Thursday, August 14, 2008

New Developments in the Miserable State of Affairs

I actually feel bad writing this post, but this is the stark truth as I perceive.

The first thing to be mentioned here is the nasty court battle regarding an abortion of a fetus above 2o weeks old. This was really uncalled for and took hold of the entire media attention. Things which are to be close door affairs are discussed in full glare of the media and setting a different tone all together. I am not against abortion or for abortion, but I feel there should be some ethics followed in this practice and the abortion laws of 1971 still stands fast in spite of lot of advances in the medical facilities, I am not sure if this is (modern medical facilities) a gift or a bane to the human kind. No one is sure until the baby is born if it is disabled or has serious health conditions later in life, it is just tests which is not completely conclusive. But there is a very wide gap in ascertaining the survival of the unborn baby.

I think every fetus should be given a chance to be born, of course not in some cases where there are serious other issues involved. If the court allows the abortion of the fetus above 20 weeks, euthanasia should be legalized. There is more involved in this, the main thing is man playing god. It has been a disaster in every region where man has try to change the natural flow of things and this is no exception.

But now what is on the news is that the concerned lady has had a miscarriage, it really puts doubts in the minds of people. It is blamed on the media that the stress and attention given to this case has led to this miscarriage, very convenient. So the intention, so the outcome. I do not want to comment on this further. It is their conscience and it is a matter of ethics.

The Amarnath issue is getting worse further and further and the government at the centre is just watching as an outsider. This behaviour of the Hindus and Muslims of J&K is totally unacceptable. This kind of situation is not there in any part of the country except J&K, it makes it worse because the centre does not have a strong backbone to crush the situation and bring normalcy. What do the people gain by this sort of mindless and wanton disruptions of peace and tranquility? Nothing, the produces gets rotten in storerooms and the godowns and no safe passage to the markets They do not realize that these kind of disruptions give a mileage to the politicians and the people with vested interests.

But the great news is Abhinav Bindra has won the first gold medal for India in the Olympic Games. This is a great news and a reason for the entire nation to rejoice. Thank you very much Mr. Bindra. This is totally an individual's effort and the unquenchable thirst to succeed.

There is a totally a misguided false sense of Patriotism, on the Independence day. Later all the promises are forgotten, no wonder Samuel Johnson said, "Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel." And Malcom X said, "You're not to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it."

I am not going to end this post by saying Jai Hind, but I strongly stand by every human being in this world and there is more than some love to one's nation alone.

Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it. George Bernard Shaw.

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