The 26/11 trial is barely over. People are patient. But the media isn't. The shrill voice of news readers wants punishment to be delivered in the manner of 24X7 reporting. While waiting for the judgment, hysteria is being orchestrated more or less demanding a time table to hang the only 26/11 terrorist captured alive. At the final stage of the trial, while the arguments are being heard on the punishment for those found guilty, an unseemly ‘debate’ is being carried on almost non stop in some of the TV channels. This borders on baying for blood, almost equating justice to revenge. Debate on death penalty is relevant. In a very large number of democracies it is not on the statues. But, in the present debate anyone who takes a moral position against capital punishment is almost made to look unpatriotic. The discussion is not about leniency to a particular criminal. It is not on showing mercy or a lesser punishment. Debate is not whether this particular criminal deserves capital ...
Random Thoughts - C.P.Geevan