Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Resist crime

Read this article today: Ruchika Girhotra case: Molestation of minor, abuse of power - India - The Times of India
I have trouble containing my anger, and I don't even know if that's the right thing for us to do. Why is it necessary for us to control our anger and negative emotions when criminals like Rathore commit crimes and get away? Why should we not give in to our anger and rise up in arms against these people and remove them from our society? Why should the citizens not take on the task of protection when the protectors become the perpetrators? Why should we enable such an environment to be created that these monsters can wear the garb of public protectors and then use that to cloak their own heinous crimes. Good and honest people like the Girhotra family are tortured and driven to suicide by these terrible monsters, and the society abets them. The school expels this brave girl instead of standing up for her rights. Each one of them has gone scot free- the cop, the school, the cop's wife, the other inspectors who beat up Ruchika's brother. And isn't it ironic that the wife of this horrible man stands up for him in court as his advocate and requests the court for leniency because he has appeared 400 times in this case. Did she not realize that she was a human being, and more importantly, a woman, before she became his wife? I know it's difficult to rise up to the challenge of resisting crime and standing up against influential cops, but at least we can try not to assist them in their ventures against mankind.

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