Heights of Hypocrisy: The outrage over Binayak Sen's Life Term

Heights of Hypocrisy: The outrage over Binayak Sen's Life Term

There has been a huge furore over the "Life Term" being given to Dr. Binayak Sen.

All types of media, both mainstream and online, print and TV seem to be going gaga over this particular instance of sentencing Dr. Sen.

Here is one such article that appeared in governancenow.com by way of an open letter to the PM:

• Self-proclaimed defendants of Dr. Binayak Sen asking the PM to intervene!

Unfortunately, I do not know either about the "good deeds" that are supposed to have been done by the doctor, nor do I know about the actual acts of alleged sedition that he is supposed to have committed so as to warrant a life-term being imposed on him.

However, I have a simple response to all these bleeding hearts:

There are only two possibilities:

• Either you have faith in our legal system, or
• You believe that the judiciary is but a puppet of the powers-that-be.

For those of you who do happen to have faith in our legal system, all I can say is:

Please listen to the learned judge. If, for any reason, you feel aggrieved, go in for an appeal in accordance to the provisions of law. And, believe me, justice will prevail. Don't expect any special treatment for Dr. Sen, merely because you say so. Or because you and your kind have declared him to be totally innocent and that all allegations made against him are bunkum.

For those of you who believe that we are a banana republic where the laws are different for different people and that the people in power can do what they please, inluding putting dissenters behind bars, all I can say is:

Grin and bear it. Or get the hell out of here and on to some state / nation / planet where you feel that justice will prevail. Or develop the courage and conviction to "fight the system" by trying to become part of the "powers-that-be" and introducing whatever changes you feel are appropriate and desirable.

For heaven's sake, don't go around bashing the Prime Minister for things that are certainly not within the realms of his responsibility or authority. And, to my mind, the judiciary is certainly not under the control of our Prime Minister.

Regards,

N

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