Moral police gets cops to stop Slutwalk Bangalore
In another feather on the cap of to the nation of tolerance and the truly cosmopolitan city (pun definitely intended), the Bangalore police cancelled permission for SlutWalk citing security concerns — read threat from the 'moral police'.
SlutWalk is an in-your-face name coined for a movement that exposes the hypocrisy of taking refuge in hallowed culture and traditions — no wonder the knee-jerk reaction of the self-styled guardians of collective morality.
The logic of the moral police for upholding the social fabric and integrity of the society is akin to locking up an entire population permanently to save them from rabid dogs.
The sheer refusal of the self-appointed vigilante's to even allow the SlutWalk organiser's the freedom of expression — yes, the same free that guarantees the right to prudish propaganda — betrays the shallow foundations of their cause.
The irony is that the police, who are supposed to ensure that every person enjoys the rights legally, were hand-in-glove with the moral police brigade in denying the SlutWalk activists permission to hold their program. If police can't guarantee security then why are they still in their jobs. Ever heard of a company (not PSU) retaining employees who can't deliver?
Every human being has the inalienable right to dignity and an environment where one has freedom of expression is inseparable from it. It's high time we pull our minds out of the Dark Ages and make them one with our bodies in the digital era.
1 comment:
Am partly wid u.... But somewhere I really feel dat if each n every person is given der chance in expressing der rights... it may end up in violating something dat v call today 'THE GREATER CAUSE'... V may not find any justice in it..... but jst to maintain dat kind of balance in d society v may have to end up doing something like dis.... One thing v should understand is dat our country has its own culture n values, each one of us in our family has been nutured in such values n cultures.. v have nvr inherited d western culture but has only imitated it.... D problem arises whn v use such imitations as an xcuse or a way of protest in a country whr d western culture is considered as d ultimate sin.... D very word SLUT in itself may have send some cold vibes to a great part of our society... I ain't arguing wid u... rcntly I saw a movie 'THE CONSPIRATOR'....its d story of dis movie dat has changd my thoughts n views bout a lot of things to which evn I opposed till recently.... If u evr get a chance to watch dis movie.... May b u will understand what I mean....
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