Dear Friends
Please find below the YouTube link to the Mangalore pub attack on women:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEbD2aXs-XU
This could happen in any city and town of India because these lumpen elements have been given the sanction to do what cannot be done within the realms of the rule of law.
There is a reactive choice of carrying Mace on your person, learning Krav Maga, or living in a perpetual state of paranoia every time you wish to unwind with friends or colleagues in a public environment.
There is a pro-active choice with a strategy like Love Your Neighbour Day/ Padosi Divas where you work on neutralising such antipathy with a gesture of non-violence.
When citizens work together, then we can become a force of peace to be reckoned with shaming those who embrace paths to violence.
It is time we secure our freedom in our own democracy to read a Pakistani author if we so choose, name a sweetmeat store after Karachi or Kinshasa, or enjoy an evening in a pub without disturbing the public peace.
We could discuss ad nauseum on Facebook and other networking sites wishing the problem away or we take the initiative to address the issue through engagement, dialogue and work towards a resolution.
The choice is ours...
Please find below the YouTube link to the Mangalore pub attack on women:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEbD2aXs-XU
This could happen in any city and town of India because these lumpen elements have been given the sanction to do what cannot be done within the realms of the rule of law.
There is a reactive choice of carrying Mace on your person, learning Krav Maga, or living in a perpetual state of paranoia every time you wish to unwind with friends or colleagues in a public environment.
There is a pro-active choice with a strategy like Love Your Neighbour Day/ Padosi Divas where you work on neutralising such antipathy with a gesture of non-violence.
When citizens work together, then we can become a force of peace to be reckoned with shaming those who embrace paths to violence.
It is time we secure our freedom in our own democracy to read a Pakistani author if we so choose, name a sweetmeat store after Karachi or Kinshasa, or enjoy an evening in a pub without disturbing the public peace.
We could discuss ad nauseum on Facebook and other networking sites wishing the problem away or we take the initiative to address the issue through engagement, dialogue and work towards a resolution.
The choice is ours...
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