Rather than just opposing the fact that a Death Penalty is right or wrong, which I personally think that it's right, I'd like to point out a fundamental flaw in the law against murder itself.
Throughout nature we see that killing is common. Killing of one's own species is a little uncommon. But killing separate species for food is natural.
Its only us humans who have outlawed murder. I think this is fundamentally wrong. The reason this was done was because man was unsure of making a effective law that would deter one from murdering someone. Human legal systems were almost confident that they couldn't develop a legal system which would deter someone from murdering for his interest.
Killing someone for self defense, rape, heinous crimes (which could be well defined in the legal systems) should be allowed. Just as man has a fundamental right to live, which the blogger pointed out pretty deftly, a man should have a fundamental right to take life.
One would think, if this happens, humans would wipe themselves out overnight. This is a totally misplaced idea. The legal system, if it allows to kill, should also define very stringently under what 'circumstances' should killing be valid and justified. And then should very categorically implement a system in place which punishes the guilty with the same punishment, the capital punishment.
The fear of dying (out of legal punishment), which is a fundamental fear in human mind will simply keep things in check and human species will not wipe themselves off.
Capital punishment is right. There is nothing wrong with that. Lets take the debate even further by giving humans a fundamental right to kill and take life under well defined circumstances.
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Saturday, August 20, 2011
The Jan Lokpal Bill and My Thoughts
Folks, there is a growing feeling that the Jan Lokpal is like a magic potion that will finish corruption. This feeling is totally misplaced.
(1)Jan Lokpal is a aftermath of the complete failure of the current Anti Corruption Vigil institutions like CVC and CBI and CD-CBI to check corruption in beaurocracy.
(2) The failure is not attributed to the fact that people have failed it, but to the fact that the laws are clinically drafted in such a way that these bodies can't do a thing unless parlimentarians or beaureaucrats approve to carry out investigtions and indictions.So effectively these institutions are toothless.
(3) With almost no body of the govt capable of checking the activities of beaureaucrats, obviously the politicians will loot the country. Its like a crore ruppes lying on the street. Passers by will be afraid for a day or two to pick it up, but when 10 passer byes decided that we will lift it and share it among us, they quickly snatch it.
(4) I dont believe that the people who have come out in support of Jan Lokpal really know whats in it that will help us. Much of it is euphoria and herd mentality.What the bill demands is an organzation that will operate independant of the govt (like supreme court and election commission) and have powers to carry out investigations and trials on the entire top to bottom rung of the govt.
(5) Of course there will be corruption in Lokpal, but it will be exactly equivalent to the levels of corruption in Election Commission and Suprme Court, which is relatively low as compared to other govt depts.
(6) Once 'fear' sets in, before doing a wrong doing, corruption will start reducing automatically. Once corruption starts reducing, automatically the revenue that gets generated in 'black' will need to be channeled with 'white' means. So, the passport will automatically start costing 5k rather than 1k, which it costs now. similarly, traffic violations will no longer cost Rs 100 in white and 50 in black. The cost will simply be 1000k, which should be the real 'white' price anyway.
(7) Jan Lokpal has its problems as well. There are some demands which are draconian and un-democratic. for e.g. if a passport case doesnt get completed in its given stipulated time, it will be automatically assumed as a case for corruption. This is pretty ridiculous. How many of us have ever delivered a project on time? :)
The solution is to negotiate, negotiate and only negotiate. Both parties need to sit and come up with a strong lokpal. thats what i want, and thats what i believe will happen.
(1)Jan Lokpal is a aftermath of the complete failure of the current Anti Corruption Vigil institutions like CVC and CBI and CD-CBI to check corruption in beaurocracy.
(2) The failure is not attributed to the fact that people have failed it, but to the fact that the laws are clinically drafted in such a way that these bodies can't do a thing unless parlimentarians or beaureaucrats approve to carry out investigtions and indictions.So effectively these institutions are toothless.
(3) With almost no body of the govt capable of checking the activities of beaureaucrats, obviously the politicians will loot the country. Its like a crore ruppes lying on the street. Passers by will be afraid for a day or two to pick it up, but when 10 passer byes decided that we will lift it and share it among us, they quickly snatch it.
(4) I dont believe that the people who have come out in support of Jan Lokpal really know whats in it that will help us. Much of it is euphoria and herd mentality.What the bill demands is an organzation that will operate independant of the govt (like supreme court and election commission) and have powers to carry out investigations and trials on the entire top to bottom rung of the govt.
(5) Of course there will be corruption in Lokpal, but it will be exactly equivalent to the levels of corruption in Election Commission and Suprme Court, which is relatively low as compared to other govt depts.
(6) Once 'fear' sets in, before doing a wrong doing, corruption will start reducing automatically. Once corruption starts reducing, automatically the revenue that gets generated in 'black' will need to be channeled with 'white' means. So, the passport will automatically start costing 5k rather than 1k, which it costs now. similarly, traffic violations will no longer cost Rs 100 in white and 50 in black. The cost will simply be 1000k, which should be the real 'white' price anyway.
(7) Jan Lokpal has its problems as well. There are some demands which are draconian and un-democratic. for e.g. if a passport case doesnt get completed in its given stipulated time, it will be automatically assumed as a case for corruption. This is pretty ridiculous. How many of us have ever delivered a project on time? :)
The solution is to negotiate, negotiate and only negotiate. Both parties need to sit and come up with a strong lokpal. thats what i want, and thats what i believe will happen.
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