Within all this fiasco of whether Anna Hazare's arrest was correct or not, I came across an online debate (user comments) on the issue.
89% thought that Anna's arrest was not correct while a measly 11% voted that Anna's arrest was correct.
Now point to note is the number of comments which should have constituted the reasons as to why the 89% ppl think Ann should not have been arrested are less than 11 and they range from comments like "Anna i'm with you" to "Congress is being Dictatorial" to "Anna should probably start a terrorist organization to remove corruption".
On the other hand, those who think Anna's arrest was the right move gave good solid logical reasons as to why the think that. There were a lot more comments and nearly all of them were somewhat logically sound.
So what does this show.?
Most of the people are not even interested to think deeply as to why Anna is fighting or what is correct etc. They see someone standing against the Government and they start blindly following him/her.
I'm not saying Anna's aim is wrong or I'm not even commenting on whether his methods were right or wrong. But what I'm saying is unless people actually start "THINKING" with their own brains and come up with their own answers, it doesn't matter how many Anna Hazare's come up. India will remain the same. The very ppl who blindly follow bright ideals shining far away, will probably never notice that they themselves are the ones who are standing obdurately in its path.
Notice the ideal. Think on it. See what it means for you. Create your own ideal close to your heart conforming to the bigger ideal. Create an ideal which you can follow. And slowly we can see the greater ideal bear fruits.
Think what Anti-Corruption means to you. And try to do what you can to minimize corruption starting from you and around you. The nation is made up of all the worlds of the citizens combined together. First remove corruption from "YOUR WORLD". The nation will follow on its own.
P.S. This started out as a small status post on Facebook and ended up this long. People love drama. And thats what is happening throughout the nation with questions popping up if we really are independent and democratic. Look around you. If you really think you are not independent try to take steps so that "You" are independent. Don't start giving big comments on how you think the nation is corrupt or the politicians are dictators if comments are all you can do. If you talk about your "RIGHTS" do not forget that when you were taught about them, you were also taught about "DUTIES". Follow both properly. Thats all you have to do to find out if you are independent or not.
89% thought that Anna's arrest was not correct while a measly 11% voted that Anna's arrest was correct.
Now point to note is the number of comments which should have constituted the reasons as to why the 89% ppl think Ann should not have been arrested are less than 11 and they range from comments like "Anna i'm with you" to "Congress is being Dictatorial" to "Anna should probably start a terrorist organization to remove corruption".
On the other hand, those who think Anna's arrest was the right move gave good solid logical reasons as to why the think that. There were a lot more comments and nearly all of them were somewhat logically sound.
So what does this show.?
Most of the people are not even interested to think deeply as to why Anna is fighting or what is correct etc. They see someone standing against the Government and they start blindly following him/her.
I'm not saying Anna's aim is wrong or I'm not even commenting on whether his methods were right or wrong. But what I'm saying is unless people actually start "THINKING" with their own brains and come up with their own answers, it doesn't matter how many Anna Hazare's come up. India will remain the same. The very ppl who blindly follow bright ideals shining far away, will probably never notice that they themselves are the ones who are standing obdurately in its path.
Notice the ideal. Think on it. See what it means for you. Create your own ideal close to your heart conforming to the bigger ideal. Create an ideal which you can follow. And slowly we can see the greater ideal bear fruits.
Think what Anti-Corruption means to you. And try to do what you can to minimize corruption starting from you and around you. The nation is made up of all the worlds of the citizens combined together. First remove corruption from "YOUR WORLD". The nation will follow on its own.
P.S. This started out as a small status post on Facebook and ended up this long. People love drama. And thats what is happening throughout the nation with questions popping up if we really are independent and democratic. Look around you. If you really think you are not independent try to take steps so that "You" are independent. Don't start giving big comments on how you think the nation is corrupt or the politicians are dictators if comments are all you can do. If you talk about your "RIGHTS" do not forget that when you were taught about them, you were also taught about "DUTIES". Follow both properly. Thats all you have to do to find out if you are independent or not.
5 comments:
dammit!! this should have had a "like" button..
i totally get ur point..ever since this whole lokpal bill thingy, ppl started blindly following anna hazare like he's the pied piper or something..and they are all in favour of the lokpal bill without even knowing what its provisions are..they are also very certain that fasting n getting the bill to be made law will miraculously make corruption disappear from this country..lol..
as if laws are supposed to be made only by arm twisting tactics like this n not by proper debate n ages of deliberation..coz as a lawyer i know exactly how terrible these hastily n badly drafted laws can be like..n exactly how to abuse the loopholes in it to get corrupt guys out..n yes there are plenty of loopholes, which one would know only if they actually bothered to read a copy of the bill instead of just putting up facebook statuses to get "25 crore supporters"!! (which is such an obvious hoax but yet people believe it coz they are just that blind n gullible when it comes to anna hazare)
Thanks for "Liking" the post with further points to strengthen my post. Good thing there isn't any "Like" button. I'd rather ppl give comments than just lazily clicking "Like".
haha..when has a "like" button ever been able to stifle my comments :P
Ohh I never included you in the word "ppl"... How can I group human and inhuman in a single group...!!!
hahaha..thank u..thank u :P
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