tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3276301849041707629.post2301492919782255028..comments2024-02-21T14:35:34.003+05:30Comments on randomthoughts: WHAT AILS OUR POLITICAL SYSTEM: PART I: POLITICS - A DIRTY WORD???J P Joshihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08806649492059145583noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3276301849041707629.post-26922091105258524102008-12-02T23:39:00.000+05:302008-12-02T23:39:00.000+05:30JP: You are right about the facts, but two wrongs ...JP: You are right about the facts, but two wrongs donot make a right. Also, I donot remember anyone of consequence saying that Raj Thackerey was right - it was only he and his goons of MNS. What I hold against the people of Mumbai though is that they did not openly come out in protest against the injustice that was being done. Neutrality on such issues is not good. I remember Shiv Khera's saying which goes something like, 'if you donot stop injustice happening to your neighbour today, be rest assured that tomorrow it may be your turn'.J P Joshihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08806649492059145583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3276301849041707629.post-6204255087512991162008-12-02T23:33:00.000+05:302008-12-02T23:33:00.000+05:30Usha Pisharody: I do believe that not all politici...Usha Pisharody: I do believe that not all politicians are bad. Although it is the bad ones who hog the limelight most of the time. Our legislative process is not bad at all. We have some of the finest laws in the world, but the implementation of these laws is very poor. Here, it is a two way street. The politicians interfere but the person who has to enforce the law bends. The ordinary politician cannot do anything without the concurrence from the bureaucracy, police or other government officials. Recollect how Seshan handled the politicians. I somehow blame the executive for all our problems. Raj Thackerey could have been put in jail by the SHO of the police station itself - he has the powers, but will he do it?<BR/><BR/>You are right about our present state of affairs and if we donot do anything now it will continue to worsen. Democracy needs the active participation of every citizen to deliver, more so from people who can actually contribute to common good.<BR/><BR/>My sole intention of writing this post is to air my views about the need for people to constructively engage rather than criticise. We always will get the government we deserve. We have had a horrific incident and this should lead us to introspect, after the initial trauma and anguish heal. The question that needs to be asked is 'Can we live with this? How can we improve things? What can I do here, now (I liked this sentence of yours)to make things better.'J P Joshihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08806649492059145583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3276301849041707629.post-46984848822756305812008-12-02T10:05:00.000+05:302008-12-02T10:05:00.000+05:30Hi JPJ :)Have you forgotten that very recently Mum...Hi JPJ :)<BR/><BR/>Have you forgotten that very recently Mumbaikars were killing and brutally beating up innocent people from Hindhi speaking states saying Mumbai is for Mumbaikars? Mayavathi and Lalu Prasad Yadav have not said much about these terror attacks!<BR/><BR/>When politicians help Mumbaikars to kill people from other states, they are good and when it come to their own lives, the politicians are bad. What an irony?<BR/><BR/>Have a good day :)Joseph Pulikotilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07074346261093541776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3276301849041707629.post-4231766497857467322008-12-01T22:45:00.000+05:302008-12-01T22:45:00.000+05:30That is yet another pertinent sentiment expressed ...That is yet another pertinent sentiment expressed here. It serves to provide further thought, and more determination that this time round, more stringent guidelines, and options be allowed before we vote.<BR/><BR/>While the institution of politics is necessary, and while the same politicians we hurl the choicest of abuses today are there because a majority of the electorate has voted them in, unless and until we are able to remove corruption, or at least those persons who have in some way been tainted by criminal record from contesting, this is what we shall face again, for sure. It is this pessimistic thought that keeps coming back to me. I will vote, I know, but then who would be there, that I could trust in, to carry forward a policy of welfare for the same people who elected him/her? What of that?<BR/><BR/>You know, today, in class I did bring up this notion, about politics not being bad, as you had suggested in a comment of yours. There was not much of a response, but then this is something they have to see in action, before they too can believe. For now, there are idealistic action movies, which uphold this principle of a clean politician only that they can connect to. <BR/><BR/>The words and actions of the self same politicians who are now engaged in self defence, are too dishonourable for words. Truly. Today a CM of a state has gone on record with a remark that is an insult to the grieving family of a martyr. What next?<BR/><BR/>I have rambled. But yes, I do understand the sentiment. It is very much in place, and someone somewhere needed to articulate it too. I am glad you did.Usha Pisharodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08569968324374522544noreply@blogger.com