Tuesday, January 04, 2005
Society going to the bitches?
A very thought provoking article in The Hindu on what the Delhi MMS incident means to the society. Undoubtedly the sense of righteousness in the society today is going down and going down at an alarming rate. The popularity of TV, esp the movie-related channels, the availability of easy porn on the internet and the blind aping of western culture are the main reasons for this.
What should be a matter of concern to the whole society is today reduced to hushed or sleazy discussions. The Govt took the ridiculous step of arresting the school boy who filmed the the video having oral sex with his girl friend. What use blaming the 17-yr old boy for what is a disease of the society :-( It definitely is the peer pressure that makes students make such misadventures. Anybody who is not "savvy" enough is considered a nerd and faces rejection from the friend circle. It is this peer pressure more than anything else that makes children and youths alike undulge in sexual misadventures. I can spek from personal experience that a person can stick to his moral values only at the risk of loosing his peer group, and very few ppl wud cherish the thought.
The country today needs an open discussion on how the moral values in the society can be maintained. It is unfortunate that none of our politicians consider it worthwhile to discuss this issue and suggest ways to rectify things. Just shows how short sighted and mean-minded our leaders are. Even the Rajya Sabha - which probably was intended as a house of intellectuals - is now probably devolved of all itz intellectual capacity. And the nationalist BJP is also comfortable in itz silence. If the VHP or RSS make a protest, they will of course be branded right-extremists and ultra-conservative. There probably is no place for a balanced debate in this society.
When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad.
- Abraham Lincoln
A very thought provoking article in The Hindu on what the Delhi MMS incident means to the society. Undoubtedly the sense of righteousness in the society today is going down and going down at an alarming rate. The popularity of TV, esp the movie-related channels, the availability of easy porn on the internet and the blind aping of western culture are the main reasons for this.
What should be a matter of concern to the whole society is today reduced to hushed or sleazy discussions. The Govt took the ridiculous step of arresting the school boy who filmed the the video having oral sex with his girl friend. What use blaming the 17-yr old boy for what is a disease of the society :-( It definitely is the peer pressure that makes students make such misadventures. Anybody who is not "savvy" enough is considered a nerd and faces rejection from the friend circle. It is this peer pressure more than anything else that makes children and youths alike undulge in sexual misadventures. I can spek from personal experience that a person can stick to his moral values only at the risk of loosing his peer group, and very few ppl wud cherish the thought.
The country today needs an open discussion on how the moral values in the society can be maintained. It is unfortunate that none of our politicians consider it worthwhile to discuss this issue and suggest ways to rectify things. Just shows how short sighted and mean-minded our leaders are. Even the Rajya Sabha - which probably was intended as a house of intellectuals - is now probably devolved of all itz intellectual capacity. And the nationalist BJP is also comfortable in itz silence. If the VHP or RSS make a protest, they will of course be branded right-extremists and ultra-conservative. There probably is no place for a balanced debate in this society.
When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad.
- Abraham Lincoln
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