Saturday night. Now people and the press are talking of freedom of speech in support. Well nothing is free in this complex world. Even freedom has a price. The reason I say this is because the execution of freedom of speech in this case was completely callous, ill-timed, distasteful, bland and vicious.
Let me give you an example. What happens if someone in your family passes away at an old age and there are lots of family and friends visiting your house. Vehicles are parked in front of your house and is somehow blocking the neighbors gate. What if the neighbor comes and says the exact same words she wrote on Facebook? Wont you feel bad? Or you should not feel anything because the other person is just executing their right to free speech? Are we humans or robots? I say this because if you think that freedom of speech is without bounds then you are wrong. There is a decent non-callous way to express your irritation. Don't they teach this in soft skills? All this does not mean the ransack is to be condoned.
Now about Freedom of Speech. It is a freedom by birth. No one will stop you from crying the day you were born but if you cry loudly in public at your age today, it is seriously lame and self-embarrassing. As you grow up, you learn that this freedom is not to be abused. Not to misuse your right to free speech is your duty. As I know it, rights and duties go hand in hand. Use your right so far as to not harm others (physically, mentally or emotionally)[1]. It is common sense.
Please apply Common Sense the next time.
[1] Note that the most ironic and lame part of this law is that you still have to prove that you were hurt physically (probably go to your usual doctor's clinic and get proof of wounds), emotionally (probably go to a psychologist clinic and get proof of emotional distress) or mentally (just a proof is probably not enough, you have to get admitted to a mental hospital to prove this :p)
p.s: The post does not intend to embarrass the parties involved, but if any party feels they are vilified by this post, an apology in advance.
http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/other-states/mumbai-shuts-down-due-to-fear-not-respect/article4111814.ece
It is a shame. I thought I was a supporter but such incidents make me wish I was not. Although I still believe in the visions laid by its leaders. I respect the work they do towards progress and upbringing of the poor (as some popular newspaper consolidates it, "the Egalitarian World") but detest the petty things they get involved in. It is but a fact that such events soil their reputation. People of this free world denounce and abhor such extremist behavior. What was the need to ransack her Uncle's clinic? She is just a 21 year old girl afterall. Instead of involving the police try reasoning with her. There was no need for an arrest.
It is not that I am supporting her either. She might have written it innocently or just because she was irritated by the fact that she could not go out with friends on a Saturday night. Now people and the press are talking of freedom of speech in support. Well nothing is free in this complex world. Even freedom has a price. The reason I say this is because the execution of freedom of speech in this case was completely callous, ill-timed, distasteful, bland and vicious.
Let me give you an example. What happens if someone in your family passes away at an old age and there are lots of family and friends visiting your house. Vehicles are parked in front of your house and is somehow blocking the neighbors gate. What if the neighbor comes and says the exact same words she wrote on Facebook? Wont you feel bad? Or you should not feel anything because the other person is just executing their right to free speech? Are we humans or robots? I say this because if you think that freedom of speech is without bounds then you are wrong. There is a decent non-callous way to express your irritation. Don't they teach this in soft skills? All this does not mean the ransack is to be condoned.
Now about Freedom of Speech. It is a freedom by birth. No one will stop you from crying the day you were born but if you cry loudly in public at your age today, it is seriously lame and self-embarrassing. As you grow up, you learn that this freedom is not to be abused. Not to misuse your right to free speech is your duty. As I know it, rights and duties go hand in hand. Use your right so far as to not harm others (physically, mentally or emotionally)[1]. It is common sense.
Please apply Common Sense the next time.
[1] Note that the most ironic and lame part of this law is that you still have to prove that you were hurt physically (probably go to your usual doctor's clinic and get proof of wounds), emotionally (probably go to a psychologist clinic and get proof of emotional distress) or mentally (just a proof is probably not enough, you have to get admitted to a mental hospital to prove this :p)
p.s: The post does not intend to embarrass the parties involved, but if any party feels they are vilified by this post, an apology in advance.
