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?
Don’t 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 what you 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 us who 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 humanity and
nature. Unfortunately, we miss these things today. And we shall continue to
face the same problems until and unless we see the root cause.
So, stop reading the
magazines and the fucking newspapers. They distort reality. Instead of that
read your mind, your thoughts and feelings. Read quality texts or literature.
The world would be a much better place if each one of us took responsibility for
our thoughts, emotions and actions.
We are all
conformists here. We are in entangled in the same mess, only to different
extents. And the sad part is, most of us don’t even know this.
