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Do not hang the rapists
Do not hang the rapists, it is not going to help.
Do not burst out in protest over the incident, it is not going
to help.You are doing all this to satisfy your anger, it is not
going to help.
Do not you see the follies of your own actions? Do you think
turning up in huge numbers and beating a
few people up, while protesting at the top of your voice will
help? Dont you see that the whole of
humanity is in a big hole as of now and that you are digging up
more dirt by your childish behavior. Do
you really see any difference between yourself and those whom
you dare to accuse? What are you
teaching your kids by doing this?
Ask yourself these questions and understand the repercussions.
It is one confused mass in a very
shameless stance. I do not pretend to act like a guy who can
give you solutions to these problems. In
fact, no single individual can. It has to be an informed and
wise decision on the part of everyone, since
every one conforms to some patterns in society (yes, you do it
too; if you wish to differ, look deeply
inside of yourself and question again whether or not you are
bound by chains). But I do know that whatyou are doing is
wrong.
Kiran Bedi in an interview said that the only difference between
the people behind the bars and others
is that they were unlucky to have been caught. They performed
acts which have been condemned by
our judicial system, our law books. But what is law anyway? Is
not highly subjective and completely
vulnerable to a lot of punching by experienced lawyers, who
certainly know their way in arm twisting
the lady of justice to their favor. But do you think the law
covers all aspects of crimes against humanity?
What about the pain you are causing by beating up your kids or
wife? What about deliberately throwing
off your trash in front of your neighbor's house, wasting water
and electricity, cutting down trees
uselessly, killing off entire species, polluting the hell out of
this beautiful nature and the like? Are these
any lesser crimes against humanity? There are some fundamental
problems which tend to fire off a lot
of crimes. And whether you like it or not we all have been a
part these fundamental issues. We have all
been equal partners in this grand scheme of fraudulence. And
think of how lucky you have been, you
have not been caught for a lot of sins.
Punishment never stopped any crime. I have one argument to
support it. The rapist is not scared about
the punishment while he is ensnared by his vicious temperament.
At that moment of frenzy he would
not even care. A few moments of cheap thrill is more important
to him than a life sentence or even his
life. This is essentially because he is certainly not making a
fair judgment at that point. That throws light
to a more fundamental problem of human ethics and morality. What
do you think is the root problem?
It is neither poverty, nor his hunger or joblessness.
It is education and his upbringing . And by education I
certainly do not wish to imply that those of uswho feel lucky to
have been formally schooled are better off. Remember, we are all in
the same hole
together. I wish to point at the degrading quality of teaching
that we are providing to our kids within and
outside the confines of our so called modern schools. Let us
look at the ancient Indian schooling system
for a reference. In the Gurukul system, kids were primarily
instructed on the art of thinking i.e.
philosophy. They were trained by highly efficient teachers in
all important disciplines like psychology
and morality. And rightly so since it helped in building a
character among the trainees. They knew how
to see themselves as an important part of the grand whole and
respect it. They knew how to respect
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