Oh, last month apparently. End last month.
So.
If you live in India, and have half a brain, you've probably heard of the pub attack case late last month, and the tremendous fall out from it.
Here's me, giving my two cents. Or less, as will be evident from the value of the following rant (?):
Sri Ram Sena, the self professed moral police of India, just can't seem to get enough attention. Well, admittedly, seeing your name in print all over the country, and all over the world isn't something to mock at, although I'm sure people would love to appear in the news for all the right reasons.
"Hero saves day. Stops runaway train with bare hands"
"She stopped the plane from getting away with my husband : Woman-with-a-husband"
You know, hero-like feats, and general niceness.
"Man beats up girl in pub"
"I hate women who are smarter than me, so I shall kill them - Sri Ram Sena guy"
Those aren't what people would like to be in the news for, generally.
But our dear friends from the Sena have broken all rules, and the rebels want to be in the news for those reasons specifically.
The stupidity of the acts make it seem more like a bet, but apparently not. These guys really are that dumb. And they have egos to boot. Which gives them this 'master-of-all-the-world-known-and-unknown' complex. Not something nice to have, when you feel intellectually challenged by the less cranially gifted teaspoons.
They've taken it upon themselves to stop 'the failure of morals in our country' or some other vague sentence like that. Just an excuse to beat up people, and vent their anger, the poor lugs.
Wearing jeans? I shall grunt at you menacingly.
Wearing tight jeans? I shall grunt at you menacingly and move agressively toward you.
Wearing tight jeans and have the misfortune of being a girl? I shall assemble forces and bodily assault you, until you see the folly of your ways, spawn of the devil!
Their views are completely hypocritical, and moronic. They don't do this to men, because obviously men are subject to different rules than women. One of the plus points of having a larger brain, right?
And quite obviously, just because people wear jeans, their main aim in life is to walk around the country, untying the knots that hold our moral fabric up.
And furthermore, beating them up isn't wrong at all. Since violence in the name of 'protecting Indian values is justified.
They've just issued a warning to couples in Bangalore to watch out on Valentine's Day, because they don't want them getting together on Valentine's Day, because if you've got yourself a girlfriend/boyfriend, then your moral standards are so lax, that the only way you will be able to rectify it, is if you're beaten to within an inch of your life.
And this is what they intend to do.
"...whatever our men deem necessary action." is what the head of the Ram Sena said.
Bring out the axes and chainsaws, then.
In the face of all this, what does our government do?
'We are considering their statement carefully, and shall discuss aprehending them as a preventive measure.'
Really? Discussing? Discussing what? What to feed these people?
The only way these guys are going to stop, is if they're dead. Next best thing? A solid jail term. Probably won't knock any sense into their heads, since they don't have enough room left for sense behind all that fanaticism, but it's worth a shot, I suppose.
