I have been watching the developments of the Pink Love campaign. I am interested in this campaign because this is one of the rare occasions in the recent times wherein the women and men of the usually aloof Indian middle class and upper class have risen against the atrocities committed by a hooligan group in the name of religion/custom.
Most of the posts on that blog have attracted comments from some brain dead morons in the general direction of what my title suggests, ie, don't these women have any better work to do? Some of the critics of the campaign have listed out other social evils happening around us, including dowry deaths, female feticide, poverty etc. According to them, organizers of this campaign should be catering to the so called 'graver' issues of the society rather than taking up this 'relatively trivial' issue.
This is an argument which is deemed to be a 'no-argument' in most of the rational discussion forums, i.e., it is no more accepted as an argument point. The fact of the matter is, you can never start working on the resolution of an issue if you first set out to make a list of all the available issues, sort them in the order of importance, start attacking the most deadliest ones first and so on. It doesn't work that way.
It is illogical to come up with the argument that the work somebody else is doing is not important, or there are more important issues elsewhere. If you think so, you are welcome to do whatever you feel like doing about those neglected issues. Nobody is stopping you. Just don't waste everybody else's time.
Given the sparse time and resources at the disposal of each of us, there is a definite limit to the things we can do. We will not be able to solve all the issues of the world, and to be very honest, we might not even be interested in solving all the issues of the world. But we might be able to at least start solving one issue at a time. When we pick an issue, its usually something we strongly feel for. All those people who feel there are better issues to be solved, should stop wasting their time and start solving one of those 'graver' issues. The point in short is, as long as I am not forcing you to join my cause, don't criticize the relevance of my cause.
We have a lot of preachers and very few workers. If you attach any importance to yourself, then its your duty to prove that you don’t stop with just plain talk and you plan to actionize on the talk. So come on, all of you armchair critics, find something to work on, and start working on that.
Sunday, February 22, 2009
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People criticised the pink-chaddi-campaign saying they were making a joke out of the "serious issue". But I feel the campaign, nevertheless,did work out, because what interested people had to do was easy and *fun* (grin) and it didn't involve u taking an off from work and protesting on the streets with placards or shouting slogans (which does sound fun, but back in college and not when u r paid to work in office!). Such campaigns "which make a joke out of serious issues" are an eye-opener to the fact that there is strength in unity.
I remember signing for a signature campaign for 'regulating media' after the mumbai attacks and recently I got a mail saying the petition was filed and the HC is considering it. That made me feel good, for all it took was a signature and see, its reaping benefit!
@Surya,
Sometimes humor and sarcasm are the best ways to deal with such jerks. It shows that they don't deserve to be taken seriously. I feel this campaign should not be written off as a joke. Its more serious than what many people think it is. Its a symbolic way of saying, don't tell me what to wear, what not to wear and when to take off what I wear. That way it addresses the more basic issue of 'freedom' of an individual.
Anyways, the opinion expressed in this post is a general one, just
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