For those who have read Dan Brown's "The Da Vinci code" this line would point to an anagram. But before you form any opinions in your mind about this post being about Leonardo Da Vinci's Mona Lisa I would say well no. Neither is it in anyway related to Anagrams. And for those who have not read the abovementioned work ignore the above lines but do spare some hours for the book (they won't be wasted).
Am actually going to talk about what are known as draconian regimes. The word Draconian has its origins in the name of an Athenian(Greek) law giver.(Though Draco is the Latin word for dragon as well. ) And a draconian regime is a one with really tough laws( Death penalty for almost everything just because Draco could not think of something worse for people who had committed greater crimes.) Now you might be thinking that the concept of such things is barbaric or rather unfit for any civilized society. But don't we ourselves advocate the tougher laws. "Corrupt babus should be hanged from electricity poles. "(A Supreme Court judge) "Drunk drivers should be executed on the spot"(Freakonomics). "Those who don't bunk classes should be slapped in public"(A classmate whose identity I would like to withhold).
The reason for us advocating such harsh(and hardly human) laws might lie in the fact that the acts for which we seek these punishments lie well outside the boundary of our prescribed code of ethics("ok bunking classes is not included in ethics ;) ) . But however what we do forget is that many times in our life we do land up on what might be "worth-a-capital-punishment" according to someone. Maybe even us. For example just remember the last time when you cursed the politicians for misuse of government facilities while leaving the lights of your own office/room etc. switched on over the weekend. We do often complain about the corrupt cops but when caught while violating some traffic laws we are the ones to offer the cops some "chai paani" to let us off. So it's a paradox that we have in here. For others we want stricter laws and harsh punishments. We want others to be the ideal citizens for us (actually we don't want that either because that way we won't be able to satisfy our egos by criticizing them.) While on our turn of being ideal we want all the laws set aside. Another quote that comes to my mind at this instant is "When others are involved we want justice but when we are involved we want a compromise. " Now it's time to write something that might(no that will) be viewed as stupid idealism but is none the less a fact. The change must start from ourselves and we are the only ones we can only change. Stricter punishments only mean a forced peace. Its just like supressing the symptoms and not the solution. We must be the change the we want in this world and that only is a way to change it.
Apart from this we should not expect that the world to be as virtuous as us. And imposing our virtues on others is actually being the start of following Draco. As an example consider this , "A decorated solider of the first world war, a dedicated patriot, great orator, charismatic leader who wanted his people to hold supremacy in the world.(Sounds like someone with great ideas na.) was actually the person who is viewed as one of the greatest villains of the 20th century. And for those who have not recognised him, am talking about Hitler. Adolf Hitler he wanted his country and race the be the supreme on earth so he started eradicating competition. And what resulted was the greatest war that man has ever seen.
Drawing to a conclusion all I would say is that be the change that you want in this world but don't expct the world to change with you. Be the forerunner, the foundation stone in what you believe can be a revolution. Because your actions might even make the world a better place to be for the genrations to come.
And if you feel that this was too much non-sense even by Ribhu standards just comment in one word. Stop.
Take care J
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