Sat with my eyeballs glued on to the TV screen while the Channel went to town calling for citizen response to the sceneoutside the Courts where the killers' of many innocent children were being brought. The lawyers had gone berserk because they were not allowed to enter the courtroom.
BUT, a few doubts and fears crossed my mind.
1) The early signs of patience running out with a corrupt police and ineffective judiciary was catching up.
2) The hurt of the parents who are closer to the brutal manner in which their children were handled.
3) In an attempt to be first with the news, it was 'breathless' reporting.
The last aspect left one wondering if such scenes would not sometimes lead to not so serious events being hijacked by the mob frenzy, and the law enforcing authority would have to merely stand and stare unable to control this fury.
With all the justification we accord to this manner of bringing the seriousness of an issue before us, one wondered if inactive, ruthless politicians should not wake up to this fury that revealed itself.
Elections and promises come and go with a regularity but at the end of the term a balance sheet is rarely drawn up. May be time is not far off when such fury will be directed against our 'netas' who mouth inanities, provide for many generations to come from the public coffers, live life as if all were born with a silver spoon, and Forget the common Man whom he is supposed to represent.
The 'first with the News' has its downside too!! It might have a ripple effect much to the detriment of a civil society.
Monday, February 12, 2007
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