(Some thoughts from back in April 2015.)
Rights is a corrupted word. Corrupted not in theory, but in real, living life. On the papers, everyone has a choice. In real world, the publicaly-accepted 'suppressed' entity gets to have the first cry, and it is then when humans fail on that one quintessential quality which makes us different from a wild pig - Logic.
On a different note, I think even a wild pig applies commonplace everyday logic to survive. Because he probably knows - where logic fails, the word 'choice' is wiped off existence. But guess who doesn't accept this? You and me. Everyone, everything around!
Because if a Scheduled Caste points out in public for you called him a Scheduled Caste, you're shown on Prime time, back to back.
Because if a Crippled complains your calling him crippled making him uncomfortable in his skin, you're tagged a heartless piece of shit.
Because if a Female colleague says she doesn't like your face on the lunch table, you could be given two hours to pack up and leave office premises.
Yes this is the true, real world out there.
We are so defunct when it comes to emotional resolution between people in such scenarios that our natural mind and gut embraces itself irreparable tightly around the perceptively weaker. And probably that is why the Society warns you against BEING in such a position at the first place.
The boundary was crossed in front of my eyes.
Rights is a corrupted word. Corrupted not in theory, but in real, living life. On the papers, everyone has a choice. In real world, the publicaly-accepted 'suppressed' entity gets to have the first cry, and it is then when humans fail on that one quintessential quality which makes us different from a wild pig - Logic.
On a different note, I think even a wild pig applies commonplace everyday logic to survive. Because he probably knows - where logic fails, the word 'choice' is wiped off existence. But guess who doesn't accept this? You and me. Everyone, everything around!
Because if a Scheduled Caste points out in public for you called him a Scheduled Caste, you're shown on Prime time, back to back.
Because if a Crippled complains your calling him crippled making him uncomfortable in his skin, you're tagged a heartless piece of shit.
Because if a Female colleague says she doesn't like your face on the lunch table, you could be given two hours to pack up and leave office premises.
Yes this is the true, real world out there.
We are so defunct when it comes to emotional resolution between people in such scenarios that our natural mind and gut embraces itself irreparable tightly around the perceptively weaker. And probably that is why the Society warns you against BEING in such a position at the first place.
The boundary was crossed in front of my eyes.
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