Salman Khan Goes to Jail / Second Amendment Rant
The Hypocrisy of some of my countrymen never fails to amaze me.
Salman Khan, a prominent film-star found guilty of hunting an endangered species has been sentenced to 5 years of rigourous imprisonment. His friends in the film industry are clamouring for the government to fine him and let him go. If only things were so simple!
Rate List:
Speeding: Rs. 100
Driving the wrong way on a one way street: Rs. 100
Passport verification: Rs. 600
Drunk Driving: Rs. 2000
Hunting Endangered Species: Rs. 25 Lakhs= 5 lakhs a year. (recommended by one of Salman's film industry friends)
By the same yardstick:
Rape: 35 Lakhs (5 Lakhs X 7 years)
Murder: 70 Lakhs (5 Lakhs X14 years)
I remember a conversation that I had with one of my Callers from the US when I worked at Dell Support. We just happened to be talking about the gun control, (OS reinstalls are a long process often requiring a long wait which lets conversations develop) and he told me that the 2nd amendment wasn't about self defence: it was about overthrowing a corrupt government.
"A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed"
From Penn and Teller's gun control episode of "Bullshit" (that's what the show is called, I swear!) the comma makes all the difference. The sentence means that though a well regulated militia is necessary, there'll be no restrictions on the right of the people to bear arms.
My caller from the US told me that the Founding Fathers realised that after a while the system would become corrupt and would become tyrranical. that was when "we the people were to grab our guns and have ourselves a revolution!"
I think the British learnt a good lesson from the Americans. That's the reason why, in colonies like India, they made owning a gun so difficult. It took the Americans 8 years (1775-1783) to win their freedom- it took us 90 years!
So now, in this country with a rotten system, there is no way that "We the people" can do anything. the people with the money and the people with the guns (police/armed forces) run everything and have turned the whole damn thing into a business.
I wonder if it is too late to get ourselves a second amendment of our own... Anybody care for a revolution?
Salman Khan, a prominent film-star found guilty of hunting an endangered species has been sentenced to 5 years of rigourous imprisonment. His friends in the film industry are clamouring for the government to fine him and let him go. If only things were so simple!
Rate List:
Speeding: Rs. 100
Driving the wrong way on a one way street: Rs. 100
Passport verification: Rs. 600
Drunk Driving: Rs. 2000
Hunting Endangered Species: Rs. 25 Lakhs= 5 lakhs a year. (recommended by one of Salman's film industry friends)
By the same yardstick:
Rape: 35 Lakhs (5 Lakhs X 7 years)
Murder: 70 Lakhs (5 Lakhs X14 years)
I remember a conversation that I had with one of my Callers from the US when I worked at Dell Support. We just happened to be talking about the gun control, (OS reinstalls are a long process often requiring a long wait which lets conversations develop) and he told me that the 2nd amendment wasn't about self defence: it was about overthrowing a corrupt government.
"A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed"
From Penn and Teller's gun control episode of "Bullshit" (that's what the show is called, I swear!) the comma makes all the difference. The sentence means that though a well regulated militia is necessary, there'll be no restrictions on the right of the people to bear arms.
My caller from the US told me that the Founding Fathers realised that after a while the system would become corrupt and would become tyrranical. that was when "we the people were to grab our guns and have ourselves a revolution!"
I think the British learnt a good lesson from the Americans. That's the reason why, in colonies like India, they made owning a gun so difficult. It took the Americans 8 years (1775-1783) to win their freedom- it took us 90 years!
So now, in this country with a rotten system, there is no way that "We the people" can do anything. the people with the money and the people with the guns (police/armed forces) run everything and have turned the whole damn thing into a business.
I wonder if it is too late to get ourselves a second amendment of our own... Anybody care for a revolution?
posted by Ajit Nathaniel at 9:34 PM
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