Post-long-weekend blues
It’s 0230 in a Wednesday morn… I’m awake ‘coz of 1 of the 3 reasons I would be at this hour – A Man U game is on…
(Before you ask, the other reason would be a beer or such..)
I am scribbling down this randomness instead of watching the game because my genius of a cable guy seems to think a ‘Villa-Portsmouth game more thrilling than a Man U game (Oh, who cares if they’re just playing West Brom – bottom of the league! – Man U’s fun to watch when they’re kicking ass!!)
<Manchester United is 1 up at this, the 43rd minute – courtesy, Berbeov>
India celebrated her 60th Year of Being a Republic Nation 2 days ago. I should say a few words about the obvious pride & patriotism that should come along with this day.
I won’t - I’m not feeling too proud right about now.
Don’t get me wrong – I love this country and I am happy in knowing that I’m one of the billion lucky people that can call India home…
…but’s a bit ironic, don’t you think, that on Monday, the 26th of January, the top story on all leading news channels was a dead heat between India’s 60th Republic Day Parade and women being beaten up by a 40-man strong mob in broad daylight ?
Have we, as a society, retarded a few 4 – 5 centuries or are we just new-found-fans of the taliban regime??
With all this talk of fighting terrorism.. ‘we’re gonna fight terrorism’ .. ‘terrorism sucks’ .. ‘we’re gonna shoot terrorism in the face!’..
..what is terrorism? - A hijacked plane flown into a multi-storeyed business building? OR Under a dozen youths holding a city at gun-point for over 60 hours? OR Christians being attacked by mobs or over 100s of men – raping nuns, pulverising priests and razing churches to be left burning in their wake? OR a dozen girls being attacked by mobs for sitting at a lounge bar? OR A School being attacked because it plays music of a different state (albeit from the same country!)?
Fits a pattern, doesn’t it?
Your move, My Government; how shall we treat the terrorists?
<on a lighter note, Man U up 5 – 0, with 10 minutes to go.. 
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True…true.. I am sick of this fake patriotic-hidden agenda-violence in “disguise” happenings in India…Times like this I almost agree with the ‘ex’ and say “line ‘em up and shoot ‘em all’ (minus the expletives)!
“I’m awake ‘coz of 1 of the 3 reasons I would be at this hour – A Man U game is on…
(Before you ask, the other reason would be a beer or such..)”
“Or such” …
lol
Sorry Strider – had to edit your post a bit – you know why..
..but I’m glad that my subtlety wasn’t lost on you…
I’m not sure, gamma, that that’s the solution I was hoping to convey…
..not that it didn’t cross my mind.. but then how would the solution differ from the problem…?
We’re an intelligent, educated bunch – I keep thinking that if we were to do something about it, less brute, more brains should go into it; be it legal or – dare I say – political…